Adm john hyland biography

For the British Olympic boxer, see John Hyland (boxer). For the American soldier, see John Hyland (Medal of Honor).

John Joseph Hyland Jr (September 1, 1912 – October 15, 1998) was an admiral in the United States Navy who commanded the U.S.

Pacific Fleet from 1967 to 1970. A naval aviator, he was a champion of the aircraft carrier.

Adm john hyland biography

Biography

Hyland was born in 1912 in Philadelphia, the son of a naval officer. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934 and completed naval aviation training in 1937. Posted to the Philippines, he was located there when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to begin US involvement in World War II.

He participated in the defense of the Philippines, and the subsequent Allied withdrawal to Australia, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for rescuing a British airman in the Molucca Sea.^[2] He then became the personal pilot of Admiral Ernest King, then Chief of Naval Operations.

Upon returning to the Pacific Theater in 1