Neptune's Inferno_ The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal - James D. Hornfischer [259]
PART III:
Storm Tide
19: All Hell’s Eve
“Admiral Ghormley treated me like a son”: MacDonald interview, 203–204. “The ship and crew members”: Brodie, A Guide to Naval Strategy, 278. 11th Air Fleet strength: Lundstrom, The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign, 293–294. Damn that plane. …“Outside, a thousand rockets”: Soule, Shooting the Pacific War, 111–112. “The exploding gunfire”: Kennedy, Fearless Warrior, 64. “The air was filled”: Lundstrom, The First Team, 301. “Our single light bulb swayed” and “Again the earth heaved”: Soule, Shooting, 111–112. “It seemed as if all”: Frank, Guadalcanal, 317. “Daylight disclosed”: Soule, Shooting, 113. “But luckily the teleradio”: MacKenzie, “Report on Coast-Watching,” 21–22. “The Marines at the airport”: Wolfert, Battle for the Solomons, 64. “It was the hopelessness”: Halsey, Admiral Halsey’s Story, 116. “We don’t know whether”: Miller, The Cactus Air Force, 121. “The situation is critical”: Ghormley to Nimitz, October 14, 1942 (1410). “It became immediately obvious”: MacKenzie, “Report,” 22. “Security our position”: Nimitz to King, October 15, 1942 (2235). “I have resigned myself”: Agawa, The Reluctant Admiral, 335. “It now appears”: Morison, The Struggle for Guadalcanal, 178. “Can use no more aircraft”: Fitch to Ghormley, October 15, 1942 (0921). “The Japs have the run”: Merillat, Guadalcanal Remembered, 181–182. “I don’t think we have”: Lundstrom, The First Team, 311.
20: The Weight of a War
“Call it what you will”: Mustin diary, October 15. “There were lots of lessons” and “He was the perfect example”: Mustin interview, 515. “Magnificently trained” and “They didn’t come down”: Ibid., 546. “The Japanese must not be”: Trumbull, “Nimitz Confident After Pacific Trip,” 6. “He was almost despairing.”: Baldwin interview, 344–345. “Assume you will make Ghormley”: King to Nimitz, “Grey Book,” July 2, 1942 (2154). “I think he had a premonition”: Weaver, “Some Reminiscences,” 9. “The situation demands”: Vandegrift to Ghormley, October 16, 1942 (0025). “Urgently need this area”: October 15, 1942 (0246). “This appears to be all out”: Ghormley to Nimitz, October 16, 1942 (0440). “Overwhelming need for strength”: Nimitz to Commander, Task Force 8, October 16, 1942 (2221). “One of the few times” and “The situation looked very dark”: Eller interview, 585. “It was evident to all of us”: Layton, “And I Was There,” 461. “Too immersed in detail”: Nimitz to Mrs. Nimitz, October 17, 1942. “We wasted no time”: Layton, “And I Was There,” 461–462. “In view Ghormley’s”: Nimitz to King, October 16, 1942 (0937). “It was a sore mental struggle”: Nimitz to Mrs. Nimitz, October 17, 1942. “Approved”: King to Nimitz, October 16, 1942 (0245). “I fudged this”: Baldwin interview, 349–350, 353–354. “Not once during the entire visit”: New York Times, “Admiral’s Tribute to Wounded,” 3. “Dear Ghorm”: Scott to Ghormley, October 22, 1942, Ghormley Papers. “They were just delighted”: Mustin interview, 520.
21: Enter Fighting
“You will take command”: Halsey, Admiral Halsey’s Story, 109. “I have always insisted on”: Ibid., 137. “We were absolutely elated”: Musicant, Battleship at War, 88. “During wartime it’s important”: Graff interview. “The Enterprise is now operating”: COMSOPAC, “Operational History of the South Pacific,” 4. “A real old salt”: U.S. Naval Academy, Lucky Bag, 1904. “We would take the top”: Soule, Shooting the Pacific War, 122. “He was a fighting man”: Custer, Through the Perilous Night, 43–44. “From the American admiral”: Hoyt, How They Won the War in the Pacific, 165–166. “Boiling oil.”…“You go to hell!” COMSOPAC, “Operational History,” 3. “Brilliant in common sense”: Mustin interview, 528. “The officers and chiefs”: Halsey, Admiral, 140. “COMPLETE WITH BLACK TIE”: Ibid., 139. “I would like to see it”: Hoyt, How They Won, 172. “As I dug into my new job