Word: abda
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Daily consulted with staff chiefs of the United Nations' new G.H.Q. in Washington. To implement G.H.Q. strategy, the U.S. Navy's Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary was placed in command of the combined naval forces in the Australian-New Zealand sector of the ABDA area. Name of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet was changed to "U.S. Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific," and command of it was given to Rear Admiral W. A. Glassford Jr. Both Glassford and Leary will serve under Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander of all United Nations naval forces in the ABDA area...