“His counterpart when Halsey was in charge was John S McCain Sr.”
Which begat us Jr, which continues to haunt us.
I really hadn’t heard of Mitscher before reading about the Doolittle raid. His name doesn’t pop up much in the history books.
McCain Sr was grandfather, McCain Jr was father, MCain III was the senator.
Actually that Admiral John McCain was the grandfather. He died four days after the surrender ceremony on the USS Missouri.
“I really hadn’t heard of Mitscher before reading about the Doolittle raid. His name doesn’t pop up much in the history books.”
Mitscher does get unfairly neglected. Most of the attention goes to Halsey or Spruance but it was Mitscher who figured out how to turn the fast carrier task force into a devastating weapon.
It was probably the Ian Toll trilogy on the War in the Pacific where I learned about Mitscher. The Toll history is a great resource for those of us who watched Victory At Sea and never had any idea of where all of those battles were taking place or in what sequence.