Admiral mark mitscher biography

During World War II Marc Andrew Mitscher served as vice-admiral of the United States Navy and commander of the famed Task Force Fifty-Eight.
Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy.
Marc A. Mitscher was a U.S. naval officer who commanded the aircraft carriers of Task Force 58 in the Pacific area during World War II.

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World War II Database

Marc Mitscher

Surname	Mitscher
Given Name	Marc
Born	26 Jan 1887
Died	3 Feb 1947
Country	United States
Category	Military-Sea
Gender	Male

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbaseMarc Andrew Mitscher was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, United States, but moved to Washington, DC when he was fairly young. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1910. In the next few years he served aboard cruisers, gunboats, destroyers, as well as holding on-shore posts. In Sep 1915 he was assigned to aviation training aboard the battleship North Carolina and officially became an aviator in Jun 1916 and transferred to Pensacola, Florida. In May 1919, he participated in the trans-Atlantic flight attempt; his plane, NC-3, landed in heavy fog near the Azores, thus failing to achieve the flight like NC-4 had. Nevertheless, he received the Navy Cross for his attempt. In the 1920s, he served at various posts, including seeing through that the carrier Saratoga received proper funding. He also served as officer aboard

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Confident Carrier Admiral Marc “Pete” Mitscher

By Michael D. Hull

He was a seagoing J.E.B. Stuart who hid beneath weather fronts to make his attacks, and he fought more naval engagements than John Paul Jones and David Farragut combined.

Engaged in every major naval battle in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, except the Coral Sea standoff of May 4-8, 1942, he introduced or sponsored most of the intricate tactics used by the U.S. fast carrier task forces to defeat Japan. And he helped to build the biggest naval air arm in the world.

Marc A. Mitscher was a pilot, a brilliant tactician, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s senior carrier admiral—recognized belatedly as one of the leading combat officers in the history of air-sea warfare. But his name, like that of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, the victor of Midway, never became a household word because he, too, was a reticent man who did not court publicity.

Unlike some of his contemporaries in the Pacific Theater, “Pete” Mitscher shunned self-imagery, never gave a speech he could avoid, and destroyed his private papers

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Marc Mitscher

United States Navy admiral (1887–1947)

Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during World War II.

Early life and career

Mitscher was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, on January 26, 1887, the son of Oscar and Myrta (Shear) Mitscher.^[1] Mitscher's grandfather, Andreas Mitscher (1821–1905), was a German immigrant from Traben-Trarbach.^{[citation needed]} His other grandfather, Thomas J. Shear, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.^{[citation needed]} During the western land boom of 1889, when Marc was two years old, his family resettled in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where his father, a federal Indian agent, later became that city's second mayor.^[2] His uncle, Byron D. Shear, would also become mayor.^{[citation needed]}

Mitscher attended elementary and secondary schools in Washington, D.C.^[3] He received an appoint