Admiral Spruance - Masterminding Midway to Taking Tarawa

Today we take a look at the career of Admiral Raymond Spruance, from the Battle of Midway to Operation Galvanic and the preparations to take the Marshall Islands

Sources:
The Quiet Warrior: a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance - Buell, Thomas B.
Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN; A Study In Command - Admiral E. P. Forestel
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