Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "Guadalcanal Campaign - Operation Ke & Rennell Island, The Finale: (IJN 6(?) : 5 USN)" video.

  1. "Captain Manley Powers"? That's a "You best stay out of that man's way" kinda name.
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  2. No wonder the Japanese couldn't take Guadal Canal. A couple of divisions of Marines with 200 cases of beer? OMG!!! THE FRICKIN JAPANESE DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE!!! All the Sarge had to say was, "They heard we had beer, and they're after the beer." Let's face it, you try to take beer away from a bunch of Marines you are going to get one helluva fight.
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  3. Wow. The part about the fate of the all the different Admirals was a very good point. While on the American side Fletcher imho had done a better job than most. And Admiral Lee's untimely demise was very sad. However, of the Japanese Admirals it seems that the ones that were the best were given shore duty & easily survived the war. While I would agree that Kurita made some poor decisions in the Naval Battle of Samar in his defense he had suffered a head wound & had also witnessed Musashi being sunk the day before & he probably didn't want to see the same thing happen to Yamato.
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