Authors: Bruce Henderson
“essentially pinpricks”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 50.
“first American”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 155.
“completely reversedâ¦on the defensive”: ibid., p. xiii.
“successful turning”: ibid., p. 181.
“a legendary figure”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 118.
“sixty-five”: Morison,
Leyte
, p. 196.
“the lastâ¦glimpsed theâ¦recklessly”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 42.
“childishâ¦to guard”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 316.
“We will go”: Harold Stassen letter, Jan. 13, 1959.
“Kill Japs”: Dawes,
The Dragon's Breath
, p. 11.
“one hellâ¦heading right”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 233.
“rather impatientâ¦Yes, yesâ¦alert mindâ¦mass ofâ¦a decoy”: Morison,
Leyte
, p. 195.
“formidable aggregation”: ibid., p. 162.
“nothing but empty”: ibid., p. 196.
“Where is”: Potter,
Nimitz
, p. 340.
“not bombâ¦baitâ¦draw itâ¦nothing worseâ¦to botherâ¦He's busy”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 297.
“padding to”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 40.
“taunting himâ¦broke into sobsâ¦Stop itâ¦not untilâ¦Where is Task”: ibid., p. 303.
“stunned as ifâ¦mad he”: Potter,
Nimitz
, p. 340.
“pale with anger”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 26.
“What right does”: Solberg,
Decision and Dissent
, p. 154; Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 301.
“furiousâ¦gratuitous insult”: Halsey letter, Feb. 5, 1959.
“strongly opposedâ¦nowhere nearâ¦as a nudgeâ¦wisest use”: Potter,
Halsey
, p. 403.
“interfering with”: Potter,
Nimitz
, p. 339.
“like a tigerâ¦up and downâ¦[Halsey] has leftâ¦golden opportunity”: Clark and Reynolds,
Carrier Admiral
, p. 201.
“persistent grumblingâ¦careless ways”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 103.
“not sufficiently”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. xii.
“prone toâ¦guilty ofâ¦often vagueâ¦complex offensiveâ¦inefficiency was”: Reynolds,
The Fast Carriers
, pp. 281â82.
“shorten theâ¦guarantee Japan's”: ibid., p. 253.
“within forty”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 41.
“Battle of Bull's”: Potter,
Bull Halsey,
p. 304.
“the bugaboo”: ibid., p. 216.
“failure toâ¦gushingâ¦Everyone hereâ¦verbal castigationâ¦chargedâ¦threatening theâ¦repeatedly stated”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 325.
“He's still a”: ibid., p. 307.
“under theâ¦hatedâ¦an adequateâ¦tired inâ¦MacArthur's obligingâ¦rested and”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, pp. 234â36.
“thousands of superb”: Reynolds,
The Fast Carriers
, p. 253.
“break offâ¦longed toâ¦bitter disappointmentâ¦no wings”: Morison,
Leyte
, pp. 354â55.
“unexpected opportunity”: Report on Operations of the Third Fleet, Jan. 10, 1945.
“too long”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 316.
“sitting inâ¦Well, justâ¦a badâ¦But luckyâ¦Wish everyone”: Robert Strand letter, Dec. 10, 1944.
“neutralizationâ¦through restrictedâ¦admittedly hazardousâ¦knocked outâ¦by conferenceâ¦support theâ¦high speedâ¦tactical surpriseâ¦with itsâ¦Very fewâ¦paralyzing”: Report on the Operations of the Third Fleet, Jan. 10, 1945. 137â
“intercepting ourâ¦not aâ¦the congestion”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 236.
“mastermindedâ¦early warning”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 21â22.
“nearest spotâ¦dangerously low”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines,
p. 60.
“a hugeâ¦impossible to”: ibid., p. 24.
“get backâ¦imperative”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 29.
“drivenâ¦his fullest”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 26.
“became standardâ¦shortest in”: Clark,
Carrier Admiral
, p. 153.
Chapter Eleven
“potential typhoon”: All quotations attributed to Reid Bryson and others: Reid A. Bryson interview; Reid A. Bryson, “Typhoon Forecasting, 1944, or,
The Making of a Cynic,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Oct. 2000.
“storm indicationsâ¦very weakâ¦move offâ¦didn't expectâ¦very small”: George F. Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 26, 1944.
“found a way”: Bernadette Kosco interview.
“Well, if I”:
The Lucky Bag 1930
.
“one of theâ¦broken steelâ¦giving all”: Associated Press, Nov. 6, 1931.
“prison ship”: Potter,
Bull Halsey,
p. 123.
“not hurt”: William G. Kosco interview. 148â
“a little badâ¦quite delayedâ¦sort ofâ¦wind withâ¦all normal”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 26, 1944.
“exceptional cases”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 60.
“reassuring 29.84â¦even existingâ¦not given”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 31â32.
“unsteady barometerâ¦rules for establishingâ¦50 to 80â¦surrounding the”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator
, p. 286.
“disturbanceâ¦lay in the”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, pp. 60â61.
“chased outâ¦the same thing”: Halsey letter, Oct. 3, 1944.
“steaming in closeâ¦congested area”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 32.
“collisions were”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoon
, p. 31.
“noticeable changeâ¦latent powerâ¦rhythmically liftedâ¦let to settle”: Erwin S. Jackson, “Trapped in a Typhoon,”
Naval History,
Dec. 2004.
“for dearâ¦swaying, swirlingâ¦fighting air”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 31.
“too rough”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 61.
“maintaining stationâ¦lashed andâ¦shockedâ¦allowed toâ¦incredibleâ¦never knownâ¦deemed inconsistentâ¦unhappy impressionâ¦remiss inâ¦I wouldn'tâ¦provide a”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, pp. 32â33.
“nice guy”: Wohlleb interview.
“operated at”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 238.
“high-speedâ¦paint on”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence:
The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”
“on hand”:
New Jersey
deck log, Dec. 17, 1944.
“almost landedâ¦almost evenâ¦Get thatâ¦Mother Natureâ¦too young”: Wohlleb interview.
“6,000 gallonsâ¦22,265 gallons”:
New Jersey
deck log, Dec. 17, 1944.
“upon theâ¦upper worksâ¦so fastâ¦violence ofâ¦isolated instanceâ¦weather evaluationâ¦his greatâ¦data had beenâ¦a weakâ¦frontal zoneâ¦storm centerâ¦about 400â¦all indicationsâ¦only a tropicalâ¦
move offâ¦at right anglesâ¦safe distanceâ¦cutting thingsâ¦storm or no”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 34â37.
“knock offâ¦right awayâ¦getting aâ¦didn't think”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“falling steadilyâ¦12 to 15â¦mixing diesel”: Action Report, Third Fleet, Dec. 25, 1944.
“hindsightâ¦10 knotsâ¦clear ofâ¦at least”: Wilbur M. Lockhart testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“not be expected”: Gerald Bogan testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“valiant butâ¦no typhoonâ¦one of thoseâ¦troublesome enoughâ¦capable ofâ¦pros and consâ¦every reportâ¦round-tableâ¦vainly forâ¦predict itsâ¦kill timeâ¦seek betterâ¦reversing”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 38â39. 157â
“lack ofâ¦inflated canvasâ¦word was received”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
: The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”
“high on theâ¦sail”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 99.
“relatively simple”: Torres interview.
“six hours”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 321.
“severe cyclonic”: Bogan testimony.
“less than 200”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 237.
“400 miles”: Howard S. Smith, Memorandum to Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet.
“might beâ¦at the timeâ¦to make aâ¦something wasâ¦hit usâ¦increasing inâ¦hand-toâ¦long rangeâ¦out of the”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“historical data”: William G. Kosco interview.
“bit of shut-eyeâ¦safestâ¦southerly courseâ¦What doâ¦dangerâ¦nearer theâ¦Severeâ¦in a weather”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 41â42.
“not to be”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 38.
“counting onâ¦live upâ¦desertedâ¦bypassedâ¦stay untilâ¦disposed to”: Taussig,
A Warrior for Freedom
, pp. 114â15. 160â
“hand-to-handâ¦long rangeâ¦out of”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 42.
“short andâ¦turbulent”: ibid., p. 47.
“thingsâ¦due toâ¦almost dueâ¦What doâ¦We turn”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“cyclonic stormâ¦under existing”: Bogan testimony.
“field ofâ¦snap judgmentâ¦mere hunchâ¦reluctantly decided”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 48.
“in aboutâ¦not to”: Bryson interview; Lt. Daniel F. Rex, “An Aerological Report of the Typhoon of 15â21 December 1944.”
“Loath toâ¦commence fuelingâ¦collision course”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, pp. 66â67.
“clearly demonstratedâ¦not feasible”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 45.
“blacker than pitch”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 49.
“mountains ofâ¦a hell's chorusâ¦just stayâ¦riding as though”: Charles R. Calhoun, “Typhoon!”
Reader's Digest,
Jan. 1959.
“sea and”: Wouk,
Caine Mutiny
, p. 326.
“voiced anâ¦probably take”: Kosco testimony.
“rather thanâ¦stay inâ¦carry out”: Taussig,
A Warrior for Freedom
, p. 114.
“very rough”:
New Jersey
deck log, Dec. 18, 1944.
“oilers [should] not”: Jasper T. Acuff testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“didn't like”: Bogan testimony.
“present conditionsâ¦Yarnall 20 percent;”: Action Report, Third Fleet, Dec. 25, 1944.
“regretfully notifiedâ¦could notâ¦pounding heavily”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 238.
“rather apparentâ¦ordinary tropicalâ¦typhoon conditionsâ¦falling very”: Kosco testimony.
“typhoon”: Frederick C. Sherman testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“ceiling rested”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 51.
“typical barometricâ¦sure sign”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 68.
“wind wentâ¦all shipsâ¦improperlyâ¦much differenceâ¦making a race”: Kosco testimony.
“last, vain”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 66.
Chapter Twelve
“recording allâ¦maintain stationâ¦no possible”: Edward D. Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“Everyplace we”: Greenfield (Mass.)
Recorder,
Oct. 1983.
“rough ride”: James Traceski interview.
“not sureâ¦done the”: Louise Traceski interview.
“slammed intoâ¦simply out”: Parkin,
Blood on the Sea,
pp. 267â68.
“dry bunkâ¦loved theâ¦were likeâ¦blowing the”: Edward A. Miller interview.
“conversed withâ¦problems theyâ¦present themselvesâ¦24 hoursâ¦in dangerâ¦normal routine”: A. S. Krauchunas narrative, Dec. 29, 1944.
“9,000 gallons”: James Felty testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“300 to”: Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“about 40 percent”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 158.
“normal wartime”: ibid., p. 79.
“took offâ¦good shipâ¦all fourâ¦right thenâ¦routine staffâ¦go upâ¦In completeâ¦it was myâ¦scared sailors”: James Felty interview. 169 “30,000 gallons”: George W. Johnson testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“pitchedâ¦hazardousâ¦narrowly missingâ¦slowly andâ¦blinding mistâ¦completely drenchedâ¦seek reliefâ¦hitting theâ¦You betterâ¦concern withâ¦concerned lookâ¦not atâ¦struggling toâ¦spouting aâ¦words ofâ¦sudden rollâ¦agonizing momentsâ¦almost completelyâ¦a hopelessâ¦Is thisâ¦gurgling and”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
: The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”
“all the reports”: Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“the safety”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
: The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”
“all personnelâ¦should wear”: Krauchunas testimony.
“43 degreesâ¦a little leftâ¦supposed toâ¦hard rightâ¦didn't haveâ¦gradually capsizedâ¦11:23”: Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.
“My last”: Melton,
Sea Cobra
, p. 174.
“well overâ¦hugeâ¦Caught in a”: Parking,
Blood on the Sea
, pp. 268â69.
Chapter Thirteen
“really toughâ¦because itâ¦trying toâ¦a greatâ¦good oleâ¦not becomeâ¦no oneâ¦all thoughtâ¦nothing anyoneâ¦really started”: Drummond interview.