The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Fleet Admiral William (Bull) Halsey, Jr. USN - Apr. 19th, 2003

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[Jen]

Yes, you are! :-)

[Jen]

Hi there! Nice to see you here.

[Jen]

Hi Spookie. Have a wonderful weekend with your family. Hugs to each of you.

[AgThorn]

I love history!! A side disorder for genealogists ... just wish I had this love when it would have counted, in my school years! Keep me on the list!

[JustAmy]

I'm sending Happy Easter greetings to all.

Sending prayers for our military, past and present. God Bless each of you; thank you for your service!

[SAMWolf]

You maen you have a live that doesn't include sitting in front of the coputer? How'd you manage that? Don't tell my wife or she might get ideas about me doing that.

[Jen]

Hi Amy! I haven't gotten to your weekly FReep thread yet. Did you have a good one?

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Just Amy.

We have a good team and get some great contributors.

[Jen]

I know what you mean! I hated history in high school and college and learned just enough to pass the test, then quickly forgot it! Now, I love to come to the Foxhole and learn from Sam and so many others who contribute such wonderful information.

You'll stay on the ping list as long as you want to be on it! :-)

[Jen]

Thank you for the prayers for our troops and all you do to support them. Hope you have a happy Easter! I'll be with my family in Alabama tomorrow.

[Jen]

Well, sometimes, but not by CHOICE! hahahaha

[JustAmy]

Hi Jen

Last night's Freep was interesting. We had very few war protestors. Maybe we will be able to spend Fridays someplace other than a street corner in a couple of weeks. Spending 18 months of Fridays on a corner has been fun but it would be nice to be able to meet FReeper FRiends for dinner without meeting them on a corner first. LOL

They will probably be back but we can dream.

[SAMWolf]

Our Military Today
Coming Home and Still Missing

Ex-POW Army Spc Shoshana Johnson waves goodbye as she is carried on a stretcher onto a C17 military plane that goes to Fort Bliss, Texas, at US Air Base in Ramstein, southern Germany, Saturday, April 19, 2003. Together with six other POWs, she was rescued last Sunday in Iraq and taken for medical treatment to Landstuhl Medical Center last Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)








Rescued POWs Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams (L), of Orlando, FL, and Pfc. Patrick Miller, of Park City, KS, wave to the media as they walk to a C-17 Globemaster cargo plane, April 19, 2003 at the Ramstein U.S. Air Base in southern Germany. Seven freed U.S. prisoners of war flew home to the United States on Saturday after spending three days being treated for their wounds at the U.S. military base. REUTERS/Tobias


Rescued POW Apache helicopter pilots Chief Warrant Officer Ronald D. Young (R) and Chief Warrant Officer David S. Williams wave the U.S. flag on top of a C-17 Globemaster cargo plane April 19, 2003 at Ramstein Air Base, southern Germany. Seven freed U.S. prisoners of war flew home to the United States on Saturday after spending three days being treated for their wounds at a U.S. military base in Germany. REUTERS/Jim Murphy


Rescued POWs Spc. Edgar Hernandez, 21, of Mission Tx (L), and Sgt. James Riley, 31, of Pennsauken, NJ, wave to the media as they walk onto a C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft, April 19, 2003 at Ramstein U.S. Air Base, in southern Germany. Seven freed U.S. prisoners of war flew home to the United States on Saturday after spending three days being treated for their wounds at a U.S. military in Germany. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz


Brenda Wilson (L) stands alongside her son Raymond Wilson (R) as she holds a photo of son, PFC Tomorio Burkett in front of their Buffalo, New York home on March 29, 2003. Burkett, 21, is listed as Missing In Action and is a member of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. Seven other Marines involved in that battle are also listed MIA. They were attempting to secure a bridge near Nassiriya, Iraq when they came under heavy enemy fire. REUTERS/Gary Wiepert


An empty chair and table draped in black sits in the center of the mess hall at Camp As Sayliyah near Doha,in remembrance of soldiers listed as missing in action or prisoners of war, April 19, 2003. The table and chair care placed there by the camp command as soon as an MIA or POW is reported to remind all others that their colleagues are missing. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

[SpookBrat]

"1989 Daphne Du Maurier English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82"

Rebecca is a great book.

Thought for the day :
"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God."

LOL

[Victoria Delsoul]

Happy Easter everyone! Hope your weekend is going well.

[SAMWolf]

Good afternoon Victoria. Big plans for Easter?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Sam. Nah, just little plans, but I'm happy and free, hehehe. Most important, I'm enjoying my weekend.

[GailA]

Today's graphic

[Light Speed]

Hello Florida

I enjoy research..finding that "Hinge point" where their is a break thru..or a clear turning point.

In 1942 and 43 Nimitz was probably simply saying...."All I need is time...buy it for me however you can".

In my mind...the U.S. Navy's cruisers held the line for 42 and 43.
Here Halsey and so many others gamed Japan in slug fests like Guadalcanal with its many complex navy engagements.

The Crusiers had the firepower to defend aswell as the range to torment the Japanese surface movements.
"Tin cans" or little Wolves were critical too..by 43 another 300 would join the fleet.

42 AND 43 were crusier time...Nimitz worked them...his leaders like Halsey ran them on the Japanses at every chance.....the price was high.

Maybe Halsey "Missed" the confrontations of 42 and 43...He was a fighter..but his assignments found him with the fast carriers..which did serve tatcially in so many ways....entangling the Japanses in distant places via air..keeping them off guard is places like Formosa...Okinawa region before the ops their started on full.
But the visual reality of seeing gun deuls like Kolombagara and Biak...Kula Gulf etc where past,battles where the U.S. Navy lost 2-3 crusiers in each engagement.

I can see why Halsey raced North from his assignment in 44 to "Get the Japanese".
I think He wanted to "Fight"...see "Big guns" of his boys ,battleships and new battle crusiers like USS Alaska get it on.

However History assays the "Bull"...he was there when it counted...he sent them in HARMS WAY...knew the price.

Halsey was great...

**I however do agree with you on the impulsive mode off Leyte...which could have lead to a huge naval disaster.

If the Japanese had the forsight to use the Submarine more offensively...they could have wounded TF 54 ....broke in on Leyte shipping lanes...target the U.S.attack transports with troops coming up for the Phillipines.
Halsey left the door open.....Japanese failed in their planning...they should a driven something in the gap.

When Admiral Yamamoto died..the Japanese were truly finished....they fought stupidly thru 44-45.

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon Gaila. Today's graphic is sooooooooooo cute!