Raymond A. Spruance

Raymond A. Spruance

July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969

Raymond Ames Spruance (1886–1969) was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He commanded Task Force 16, comprising the carriers Enterprise and Hornet, at the Battle of Midway in 1942, where American dive bombers sank four Japanese fleet carriers. He later commanded U.S. naval forces during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, one of the most significant naval battles of the Pacific Theatre.

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