    
Title: Admiral Ernest J. King Description: U.S. Admiral Ernest J. King (Ernest Joseph King; 1878-1956), shown in 1944; he was Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations during World War II; King was considered one of the greatest admirals of the Twentieth Century, but whose rude and abrasive behavior made him one of the most disliked high ranking U.S. officers (President Roosevelt once stated that King "shaves with a blow torch" while one of his six daughters said: "he is the most even-tempered person in the United States Navy; he is always in a rage", and King himself summed up his own stern and uncompromising attitude with: "when the shooting starts [the U.S. entry into WWII] they call for the sons-of-bitches"); Category: Military Topic: Leaders Keywords: American admirals, military leaders, Second World War, U.S. admirals, U.S. Navy, World War II, WWII Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 900 x 1248 (1.12 MPixels) (1.39) Print Size: 7.6 x 10.6 cm; 3.0 x 4.2 inches File Size: 3.22 MB (3,373,154 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000047031 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
