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To: WhiskeyX

Halsey was lucky not to have been court marshaled after being fooled by the Japanese


4 posted on 10/25/2015 3:10:33 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Halsey was lucky not to have been court marshaled after being fooled by the Japanese

Never was close, he was doing what he was supposed to do. There was no unified command, communication issues prevented the dispatch of ships to cover the eastern exit of the San Bernadino Straits.

10 posted on 10/25/2015 4:22:56 PM PDT by xone
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To: Jimmy Valentine
Halsey was lucky not to have been court marshaled after being fooled by the Japanese

I hear ya. But one has to have some sympathy when the bait was aircraft carriers. I mean, who would be crazy enough to expend their carriers as decoys?

The fact that they had no planes or pilots left is irrelevant. Halsey had no way to know that.

11 posted on 10/25/2015 5:15:00 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ( I care about Jeb Bush's campaign exactly as much as he cared about Terri Schiavo's thirst.)
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