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Gunnery & Guts. On carriers where Halsey had been Admiral, the men had said: "'The Admiral will get us in, then it will be up to the Captain...
Attack-Re-Attack. On all the ships in the Fleet, the Halsey battle cry was memorized: Hit hard, hit fast, hit often...
...Balance Shifts. Visiting Guadalcanal just before this battle, Admiral Halsey said: Kill Japs, kill Japs, and then kill more Japs...
Return of the Wagon. Admiral Halsey, who had served most of his life on destroyers before he became an aviator, said last week: Battleships will have a decided role in this war before it ends...
...Halsey's battle saved Guadalcanal. It did not make all these future steps automatic or easy. But it made them possible...