Well Steve,

You know, it is a long campaign. I may squeeze a battlewagon in. Who knows. Gunny hasn't chosen a subject as far as I know. Maybe he will do a battlewagon. Huh, Gunny?

Gator

After all, Halsey took them all up north chasing after what as left of the Japanese carier fleet.

He was by no means a deft social mixer; by most reports he was disdained the friendship of many of the very flag officers with whom he served. He was willful, arrogant, a hard drinker, and violently tempered. Despite his unpopularity, however, he was a brilliant tactical officer.

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After all, Halsey took them all up north chasing after what as left of the Japanese carier fleet.

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Interesting that you should mention that, Steve. I read an interesting article on Miles Browning, skipper of the Enterprise at Midway. In the words of Bull Halsey, he was Halsey's Air Tactical Officer guru. Halsey gives all the credit of his famous hit and run raids prior to Midway to Browning's tactics. These were the raid that gave Halsey his nickname, "Haul A** Halsey". But the beginning of he end of Browing's career began with locking horns with Spruance at Midway. To say their personalities clashed was an understatement. To quote the article I read,

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He was by no means a deft social mixer; by most reports he was disdained the friendship of many of the very flag officers with whom he served. He was willful, arrogant, a hard drinker, and violently tempered. Despite his unpopularity, however, he was a brilliant tactical officer.

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Spruance even asked Nimitz to releave Browning. Halsey begged to keep him. It was Browning's tactical genius that lead to Halsey's success in the Solomons. Yet, once again, Browning said the wrong thing to the wrong person, this time Frank Knox. Knox asked King to replace him, but King saw his brilliance too. It wasn't until 1944 that Browning was finally transfered state side to a desk. The artcle concludes with this thought. Had Browning been on Halsey's staff at Leyte, Browning would have probably persuaded Halsey from pursuing the Japanese carriers used as bait.

Gator

Am I the only one doing a battleship for Leyte Gulf. Weird. I t was more of a battleship fight than an aircraft carrier. After all, Halsey took them all up north chasing after what as left of the Japanese carier fleet. All the good fighting was at Suriago Straight and Samar Island.