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...already been adjudged (by the 1942 Roberts report) as derelict in their duties: Lieut. General Walter C. Short, Commander of the Army's Hawaiian Department, and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet on the day the Japs attacked. New light shed by the reports did nothing to brighten their records; it cast them, indeed, into darker shadow. What the new light did was to illuminate other failures. Among them...
Another reason was service red tape. Another was the complex Navy command setup in which Kimmel held two positions, Rear Admiral Claude C. Bloch held four (including command of the 14th Naval District), and a many-hatted Rear Admiral P. N. L. Bellinger held six. "Under such circumstances," said the Board, "The Army had a difficult time in determining under which of the three shells (Kimmel, Bloch or Bellinger) rested the pea of performance and responsibility...
...Admiral Orin G. Murfin, 69, onetime Judge Advocate General, commander of the Asiatic Fleet, predecessor of Rear Admiral Bloch as commandant of the 14th Naval District, is now retired...
Commander of the first invasion force was spare, deep-voiced Rear Admiral Oscar C. Badger. Badger had been the first U.S. officer ashore when the Navy went into Tokyo Bay in 1923 to relieve earthquake victims. Now, with his flag on the San Diego, he led Task Force 31, with 10,000 sailors and marines, through the narrows into Tokyo...
...Orders. Kawabe bowed low to stone-faced Lieut. General Richard K. Sutherland. MacArthur's chief of staff nodded, quickly led the six ranking members of the delegation to a conference with Willoughby, three other staff generals and Rear Admiral Forrest P. Sherman. For five strained hours, the victors extracted information about harbors and airfields around Tokyo, which Allied forces would need for their entry...