Herbert F. Leary

Herbert Fairfax Leary
Herbert Leary (right) with US President Harry S. Truman aboard the battleship Missouri at the New York Fleet Review on October 27, 1945.
Born	1885
Died	1957 (aged 71–72) Newport, Rhode Island
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Navy
Rank	Vice admiral
Battles/wars	World War II Pacific War

Herbert Fairfax Leary (1885–1957) was a Vice Admiral and commander of United States Navy forces during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. On January 27, 1942, Leary was appointed commander of the ANZAC Force based in Australia. On April 22, 1942, the ANZAC Force was absorbed by the South West Pacific Area command under United States Army General Douglas MacArthur, and Leary took command of MacArthur's naval forces. Leary was replaced by Arthur S. Carpender on September 11, 1942.

References

Leary, William M. (2004). We Shall Return!: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan, 1942-1945. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 081319105X.
United States Army Center of Military History. "The Campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific, Volume I". Reports of General MacArthur. http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/MacArthur%20Reports/MacArthur%20V1/index.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-08.