Frank Jack Fletcher/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Frank Jack Fletcher.

Admiral, United States Navy, who commanded carrier task forces in 1942, but was transferred to a less critical command after heavy losses in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and some concerns about his aggressiveness