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To: rlmorel

Another wonderful book about Midway is “Joe Rochefort’s War”.
Joe and his cryptanalyst’s saved the day, and turned the tide. Instead of being honored as a genius, he was subsequently given command of a floating drydock. Huge waste of talent and skill. Nimitz should have protected him by assigning Joe to his staff. King and the politics in the Navy Department never fully appreciated Joe and his contributions. Excellent book...enjoy.


4 posted on 06/04/2021 10:20:04 AM PDT by AFret.
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To: AFret.

I have had that on my list for a while.

One of the most fascinating books I have ever read on the subject was “Shattered Sword” that really filled in a lot of what what going on over in the IJN during that battle, the differences in the way carrier operations were conducted, damage control...radio communications(!!!), Combat Air Control, and even anti-aircraft techniques.

Simply astonishing, and I consider myself well read on the subject, and there was so much I didn’t know.


6 posted on 06/04/2021 10:26:15 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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