Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "Callaghan's night action at Guadalcanal - A new analysis with Robert Lundgren" video.

@mitchm4992 Reason being that when planes need to abort their landing they have a tendency to pull the stick to the left. So they put the islands on the right side of the carrier to prevent pilots from crashing into the island on aborted landings. That way pilots & bridge crew are safer. Except for left handed pilots😮.
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Yeah, considering the loss of Juneau and the Sullivan brothers and the fact that there was several friendly fire incidents, I definitely believe that is why this battle was never reported correctly and that the incidents of friendly fire except for maybe Atlanta getting hit in the crossfire, but that the other friendly fire incidents were covered up leading to action reports being falsified, & so trying to make any sense about what really happened was almost futile. I haven't read the 120 page report YET but I'm sure it must have been very difficult to put it all together. Many thanks to you Drach for putting this together and a big thanks to Lundgren for studying this & working for 2 years to put it all together. I can't imagine how difficult this must have been. And P/S- Drach, the AI voices served their purpose and all in all it worked fairly well. Thank you for another great video.
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@caseymuzio7609 The South Dakota was hurried into the Pacific cuz of the war & the US losing most of it's battleships at Pearl Harbor attack. And although they had practiced firing their guns. When South Dakota first fired at Guadal Canal they were pointed at an angle that for some reason caused electrical power failures. Luckily, Admiral Lee & USS Washington was there to stop the pounding South Dakota was receiving from Kirishima and turn Kirishima into floating wreckage in a matter of minutes!!! And also Luckily for South Dakota Kirishima only had 14" guns. Unfortunately for Kirishima Washington had 16" guns & a damn good gunnery crew!!!
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That's cool. Thanks for that. Yeah, a lot of people think Callahan was NOT a good Admiral but he was ordered to 🛑 stop the IJN from shooting up Henderson Field. So, he tried to do what he could with what he had. God Bless Him. It's sad that he died while just following orders.
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