Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "The Battle of Midway - Myths, Legends and Greatness (with Jon Parshall)" video.

Ok, he talks about Richmond Kelly Turner blaming Fletcher for moving the carrier task force out of harm's way & that very night the US cruisers & destroyers off of Guadal Canal basically get blown out of the water by the Japanese. Well for one thing Fletcher was smart to remove the carriers out of harms way cuz at that time no US Carriers were capable of night operations so they would have been blown out of the water along with the cruisers present. And considering that the men on those cruisers had been on high alert for 48 hours or more, he should have pulled his force back along with the ships trying to land supplies & let everyone get a night of rest & then resumed the landing of supplies in the morning. Of course, we say hind sight is 20/20 but he had reasonable suspicions that the Japanese would counter attack and knew his guys having had no rest for 2 days needed some rest. And considering where they were they needed to be on high alert because imho a counter attack was inevitable. What the real problem & mistake was that the Americans during the first part of the war constantly underestimate the capabilities of the Japanese. Those cruisers were blown out of the water & sinking while the Americans were still 🏃 🏃 running to their action stations. And the Americans also had to learn that they needed to be closer to action stations in their normal duties as well. Instead of people having to switch places in different parts of the ship. Giving away precious time that would be the difference in the battle. That & the underestimation of the Japanese torpedoes would put the USA on a steep learning curve!! And it was a tragedy that the US paid for with A LOT of lives & cruisers. 😢❤😢
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@sundivxqqqqqqqqźer137 Yes, but that was after the pre-planned questions had been asked & answered. And the dialog was actually about how & why Fletcher got a bad rep cuz of Richmond Kelly Turner blaming everyone but himself for the annihilation of the cruiser force at Guadal Canal. IMHO he should have taken the Cruisers & all of the other ships out of harms way as well so everyone could get some rest. Being on high alert for 48 hours means that no one has gotten any rest in 2 days. And if they were going to be on the coast of Guadal Canal they definitely needed to be on high alert! Rabaul was NOT very far away and was considered too large of a stronghold for the USA to attack so early in the war. Although MacArthur wanted to go after Rebaul first thing Nimitz & King shot that down as too heavily defended. The Navy had better reconnaissance & Intel in the Pacific than the Army had. And Nimitz wanted to start off with something smaller & less heavily defended, in which Guadal Canal fit that role perfectly.
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I'm firmly convinced that Mitcher knew that they needed new torpedo planes & he sent those planes North so his pilots wouldn't be slaughtered right before they got new planes.
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Shokaku was a "purpose built" carrier & was also newer than the other carriers. Newer + purpose built = better designs to withstand damage. Plus, like he said, "you have to put water in the hulls to make them sink."
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Ya know, they talk about Hornets flight to no where with the torpedo squadron, I think the leader of that squadron was well aware of how lame & outdated their airplanes were & he didn't want to die or lead his squadron into a battle where he knew they would all get killed & that is why he went where he went.
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Yeah, I can't see how he is "insulting" anyone regardless of his intellect. Idk, sounds to me like you just have a burr up your butt about something else & it's affecting your thought process. Either that or you are just one of those trolls that hates everything just because you are a hater. Why don't you get a therapist or something. Hate is evil & leads to evil deeds. Maybe if you actually listen as far 12:15-12:45 you may understand some of the difficulties our pilots faced.
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