WWII Admirals On Stamps?

The only two I know of: Nimitz and Burke. Are there any others?

Quite a few Generals of WWII ended up on stamps, a lot more than Admirals. During WWII there were two generals and two admirals on the JCS. The generals ended up on stamps, but not the admirals.

I guess the Army was better at making waves than the Navy.

Well, I guess we are blessed with the Peanuts then, instead of the Admirals. Maybe someone ought to wake up the USPS? Let them know there are other folks that deserve a stamp.

Peter

Well, there is "Chesty" Puller, too, who was a Marine.

Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, served longer than any officer except Hyman Rickover.

She's on this stamp, but sadly, not a USA issue.

In 2001, the Marshall Islands issued a sheetlet of 9 stamps (Sc 787) honoring U.S. Naval Heroes of the Pacific in WWII. Seven of the 9 were admirals: Spruance, Burke, King, Turner, Mitscher, Nimitz, & Halsey.

Palau put out a sheetlet of 5 US Pacific War leaders in 1995 including Nimitz, Halsey, Spruance and Mitscher:

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Thanks for the interesting responses. I forgot about Puller. But he was a "General," not an "Admiral." Hopper would certainly be a good choice for a U.S. stamp.

The bias in favor of the Army is even stronger than we realize. Do you think Elvis would have so many stamps if he had been in the Navy? (Do I need a smiley here?)

blcjr, I wouldn't throw Puller in with the Generals, even though he was one. The Marines are more Navy men than Army. (Marines will say they are entirely independent, but they still receive Navy commendations and medals as far as I know.)

Administratively, the U.S. Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy, along with the U.S. Navy. Operationally, it's a different story.

Robert

Gen. Puller and Adm. Hopper received their stars after World War II (1951 and 1983, respectively).

Robert

Well, I did put "General" in quotation marks.

As Trainwreck pointed out, Puller and Hopper received their starts after WWII, which does mean that I can ignore them for my current project.

Even Burke could use something like an asterisk: received a temporary appointment as Commodore -- one star -- during WWII, but reverted to Captain after the war, before going on to eventually become CNO.

A Navy Veteran as I am, I enjoy seeing & learning about stamps dealing with Nautical Themes & Naval Military History.

Great thread.

Was not aware of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, you learn something every time you open a post on this Forum.

Regards,
Stampalotapus

Though I was raised a "Navy brat," I haven't kept up with Navy affairs much over the years. I was familiar with Hopper, and her reputation as having supposedly coined the term "computer bug" (close, but not quite the real story). What I didn't know was that she had ever been promoted to Admiral. Reading upon that, she was promoted to Commodore, which later became known as "Real Admiral, Lower Half." If anybody knows, is this still an an unusual or uncommon rank in the Navy? Do most who are destined for Flag Rank still go from Captain to "two stars"?

Real Admiral? Hahahah!

I worked for a Two Star. He made sure one knew he was "Upper Half."

Yes, Rear Admiral is still a US Navy rank. The Lower Half equates to a Brigadier General in the Army or Air Force, the Upper Half to a Major General.