What is James L. Holloway III?
{{Infobox military person |name= James L. Holloway III |image= James Holloway III.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Admiral James L. Holloway III<br/>20th Chief of Naval Operations |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1922|2|23}} |birth_place= [[Charleston, South Carolina]], U.S. |death_date= {{death date and age|2019|11|26|1922|2|23}} |death_place= [[Alexandria, Virginia]], U.S. |placeofburial= |allegiance= United States |branch= [[United States Navy]] |serviceyears= 1943–1978 |rank= [[Admiral (United States)|Admiral]] |unit= |commands= [[Chief of Naval Operations]]<br/>[[United States Seventh Fleet]]<br/>[[Task Force 60]]<br/>[[Carrier Division Six]]<br/>{{USS|Enterprise|CVAN-65}}<br/>{{USS|Salisbury Sound|AV-13}}<br/>[[VF-83]]<br/>[[VF-52]] |battles= [[World War II]]<br/>[[Korean War]]<br/>[[Vietnam War]] |awards= [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)<br/>[[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]] (4)<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (2)<br/>[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal]] |relations= Admiral [[James L. Holloway, Jr.]] (father) |laterwork= Technical advisor for ''[[Top Gun]]''<br />Chairman Emeritus, [[Naval Historical Foundation]] }} '''James Lemuel Holloway III''' (February 23, 1922 – November 26, 2019) was a [[United States Navy]] [[admiral]] and [[naval aviator]]. He served during [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]]. He was [[Chief of Naval Operations]] from 1974 to 1978. After retiring from the Navy, Holloway was President of the [[Naval Historical Foundation]] from 1980 to 1998 and was its chairman until his retirement in 2008 when he became chairman emeritus. He was the author of ''Aircraft Carriers at War: A Personal Retrospective of Korea, Vietnam, and the Soviet Confrontation'' published in 2007 by the Naval Institute Press. Holloway died on November 26, 2019 in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite web | title= Admiral James L. Holloway: A Lifetime of Service, 23 February 1922–26 November 2