To: Homer_J_Simpson
"6 JAPANESE WARSHIPS BELIEVED SUNK IN FIGHT, 4 DAMAGED"...
Actually the Japanese lost two destroyers. Ainsworth got whipped at Kula Gulf.
We still hadn't figured out the capabilities of the Japanese Long Lance torpedo. Next week off Kolombangara Admiral Ainsworth will get another lesson.
11 posted on
07/07/2013 10:49:34 AM PDT by
InABunkerUnderSF
(Because 2 terms with Jerry Brown as Governor was all I could take.)
To: InABunkerUnderSF
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Thanks for the input ...
Have you ever read "Neptune's Inferno" ?
A great book on this aspect of the Pacific Campaign ...
where thousand of otherwise brave U.S. Sailors died because of completely inept strategic and tactical leadership ...
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12 posted on
07/07/2013 1:12:59 PM PDT by
Patton@Bastogne
(Swine Piss be upon the Sodmite Obama, and his Child-Rapist False Prophet Mohammed)
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