James L. Holloway III
| James L. Holloway III | |
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Admiral James L. Holloway III
20th Chief of Naval Operations |
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| Born |
February 23, 1922 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1943–1978 |
| Rank |
 Admiral
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| Commands held | Fighting Squadron 52 (VF-52) Attack Squadron 83 (VA-83) USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) Carrier Division Six (CarDiv 6) Task Force 60 (TF-60) U.S. Seventh Fleet Chief of Naval Operations |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Defense Distinguished Service Medal (2) Navy Distinguished Service Medal (4) Legion of Merit (2) Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star |
| Relations | Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr. (Father) |
| Other work | Technical advisor for Top Gun Chairman Emeritus, Naval Historical Foundation |
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
James Lemuel Holloway III (born February 23, 1922) is a retired United States Navy admiral and naval aviator who was highly decorated for his actions during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. After the Vietnam War, he was posted to The Pentagon, where he established the Navy's Nuclear Powered Carrier Program. He served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1974–1978. After retiring from the Navy, Holloway served as President of the Naval Historical Foundation from 1980–1998 and served another ten years as its Chairman until his retirement in 2008. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Naval Historical Foundation and author of Aircraft Carriers at War: A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet Confrontation published in 2007 by the Naval Institute Press.
Holloway was born in Charleston, South Carolina on February 23, 1922, the son of then-Lieutenant (Junior Grade) James L. Holloway, Jr. (1898–1984), later a full admiral. He graduated from Saint James School, Maryland in 1939 and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in that year as a member of the Class of 1943. Holloway graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1942 as a member of the first three-year class accelerated by World War II.
In that war, he served in destroyers on North Atlantic convoy duty, in North African waters and in the Pacific where he participated in the Saipan, Tinian, and Palaus campaigns and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He was gunnery officer of the destroyer Bennion which at the Battle of Surigao Strait took part in a night torpedo attack which sank the Japanese battleship Yamashiro, assisted in the destruction of the destroyer Asagumo, attacked the cruiser Mogami with torpedoes, and then the following day shot down two Japanese Zeroes at short range. For this service, he received the Bronze Star and Navy Commendation Medals.
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