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... FLEET FOLLOW : ' ' ENEMY PENETRATION IN PHILIPPINES RESULTED FROM OUR WEAKNESS ON THE SEA AND IN THE AIR ( GARBLE ) SURFACE ELEMENTS OF ASIATIC FLEET WERE WITHDRAWN AND EFFECT OF SUBMARINES HAS BEEN NEGLIGIBLE . ENEMY HAS UTTER FREEDOM ...
... FLEET FOLLOW : ' ' ENEMY PENETRATION IN PHILIPPINES RESULTED FROM OUR WEAKNESS ON THE SEA AND IN THE AIR ( GARBLE ) SURFACE ELEMENTS OF ASIATIC FLEET WERE WITHDRAWN AND EFFECT OF SUBMARINES HAS BEEN NEGLIGIBLE . ENEMY HAS UTTER FREEDOM ...
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... Fleet ) , Hart for CinC U.S. Fleet , and Admiral Nimitz for CinC Asiatic Fleet . Would Coach Roosevelt buy it ? Leahy , highly respected by the President and soon to become his precedent - shattering White House chief of staff , urged ...
... Fleet ) , Hart for CinC U.S. Fleet , and Admiral Nimitz for CinC Asiatic Fleet . Would Coach Roosevelt buy it ? Leahy , highly respected by the President and soon to become his precedent - shattering White House chief of staff , urged ...
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... fleet is disadvantageously disposed for preparing for or initiating war opera- tions . " The President was adamant , saying that returning the fleet to the west coast would be regarded by Japan and the U.S. public as a “ step backward ...
... fleet is disadvantageously disposed for preparing for or initiating war opera- tions . " The President was adamant , saying that returning the fleet to the west coast would be regarded by Japan and the U.S. public as a “ step backward ...
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