Episode 6: Top Twenty Admirals Part One

The beginning of my short series, my top twenty admirals. Also go check me out on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!

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Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome back to the Admiral's Desk. I'm the Admiral, also known as CM Carr, and today I wanted to bring you a very special episode and a beginning of a very special series. Now I told you a couple episodes back we hit 100 listens and I was very proud of that and thank you all for listening. So I said mentioning some of my top 10 admirals. Instead of 10, I'm gonna bring you 20. Instead of 20, it's gonna be about 30 by the way I set these up. So all not only that in honor of that, but I want to give you a break from the Pacific War. Because Pacific can get very confusing and very detailed and can throw you off a lot. And also I'm was going to mentally prepare you for Guadalcanal because Guadalcanal is a handful, very interesting, but it's very much a handful. So yeah, and about the 20 admirals that it turns out to be 30, it's the way I set it up. So let's say you have number 14 spot, let's say you have two admirals, and you can't decide between the two. So I would put one admiral at 14.5 and the other at 14. So that way they can still be on the list, and yeah. So let's start off with my 20, and for my number 20 spot, it goes to William F. Bringel, also known as Bush. So Bush Bringel would serve from 1933 when he began attending the Naval Academy to 1974. He had gunnery duties on the USS Teratoga up until February of 1940. In December of 1940, Bush would become a naval aviator. And now he'd skip a few years from 1953 to 54, he would serve as the executive officer of the USS Order. From 1955 to 1960, he would move around from various command positions or somewhat command. And forgive me if I mess these up because they are a handful to say, and they are and the words are similar, but not similar. So one of the positions will be Head of the Operational Intelligence Branch in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Aid to the Secretary of the Navy, Heavy Attack Wing II, a commandant, and commandant of midshipmen at the Naval Academy. Then after, he was assigned to the SS Kitty Hawk as the prospective commanding officer. Soon after her being commissioned, he would become her CEO and so her commanding officer until 1962. In 1964, he would be promoted to Rear Admiral, and also in the spring of 1964, he would command Cruiser Division 7 and Task Force 77.6 and 77. In 1965, he would become Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations to the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet. In 1967, he would be promoted to Vice Admiral and assigned to the 7th Fleet in Japan. In March of 1970, he would hold the position of Commander Naval Air Forces U.S. Pacific Fleet. 1971, he would be promoted to Full Admiral and reported as the Commander-in-Chief U.S. Naval Force Europe. And he would also have Naval Component Commander of the US European Command and U.S. Commander Eastern Atlantic. 1973, Bush will return to HQ Naval District, Washington, DC for temporary duty, and after a long and eventful career, he will retire on January 1st, 1974. And Bush is really interesting because if I'm not mistaken, Bush got a few medals in Vietnam. And you don't hear a lot about Vietnam here, but that's because we're basic we're based on World War II for now. But Vietnam, you will hear about Vietnam later. But I thought it was cool to throw Bush in here because I really enjoy learning about him. And also he was a naval aviator, and naval aviators are some of the coolest people. So that's number 20 for you. Moving down to 19, and that will be Charles Turnerjoy, also known as but he preferred to go by is C Turner Joy. Charles Turnerjoy would graduate from the Naval Academy in 1916. In 1933, Joy took command in USS Litchfield, and in 1935 will be assigned to a staff of Commander Destroyer's Battle Force. Between the years 1937 and 1940, he would serve at the Naval Academy as an instructor. Soon after he became executive officer as Tragic Fader, USS USS Indianapolis, from 1942 and 1943, he would command the heavy cruiser USS Louisville. Following a short tour in Washington, D.C., Joy would be promoted to Rear Admiral at Command Cruiser Division VI. Towards the end of the Second World War, he would command amphibious group 2 in case of an invasion on Japan. Later, in 1945, he would spend the next eight months in China with Task Force 73 and later 74. From 1946 to 1949, Joy resumed command resumed command of the of the naval proven ground, Dahlgren, Virginia. In 1949, Joy would be provided to Vice Admiral while also being appointed to command U.S. Naval Force Far East, with his headquarters being in Tokyo. While the Korean War broke out in June of 1950, he became Allied Commander of the Conflict. He was also a key part in the Inchon Union. After July of 1951, Joy would serve as a senior United Nations Delegate at the Korean Armistice Conference. After the conference in 1953, he would write a book titled How Communists Negotiate. He would serve as superintendent at the Naval Academy from 1952 to 1954 or retire at his home in California. He would receive recognition of his combat rewards, be promoted to full admin. And I also think C Turnage always is interesting because some of these people you never hear about. You always hear about I'm not hating, but you always hear about Nimitz and Halsey and Spruance and King. And you even hear about MacArthur more than you hear about some of these people who fought in the Pacific and won these battles. And I don't think it's fair sometimes. So I do try to mention them when I can and learn about them. And yeah. So moving down to our last one for the day, because I will do three a day. Is there a number 18 spot? And that is John L. Hall Jr., known as the Viking of Assault. And if I'm not mistaken, Ike or Dwight Eisenhower gave him that nickname. But he would enter the Naval Academy in 1909 and graduate in 1913. While Hall was a junior officer, he would serve on the battleships North Dakota and Utah. During the First World War, Hall, who was now a lieutenant, trained engineering Illinois, an old battleship, but become an engineer officer under Destroyer Philip. Following World War I, he would hold many sea duties, many sea duties. He would also serve ashore as a Naval Academy instructor. From the mid-1920s to 1934, Hall would be an aide to the Naval District Command Commandant in Charleston, South Carolina, and also serve as the first executive officer of the submarine tender Camden, would command the DeShore child and spend three years with the Naval Academy's physical training and athletics program. Also, he was the he was the navigator of transport ship Wyatt. After being promoted to commander in 1934, he would serve in the Far East with the heavy cruiser Augusta and would command the gunboat Ashville. Hopefully I said that right. Looks right. And of the shore division in the in the Asiatic Fleet. Later on in the 1930s, he would be at the Naval War College. In 1940, he would achieve the rank of captain and given the command of the battleship Arkansas. In 1942, he would be given the temporary appointment of Rear Admiral. Also in 1942, he would be Chief of Staff of the Operations Naval Commander during the invasion of Morocco. He would hold amphibious force commands from February 1943 onwards. Rear Admiral Hall would be in charge of the appointment, would be in charge of important components in the invasions of Sicily in July. He would be sent to England in November to prepare for the invasion of France. And cool thing, Hall would command the amphibious assault on Omaha Beach in 1944, and he would also participate in the Battle of Okinawa in 1944. In October 1945, Hall would become Commander Amphibious Force Pacific Fleet while also achieving the rank of Vice Admiral. After he would serve 14th Naval District and Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier. In 1948, he would become Commander of the Armed Forces Staff College. His final assignment before retiring would be Commander Western Sea Frontier and Commander Pacific Reserve Fleet from 1951 to May of 1953. After leaving active duty, Hall will be promoted to full Admiral by Self-Face Recognition and Combat Rewards, just like see turn and join. Really wanted to bring all this episode tonight. But yes, I hope you enjoyed. I'm going to try my very hardest to do three of these a day because it's gonna take us a while to get through this. But the next three should be very interesting. Some of these people you might have heard before going up. You might have heard these men before. But I hope you enjoyed tonight's episode. And also before we go, I'm going to start posting maybe some clips of new episodes and past episodes on TikTok, Instagram, possibly Facebook, and possibly Twitter. You can find it at the Admiral's desk and yes, go follow. Now, I hope you enjoyed listening and good night.