USS Eldorado
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USS Eldorado was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, named after a mountain range in Nevada. The ship was designed as an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advan
USS Eldorado (LCC-11)
Eldorado in November 1944.
Richmond K. Turner
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Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner, commonly known as Kelly Turner, was an admiral of the United States Navy during the Second World War, where he commanded the Amphibious Force in the Pacific theater. Tur
USS Eldorado
…Reifsnider who broke his flag as Commander, Amphibious Group 4. In November, it sailed to Pearl Harbor and there became the flagship for Vice Admiral Richmond K. Turner, Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific. On 27 January 1945, after rehearsal landings in Hawaii, the command ship sailed for the Marianas and further…
Richmond Kelly Turner
Quote,"Deliver for D-Day!"
Turner with Marine Corps Major General Vandegrift during the planning of Operation Watchtower in July–August 1942.
Vice Admiral Turner