Word: halsey
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...slackness or poor work at sea he roars in the voice that has made him renowned as the tough guy of the fleet. But his junior officers and enlisted men know that Bull Halsey is no sundowner: under the bushy eyebrows The Old Man's eyes gleam with good humor. The Bull is a softie, and his men love him as they love few other admirals...
Dirty Tricks Department. At 62, Halsey is still rugged, and in better health than he was three years ago. He rises at 0600, reads the overnight accumulation of dispatches while downing scalding coffee, and greets his staff at breakfast at a more comfortable hour with a grinning "Sit down, goddammit...
...most elaborate information service aboard his flagship of any commander afloat. His staff is large and he enjoys hearing it called the "Dirty Tricks Department." Its meetings are what the name implies: Halsey warned an overstarched admiral who joined him: "This is a pretty rough bunch. We don't stand on rank...
...Halsey fleet operation is likely to have a lot of improvisation about it. His directive from Nimitz may require him to strike an island or group of islands and neutralize the air power based there-as last September, when he had his first sea command in more than two years, and Mindanao was the target. That seemed too soft, so he went back and tackled the central Philippines. They, too, seemed soft...
...flyer shot down off Leyte was rescued by guerrillas, and when he returned to the fleet he bore word of how relatively weak the Japanese were in the Visayas. Halsey conferred with Vice Admiral Mitscher, then commanding Task Force 38, and with Nimitz. Soon he was on his way to see MacArthur, who agreed to a new plan of invading the Philippines in October instead of December, and at Leyte instead of Mindanao...