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To: nickcarraway

https://www.historynet.com/was-halsey-out-of-his-depth.htm

Admiral Halsey should have been court-martialed for his 2 screw ups at Leyte.

1) Halsey’s pursuit of the Japanese decoy left the our Leyte invasion force open to attack.

2) On Dec 17, a typhoon destroyed 3 Third Fleet destroyers with 790 sailors and 146 aircraft lost.

Nimitz saved Halsey from being cashiered.


68 posted on 08/01/2021 2:29:19 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

I think there is a reason that Halsey never had a line of ships named after him.


70 posted on 08/01/2021 2:35:29 PM PDT by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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