John Harllee (admiral) facts for kids

John Harllee (January 2, 1914 – February 5, 2005) was an American admiral.

Born in Washington, D.C., the son of a Ella Fulmore and William C. Harllee, a United States Marine Corps general officer. Harllee attended the Western High School. He then attended at the United States Naval Academy and Naval War College, where he later graduated in both. Harllee served as lieutenant at Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii during the Attack on Pearl Harbor. He ordered a torpedo boat battalion in the Southwest Pacific for which it went from 1943 to 1944.

Harllee and his crew was honored the Presidential Unit Citation for the Outstanding Combat Performance. He was also honored the Silver Star and the Legion of Merit with its combat "V" device. After World War II, Harllee was devoted to a group for which it was for an assignment to John F. Kennedy from 1947 to 1948. He then returned to his service for which Harllee had served as the executive officer during the Korean War. He had then returned from his service of the United States Navy in 1959, in which he was also honored the Commendation Medal.

After retiring, Harllee served as the chairperson of the Citizens for Kennedy and Johnson in 1960. He was then arranged to the independent federal agency Federal Maritime Commission by Kennedy, where he served as a regular member. He was then advanced to president of the commission in 1963. Harllee was reinstated by Lyndon B. Johnson of the commission for which he then retired in 1969. He served as a consultant. After retiring, he served as a writer for journals and as an author for three books.

Harllee died in February 2005 of pneumonia at the Maplewood Park Place in Bethesda, Maryland, at the age of 91.