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Really? I'd consider ching lee to be much much better than Nimitz. Won marksmanship awards with defective eyes, helped defend a squad of Marines from snipers,
by throwawaymaths 4y ago
Really? I'd consider ching lee to be much much better than Nimitz. Won marksmanship awards with defective eyes, helped defend a squad of Marines from snipers, translated his gun marksmanship philosophy to battleship gunnery, corrected the naval armament calibrations for gunpowder and issued corrections himself, wasn't too proud of a surface officer and admitted early on that carriers would take the day, personally elevated the role of the radar operators (and sometimes operated them himself) and pummelled Japanese ships from behind squalls because he could see them when they couldn't see him...