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Old March 27th, 2008, 02:35 PM
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Default Re: Name that general! (with written questions too)

Well, that would be Vice Adm. Frank 'Jack' Fletcher, operational commander at both the battle of Coral Sea and the battle of Midway - two critical turning points in the war in the Pacific. He went on to numerous other Pacifi operations and wound up serving in the postwar occupation of northern Japan.

I always marvel at how deceptive the pictures of the fighting generals and admirals can be - he looks like a granddad, not a fighting admiral.


-whatever

-Lou

EDIT: "...he looks like a granddad, not a fighting admiral." Yeah, yeah, I know... it's possible to be both.... but you get my drift.
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