Admiral Jerauld Wright, USN, (June 4, 1898 – April 27, 1995) served as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command (CINCLANT) and the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), and became the second Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), from April 1, 1954 to March 1, 1960, serving longer in these three positions than anyone else in history.
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| - Admiral Jerauld Wright, USN, (June 4, 1898 – April 27, 1995) served as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command (CINCLANT) and the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), and became the second Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), from April 1, 1954 to March 1, 1960, serving longer in these three positions than anyone else in history.
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- U.S. Department of Defense:
- • U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
- • Allied Command Atlantic
- • Amphibious Forces Atlantic Fleet
- • Amphibious Group Five
- • Cruiser Division Six
- • U.S. Atlantic Command
- • U.S. Atlantic Fleet
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| - Official Portrait of Admiral Jerauld Wright, United States Navy
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| - Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| - World War I
- World War II
- Cold War
- • Battle of Leyte Gulf
- • Battle of the Philippine Sea
- • Operation Avalanche
- • Operation Cartwheel
- • Operation Flintlock
- • Operation Forager
- • Operation Husky
- • Operation Iceberg
- • Operation Persecution
- • Operation Torch
- • Operations Reckless
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- --05-03
- --11-24
- --06-14
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