<r>In a recent catalogue from Daedalus Books these two books were listed for sale at $4.98- "MacArthur Strikes Back- Decision at Buna: New Guinea 1942-1943" by Harry Gailey and "Into The Battle Furious: the Brutal Battle For New Georgia" by Brian Altobello. They are both published by Presidio Press ...

<t>Hi Mogami; I don't think I was criticising Morton, the second guessing I read was directed more at Lockwood. Morton did push "aggresive" to the ragged edge in normal circumstances. I believe he was also the first US sub skipper to use a "down the throat" attack on a Japanese can, although it was ...

<t>Sorry about the double post, don't know why it happened. I'll look into it more but I found this quickly, it is from the Warships1 site (I know the site does contain mistakes).<br/>
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From: Dictionary Of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. II, 1977, pp. 443-44. <br/>
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Benjamin Franklin ...

<t>If I remember correctly on Morton's next to last patrol Wahoo fired 10 dud torpedoes in a row and was ordered back to Pearl. Once there Morton convinced Adm. Lockwood to send him out immediately with a load of the new electric torpedoes.<br/>
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Some sub skippers have criticised that decision ...

<t>CV-13 Franklin was named after the Civil War battle outside Nashville, not Benjamin Franklin. <br/>
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However, CV-31 "BonHomme Richard" was named after the ship commanded by John Paul Jones that defeated Serapis during the American revolution. In turn, Jones had named the ship in honor of ...

<t>CV-13 Franklin was named after the Civil War battle outside Nashville, not Benjamin Franklin. <br/>
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However, CV-31 "BonHomme Richard" was named after the ship commanded by John Paul Jones that defeated Serapis during the American revolution. In turn, Jones had named the ship in honor of ...