Word: halseyisms
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...immediate result: Morgan, Stanley sulked on the sidelines; Midwestern underwriters Halsey, Stuart & Co. and Otis & Co. (both had violently protested the original Morgan, Stanley deal) snapped up the $10,000,000 issue with...
...Navy seen action in the South Pacific. In the Battle of the Bismarck Sea (TIME, March 15), unassisted Army air power had finished off 22 Jap ships. The Navy had not been heard from, but last week A.P. Correspondent J. Norman Lodge, attached to Admiral William F. Halsey's South Pacific Command, sent this dispatch through naval censorship...
...when a Halsey-commanded force will steam directly into enemy bases to carry the offensive in an all-out thrust. But Admiral Halsey is not the type to rush headlong into battle. Every move is being planned. He will make no move at sea toward an all-out battle until he knows he has at least a 70-30 chance of victory...
...Year's Day Admiral Halsey had predicted to Correspondent Lodge a complete victory over Japan in 1943. Most people smiled when they read the prediction, judged that the Admiral was taking a day off. According to Correspondent Lodge, Admiral Halsey meant what he said...
Dispatches from the South Pacific revealed that 60-year-old Major General Olayton Barney Vogel of the Marines is commanding an amphibious force under Admiral William Frederick Halsey, also 60. Burly General Vogel carries the most notable bay window in the Marine Corps, yet he has been known to wear the breath out of younger, slim-waisted officers. A strict disciplinarian in the field, Barney Vogel is an inveterate party goer and party giver-a combination of inclinations usually not found in the Marine Corps. Experience gained in the jungles of Nicaragua and the mountains of Haiti should serve...