Interesting to note that Admiral Halsey would have been in command of Midway had he not come down with a severe case of psoriasis, which caused him to be sidelined. This opened the door for Admiral Spruance and the rest is history.
Later in the war, Admiral Halsey would constantly try to make up for that resulting in questionable decisions in the Leyte Gulf and for keeping his fleet moving forward in a typhoon where it would have been more prudent to take the fleet to shelter.
Thank you.
Halsey is the admiral most remembered. But Spruance and Mitscher and Nimitz were real heroes too. Interesting that the Navy never named a class of ships after Halsey, as opposed to Spruance and Nimitz.
And Leyte Gulf was a big SNAFU on Halsey's part.