The history of the Big Blue Fleet is basically Halsey YOLOing his way around the Pacific, either Leroy Jenkins-esque failure or one of the greatest victories in naval history (sometimes in the same engagement) and then Spruance showing up like "well anyway let's get on with actually winning the war"
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Criminal he didn’t get a fifth star and Halsey did.
Every time I read a part of “The Quiet Warrior” I’m like yeah, I want to be on this guy’s team.
That Spruance was ever criticized for his decision there is insane.