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Originally Posted by nik-
Ahh Bombs Away LeMay. If him and Patton had more clout, Russian might be an extinct
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Add Bull Halsey to that list,when he heard about Pearl Harbor on the bridge of the Enterprise he immediately ordered the Enterprise to sink any shipping sighted, shoot down any plane encountered." Protested his operations officer: "Goddammit, Admiral, you can't start a private war of your own! Who's going to take the responsibility?" Said Halsey: "I'll take it! If anything gets in my way, we'll shoot first and argue afterwards."
At the end of the War after Japan surrendered and Bull was still losing sleep over Kamikaze pilots he sent out the following to his fleet
Cessation of hostilities.
War is over.
If any Japanese airplanes appear, shoot them down in a friendly way.
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