[fso301]

I agree Kimmel should not have received the degree of scorn that he did.

Given the controversy surrounding his recent promotion to CinCPac and given his response to repeat war alerts by keeping long range naval patrol aircraft under his command on the ground, what should have been done?

[henkster]

what should have been done? What should have been done was to have the armed forces of the United States ready to fight a war on December 7 1941. We weren't. But at least we weren't as criminally unprepared as the admed forces of the USSR on June 22, 1941.

[CougarGA7]

I think he should have lost his command, as he did, but I think the demonetization of him after the fact was over the top and detracted from the responsibility that should have been spread throughout the entire chain of command.