William Halsey, Jr.

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William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest King, and Chester W. Nimitz.

Halsey led a series of hit-and-run raids against the Japanese, striking the Gilbert and Marshall islands in February, Wake Island in March, and carrying out the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 against the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on Japan's largest and most populous island Honshu, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands, providing an important boost to American morale. Halsey's slogan, "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often," soon became a byword for the Navy.

Steaming direction Tokyo for the Doolittle raid, Task Force Eighteen became part of Task Force Sixteen on 13 April 1942 when both Task Forces met at sea. Commander of the newly formed Task Force 16 was Vice Admiral Halsey. Task Force 16 left Pearl Harbor @ 8 April 1942. Task Force 16 was under command of Vice Admiral William Halsey also Captain of the USS Enetrprise.

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