Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 2 (IJN 3(?) : 3 USN)" video.

  1. Yeah, also previously, the US had gotten 4 Battle Cruisers sunk & basically didn't do anything to the Japanese. Which NOW with Kirashima being sunk by an unseen foe in just a matter of minutes, it was a major blow to the "night time morale" of the Japanese. Cuz they had previously thought they could rule the nights off Guadal Canal, now that way of thinking had been blown away & sunk with the Kirashima along for company. Had the South Dakota not experienced such technical difficulties the Japanese may have been decimated on that night. HOWEVER, THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORIES OF WW2. If the US NAVY could of somehow cloned Admiral Lee, so that they had, idk, 10-20 officers that were similar in his way of getting things accomplished, I think the US NAVY would have had few, if any, defeats following the Pearl Harbor attack. All except /tfor the South Dakota having such technical difficulties & getting shot up because of it.
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  2. It was a shame that Lee passed away 2 weeks after WW2 was over. You know, someone like him that enjoyed sharp shooting with a sniper rifle, you know he had A LOT OF FUN doing the same "sharp shooting" with 16" guns on a battleship!
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  3. When I first heard of this battle I was under the impression it was a week or longer after the battle that sunk 4 US Cruisers. But from what I heard in this video it was almost immediately afterwards.
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  4. Admiral Lee & the USS Washington "Stand aside, I'm coming through. This is Ching Lee!" Translation ="Hold my beer"
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  5. Just think, this could have gone very, very different. Rear Admiral John W. Wilcox was lost at sea on March 27th off the coast of Ireland otw2 Scapa Flow. Admiral "Ching" Lee was his replacement. Aboard USS Washington a watch aboard the fantail of the battleship yelled "man overboard". Under radio silence the signal man signaled a nearby Destroyer to rescue the sailor. However, by the time the Destroyer got there he was floating face down in the high & freezing water & they were unable to get him aboard. Aboard the USS Washington the Captain ordered a roll call so he could submit a report to Admiral Wilcox. They did a roll call twice before they realized it was Admiral Wilcox that was missing. Just think if Wilcox had been the Admiral in charge this battle could have been very different.
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