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Battling the Storm – Aircraft Carriers vs. Hurricanes
US Admiral William Halsey and his Third Fleet were refueling after a three-day operation when they received a warning about bad weather. Expecting the conditions to improve, Halsey unknowingly led his ...
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BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: Hit Hard, Hit Fast, Hit Often | TIME
Admiral Chester William Nimitz measured his words. With his own hand the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet wrote last week: Halsey’s conduct of his present command leaves nothing to be ...
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On Today's Date: Halsey's Typhoon U.S. Navy's Worst Natural Disaster
A dmiral William Halsey's chief aerologist (a previous term for meteorologist), Commander George Kosco, believed the typhoon was closer, but thought the mission could avoid it by continuing to ...
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The Rabaul Strikes: US Fast Carriers and the Fall of Japan’s Naval Stronghold
In November 1943, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. launched the largest carrier-based attack in U.S. Navy history to shift momentum in the Pacific War. This offensive targeted Rabaul, a heavily ...