James H. Doyle
| James Henry Doyle | |
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| Born |
August 22, 1897 Jamaica, Queens |
| Died | February 9, 1981 (aged 83) Oakland, California |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1920–1953 |
| Rank |
 Vice Admiral
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| Commands held | Amphibious Force, South Pacific USS Pasadena Amphibious Group 1 |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Navy Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal |
| Relations | VADM James H. Doyle Jr. (son) |
James Henry Doyle (August 22, 1897 – February 9, 1982) was Vice Admiral for the United States Navy. During the Korean War he commanded the U.S. Navy, Marines, and Army forces of Amphibious Group 1, and was personally responsible for the execution of the amphibious phase of the Battle of Inchon in 1950. Admiral Doyle’s naval attack force put 13,000 Marines ashore on a coastline, together with all their heavy weapons and equipment. USS Doyle (FFG-39) was named in his honor.
His son, James H. Doyle, Jr., was also a Vice Admiral.
James Henry Doyle was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York, on 29 August 1897, son of John J. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Doyle. He attended the Jamaica Model School and Jamaica High School before entering the US Naval Academy in 1916 by appointment from the Second Congressional District of New York. He had World War I service as a Midshipman during the summers of 1917 and 1918 in the USS Arkansas and the USS Connecticut, successively. Graduated with the Class of 1920 on 6 June 1919, he was commissioned Ensign and subsequently advanced in rank, attaining that of Rear Admiral to date from 7 August 1947. On 1 November 1953 he was transferred to the Retired List of the US Navy, and was advanced to the rank of Vice Admiral on the basis of combat service.
From his graduation in 1919, until August 1926, he served consecutively in the USS Mercury, USS Pennsylvania, USS George E. Badger, USS Delaware, and the USS Camden. On 1 August 1926 he reported for duty in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Navy Department, Washington, DC, and while so attached attended the George Washington University Law School. He graduated with distinction in 1929, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
Returning to duty afloat in July 1929, he joined the USS Lawrence as Executive Officer, and in August 1930 transferred in a similar capacity to the USS Buchanan. Detached from the latter in June 1932, he served the next three years in the Office of the Judge Advocate General, after which between June 1935 and June 1937 he was Aide and Flag Secretary on the Staff of Commander Destroyers, Battle Force, USS Detroit, flagship. He commanded the USS Sands until August 1938, and for the next two years was Aide to the Commandant, Sixteenth Naval District and the Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands. In August 1940 he assumed command of Destroyer Division 67 in the Atlantic, with additional duty as Commanding Officer of the USS Herndon. The next month that Division was turned over to the British Navy at Halifax, under the exchange of bases for destroyers agreement, and the Herndon was later renamed HMS Churchill.
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