To: rlmorel
The American Navy fought with dogged determination through the worst days of the war and kept that determination through the war while learning and finally outsmarting the Japanese even tho they did eventually have overwhelming superiority.
85 posted on
04/20/2013 8:56:07 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Truth, Justice, and what was once the American Way.)
To: yarddog
If you are interested, a really amazing book about that time is “Neptune’s Inferno” about the naval campaign around the Solomon Islands.
87 posted on
04/20/2013 8:58:46 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("We'll drink to good health for them that have it coming." Boss Spearman in Open Range)
To: yarddog
I think for MOST overrated, I think Field Marshal Montgomery takes that prize for me.
89 posted on
04/20/2013 9:00:13 PM PDT by
rlmorel
("We'll drink to good health for them that have it coming." Boss Spearman in Open Range)
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