I agree completely. He did NOT cover himself with glory there. That was a real, honest mistake.
How a man with the nickname “Bull” could get taken in so easily by a red cape is still amazing to consider.
And then, to get caught up in that typhoon the way he did is still astonishing to me. That was a mess.
Halsey too, was far from perfect. But early on in the war, when things hung in the balance, he shined.
It is almost as if he simply didn’t know how to fight with an overwhelming advantage, as if he were more effective and comfortable in a barroom brawl.
Heh, maybe he was.
lol...I meant “honest to GOODNESS” mistake.
Not “honest”. When he went charging away from the San Bernardino Straits at full speed, he had been warned against doing just that.
Sheldon Cooper