I always considered MacArther and Halsey to be the 2 most overated Military leaders the USA had in WW2. They just both knew how to play the reporters that's all.
As for why I consider Halsey to be overrated,all one has to do is look at his actions on the Doolittle Raid,(launched too soon just because they spotted and sank a sampan),The Phillipines Sea,(He left the transports he was supposed to be protecting just to chase after 4 Japanese Carriers that the US carriers had already sunk or seriously damaged...and the Yamato group damn near got to the transports while Halsey was off chasing already trashed carriers.),And running into a typhoon...not once,but twice. Leading to losses of ships and alot of men. Quite frankly,if Halsey had been in command at Midway I have no doubt that he would have managed to lose that battle. He would have continued to chase the Japanese fleet and would have run right into a night battle with Yammamoto's main fleet. Halsey was great for morale and propaganda...but not a very good fleet commander.
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