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re: WWII history buffs - Pacific theater island hopping
Posted on 12/12/15 at 12:02 pm to FootballNostradamus
Posted on 12/12/15 at 12:02 pm to FootballNostradamus
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After the failure to destroy the US Naval fleet at the Leyte Gulf encounter the Japs had next to no ability to meet in a large-scale naval encounter.
Read the book Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, if you haven't already.
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Posted on 12/12/15 at 12:15 pm to LSUFanNTX
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Read the book Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, if you haven't already.
One of the GOATs. The epics in that novel are almost not believable.
I forget his name but the Indian captain who led his destroyer (basically the naval equivalent of a bateau) directly at the Jap battleships was something you couldn't makeup in a Hollywood feature film.
The US is so lucky Admirals Sprague and Kinkaid were there to save Halsey's dumbass (per usual). It's funny and frustrating knowing the Halsey and MacArthur looked at as US legend when in reality they were both fairly incompetent but had to be propped up as triumphant heroes for morale's purpose.
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