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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Fleet Kept a Unit

Let's get all those eggs in one basket. And make sure that they don't have torpedo nets in place.

Sounds like a plan is starting to come together.

8 posted on 01/01/2011 8:06:21 AM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
And make sure that they don't have torpedo nets in place.

Adm. Richardson will explain this in a week when he forwards Adm. Bloch's 12/30/40 memo on fleet security (See reply #4) to CNO. His reasoning is that since the chance of a Japanese carrier force getting near enough to Hawaii to launch a Taranto-like attack on the fleet is extremely remote, it would not be practical to restrict the use of the harbor by installing torpedo nets.

10 posted on 01/01/2011 9:20:53 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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