You know, in all the excitement I didn’t read where Admiral Stark gave the United States Navy it’s first orders of the war:
“Execute unrestricted air and submarine warfare against Japan.”
I guess if nobody else wants to play by the rules, there’s no reason we should either.
Admiral Hart gave this order as well, before Stark did so he technically pre-empted his chain of command. Looks like emotions are running high in the U.S. Navy right now.