Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "Admiral Spruance - Marshall Islands to Philippine Turkeys" video.

  1. 11:35. That would be RADM John "Black Jack" Reeves. One thing that rained on Spruance's parade during the opening of the Saipan landings. Was that Indianapolis had picked up one LtCdr William I "Bill" Martin, CO of VT-10 from Enterprise. His Avenger was shot down near one of the landing beaches and being the only survivor had narrowly escaped being shot and captured. When he was bought aboard Indianapolis, Martin had told Spruance that the Japanese had flags planted just offshore. Spruance realised that those were markers for Artillery, explaining the high casualties for the marines on landing. The Scouting report was from Lt Stu Nelson of VT-10.
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  2. Albacore: Hey best buddy. Taihou: Ahhhhh!!!
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  3. One, thank you Jocko Clarke as Hornet (CV-12) was his flagship. But Spruance and Mitscher were familiar with this move as they did a smaller scale version during the Battle of Midway on 5 June.
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