[Rummyfan]

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.

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.

[Pelham]

Marc Mitscher doesn’t have the fame that he deserves in my opinion. He came up with the tactic that made the American fast carrier task nearly invulnerable and able to attack at will.