Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "Admiral Spruance - Masterminding Midway to Taking Tarawa" video.

  1. And on today's episode of Everybody loves Raymond.
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  2. The argument between Browning and McCluskey was actually a bit bigger. As when he found out. He got VS-6 CO Earl Gallagher and Enterprise’s Captain George Murray. Also McCluskey was recovering after being shot in the shoulder and Gallagher had his back thrown out when diving on Hiryu.
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  3.  @Drachinifel Still a great video though.
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  4.  @PeteOtton  Speaking of Fletcher. Joseph "Jocko" Clarke was XO on Yorktown for those early raids and was pissed off that Fletcher and Yorktown's Captain Elliot Buckmaster were consulting the younger pilots instead of someone like him who has more experience. In someways, dismissing Fletcher after Saratoga's torpedoing at the end of August actually set the Guadalcanal Campaign back. As he was the USN's most experienced carrier admiral. At a time when the IJN's carriers were still a potent threat.
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  5. As an Australian. That idea would have made the Eastern Front look like a walk in the park.
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  6. On the other hand. Fleet Admiral’s pay was frozen in the 50s. While Spruance’s Admiral’s pay went up. So he made more money than Halsey in retirement.
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  7. I'm of the view that Browning was one of those officers that can only work as a subordinate. Or adult supervision.
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  8. Atlanta arrived in the Pacific in April and joined Task Force 16 on 16 May.
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  9.  @papajohnloki  I’m of the theory. That Browning got away with so much for so long in the early war. Was because Halsey was the only one who can get something resembling a positive contribution out of him.
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  10. More like Spruance tried to take a page out of his friend Bill Halsey's book and embarrasses himself. A fuck up would have been if New Jersey got torpedoed.
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  11. Not quite. He would go on to piss off a lot more people and command Hornet (CV-12) in 1944. Until a CO2 canister blew up and knocked a few crew overboard with one drowning in the process. Allowing for Mitscher and Clarke to relieve him of command.
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  12.  @Everywhere2  and a notorious womanizer.
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  13. After failing to rescue 2 sailors who went overboard. When he was in command of Hornet (CV-12).
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  14. Q&A. What were the U.S. Navy’s odds for success if they decided to copy the Kido Butai’s launch method at the Battle of Midway?
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  15.  @bkjeong4302  The Japanese were already evacuating Truk when Operation Hailstone happened.
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  16.  @bkjeong4302  Ah
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