Why the Submarine is the unsung hero at Midway -- true story.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Sorry, but that's just my opinion. I have no doubt about his impressive credentials in America and at Harvard, but they didn't seem to serve him well in command of the Combined Fleet.

I'm inclined to concur with your opinion here, and admittedly, it has been my opinion ever since I read Shattered Sword.

@Dread Knot:
As to my ealier reference involving John Toland's book, as I alluded, I don't believe in the conspiracy theory either. BTW, Toland was a graduate of Williams College (undergraduate degree ) and did win a Pulitzer Prize for "The Rising Sun". Yes, "Infamy" was controversial when it first came out 30 years ago (also when I first read it). Books like this inevitably will be controversial. But Toland is, by no means, the picture you have painted of him. I suppose Billy Mitchell was deemed just as controversial when he said that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor.
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