"Halsey and Spruance: A Study in Contrasts" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill  | 13 Dec 2022 8:46 p.m. PST |
In an excerpt from a 1969 Proceedings article, a celebrated naval historian explores the command styles of the admirals who led the U.S. Pacific armada during the final offensives against Japan. USNI: link |
| nsolomon99 | 15 Dec 2022 12:35 a.m. PST |
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| Nine pound round | 16 Dec 2022 3:23 p.m. PST |
If the United States Naval Academy in the whole of it's one hundred and seventy -seven years of existence had produced no graduates whatsoever, apart from Chester Nimitz and Raymond Spruance, I reckon the American taxpayer would have still got full value for the money spent on it. |
ScottWashburn  | 16 Dec 2022 6:40 p.m. PST |
I think one of the best proofs of Spruance's abilities and value was demonstrated by Nimitz at the end of the war. Nearly every high-ranking Allied figure in the Pacific was invited to the surrender ceremony on the USS Missouri. But Nimitz ordered Spruance to stay away--far away. In case there was some last moment Japanese treachery that managed to wipe out all those high-ranking people aboard Missouri, Nimitz told Spruance he wanted HIM in command of the fleet. |
| Blutarski | 18 Dec 2022 5:46 p.m. PST |
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