To: Equine1952
I paid no attention when I was in.
Nor did I...had a pretty easy four year tour. After reading Neptune’s
Inferno and Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors I gained the respect for
the Navy that I never had as an active duty Marine. I even can sorta respect
Fletcher's decision to abandon First MARDIV on Guadalcanal...our sailors
got pounded off of Savo Island and preserving the carriers was everything.
21 posted on
10/21/2019 5:57:11 AM PDT by
major_gaff
(University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
To: major_gaff
Was that Fletcher, or Admiral Ghormley’s call?
29 posted on
10/21/2019 11:25:36 AM PDT by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress")
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