[colorado tanker]

Some other Navy intel people were hostile to Rochefort and convinced Admiral King he was wrong about the Midway attack. So, Washington did not have Nimitz's back if the battle went wrong.

Rochefort never got the recognition he deserved and was later sacked from intelligence. There was a swamp even back in 1942.

[yarddog]

We were very fortunate at Midway but without aggressive action there would not have been a place for that luck.

[SunkenCiv]

I’ve got a VDH vid going, “Savior Generals”, he discusses Ike’s vendetta against Ridgeway.