Reply #7: Hey Boss part 2

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He remembered when Halsey took the Task Force in early 1942 to attack the Marshalls and the Gilbert Islands, when no one else wanted to.
Halsey was spectacular during Guadalcanal.
I know he got a lot of flak for leaving San Bernardino Strait 24Oct 1944 in the Battle of Leyte
Gulf, to go after the 'Northern' Force.
I differ in my opinon.
The USS Princeton was just hit by planes that were shuttling back and forth from the Northern
Force to landing in the Phillipines, (They had to scuttle the Princeton)
And there was now a 'Kamikaze' threat, so the real threat was still the Northern Force of Japanese
carriers.
The Center force was attacked not only by 2 submarines (Darter and Dace) which sunk 2 of their
Heavy Cruisers and damaged 2more, the giant super battleship Musashi was just sunk, and the
force was seen to turn away back towards their base at Tawi Tawi, so Halsey thought they were
not a threat anymore, the only thing, he should have had the newly formed Task Force of Battleships(Commanded by VADM Willis Lee)remain at the opening of the strait.
But to do that, Halsey would have had to stay put, as his flagship was the battleship USS New Jersey.
Your history lesson for today!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :hi: :hi: