[colorado tanker]

This is a great story. I can't read about it without thinking of The Longest Day. Sure it was Hollywood, but still fun. John Wayne as LTC Vandergroot: "Lace it up - tight!"

The public thinks everything military should go according to "plan." In this battle the troops succeeded even though almost nothing went according to plan!

I agree battle stories are understood much better if read with a map. The West Point Atlas of American Wars is commercially available and is a good basic reference. My wife got it for me years ago.

USS Delaware was scrapped per the Washington Naval Treaty. Ah yes, the disarmament treaty that prevented a WWII.

[SAMWolf]

I still like "The Longest Day". It was better than a lot of Hollywood movies.

"He's dead, you're wounded and I'm lost. I wonder if all war is like that?"

[snippy_about_it]

In this battle the troops succeeded even though almost nothing went according to plan!

In fact, it helped them some of the time by confusing the enemy!