Admiral Ernest King

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:United_States_Naval_Academy
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Army_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:World_War_I_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath_(Honorary_Knight_Grand_Cross)
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Honorary_Knight_Grand_Cross)
gptkb:American_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Order_of_Naval_Merit_(Brazil)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun_(Japan)
Order of the Liberator (Venezuela)
Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
gptkbp:birthDate 1878-11-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lorain,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:United_States_Naval_Academy_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Ernest_J._King_Jr.
gptkb:Elizabeth_King
gptkb:Martha_King
gptkbp:deathDate 1956-06-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Ernest_Joseph_King
gptkbp:graduationYear 1901
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Ernest King
gptkbp:knownFor Aggressive naval strategy
Central role in Allied victory in WWII
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Fleet_Admiral
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
Naval expansion during WWII
gptkbp:notableFor Chief of Naval Operations during World War II
Commander in Chief, United States Fleet during World War II
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Elizabeth_Keam_King
gptkb:James_Clydesdale_King
gptkbp:portrait Ernest King 1945.jpg
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Harold_R._Stark
gptkbp:serviceYears 1901-1945
gptkbp:signature Ernest King signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Martha_Rankin_Egerton
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Chester_W._Nimitz
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Indo-Pacific_Command
gptkb:Combined_Chiefs_of_Staff
gptkb:United_States_Thirteenth_Fleet
gptkb:United_States_Twelfth_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5