To: 353FMG
Admiral Fletcher You mean Spruance perhaps? Fletcher was basically taken out of fleet command functions after leaving the transports uncovered at Guadalcanal, and at Midway, he basically left it up to Spruance.
19 posted on
06/04/2008 11:32:29 PM PDT by
mavfin
To: mavfin
Fletcher was technically in charge. He was on the Yorktown and separated, from the other two carriers under Spruance. Yorktown had to be hastily repaired at and joined just before the battle.
Yorktown's aircraft took longer to return from recon patrols. Yorktown's was the carrier hit. Functionally, Spruance who commanded the other two in the place of Halsey, commanded the attack
22 posted on
06/04/2008 11:44:46 PM PDT by
verklaring
(Pyrite is not gold)
To: mavfin
Fletcher was basically taken out of fleet command functions after leaving the transports uncovered at Guadalcanal, and at Midway, he basically left it up to Spruance. When you think of US admirals, Nimitz, King, Spruance and Halsey come to mind, but never Fletcher. Fletcher has received criticism for his actions, whether justified or not. There is a very good book on Fletcher that is worth reading.
28 posted on
06/05/2008 12:00:33 AM PDT by
eekitsagreek
(Give me a Stanley Cup (or Amy Grant) PLEASE!)
To: mavfin
46 posted on
06/05/2008 8:35:26 AM PDT by
353FMG
(What marxism and fascism could not destroy, liberalism did.)
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