[skeeter]

Halsey's decision to recommend Spruance to Halsey ask the task force commander is arguably the decision that began to turn the tide of the war.

Hadn't thought of that.

Halsey deserves some credit for saving the situation at Guadacanal but loses it and then some for his near catastrophic impulsiveness at Leyte Gulf.

As for Marc Mitscher, his performance as a captain at Midway was horrible (I'm surprised he wasn't sacked) and if not for the absolute thrashing US airmen gave the Japanese attackers even the Phillipine Sea would've been a disappointing lost opportunity.

[righttackle44]

. . . absolute thrashing US airmen gave the Japanese attackers . . .

Good point. If there hadn't been that absolute thrashing,
our American forces might not have even been able to engage
at the Philippine Sea.