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어니스트 조지프 킹(Ernest Joseph King, 1878년 11월 23일 ~ 1956년 6월 25일)은 미 해군의 군인으로 원수의 자리에 올랐던 인물이다. 제2차 세계대전 중에는 해군 최고 지위인 미합중국함대 사령관 겸 해군작전부장으로서 전략지도를 펼쳤고 태평양함대 사령관 체스터 니미츠의 직속상관이었다.
Ernest Joseph King was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed King to command global American strategy during World War II and he held supreme naval command in his unprecedented double capacity as COMINCH and CNO. He was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. King commanded the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff.
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