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To: BlueCrab who wrote (20618)	4/6/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

The failure to unify command in the Philippine area, with the resulting "Bull's Run" at Cape Engano, and the close call off Leyte remains one of the near disasters and lost opportunities of the war. The study of the strategy of Leyte Gulf at any war college is the lesson of unity of command. What was feared by Nimitz, of course, was that shackling Halsey to Mac's command would lead to another Battle of Philippine Sea, where tying the fleet to its shielding role for the landings would deprive the U.S. of a chance to sink the Japanese carrier fleet (always the U.S. prime objective). The Japanese, brilliantly interpreted the Battle of Philippine Sea correctly, and planned the triple stroke at Leyte. Fortunately for us, Ziggy Sprague hung tough and his pilots and DD's and DE died gloriously and saved the day and shortened the war incalculably.