[lentulusgracchus]

....but Kimmel and Short got everything that was coming to them.

Bull Halsey didn't think so. He thought Kimmel got shafted and hung out to dry.

[BlueLancer]

Oh, I have no doubt that he got hung out to dry, but, according to some researchers (and the Ollie North show on Fox on Sunday about the midget subs), Kimmel, a surface-line officer, had two prospective attacks to defend against: a surface/sub-surface attack and an air attack. He chose to defend against the surface/sub-surface attack and made the appropriate moves in that regard.

He chose unwisely. Admiral Byng lost his head because of it in the 1700's. Others pay for it with their lives. He was right when he said that he would have been better off had the bullet that passed through his window, narrowly missing him, during the attack had hit him instead.

By all means, Admiral Halsey thought that Kimmel had been given a raw deal. However, Nimitz did not. Spruance did not. Fletcher did not. War heroes all ... each is entitled to their own opinion.

[skeeter]

He thought Kimmel got shafted and hung out to dry.

PS, interestingly Kimmel was cleared by a navy court of inquiry on the single most serious charge, that of not employing long range recon. If he's not guilty of that charge, what could he be guilty of?