Down to the Sea (41 page)

“essentially pinpricks”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 50.

“first American”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 155.

“completely reversed…on the defensive”: ibid., p. xiii.

“successful turning”: ibid., p. 181.

“a legendary figure”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 118.

“sixty-five”: Morison,
Leyte
, p. 196.

“the last…glimpsed the…recklessly”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 42.

“childish…to guard”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 316.

“We will go”: Harold Stassen letter, Jan. 13, 1959.

“Kill Japs”: Dawes,
The Dragon's Breath
, p. 11.

“one hell…heading right”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 233.

“rather impatient…Yes, yes…alert mind…mass of…a decoy”: Morison,
Leyte
, p. 195.

“formidable aggregation”: ibid., p. 162.

“nothing but empty”: ibid., p. 196.

“Where is”: Potter,
Nimitz
, p. 340.

“not bomb…bait…draw it…nothing worse…to bother…He's busy”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 297.

“padding to”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 40.

“taunting him…broke into sobs…Stop it…not until…Where is Task”: ibid., p. 303.

“stunned as if…mad he”: Potter,
Nimitz
, p. 340.

“pale with anger”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 26.

“What right does”: Solberg,
Decision and Dissent
, p. 154; Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 301.

“furious…gratuitous insult”: Halsey letter, Feb. 5, 1959.

“strongly opposed…nowhere near…as a nudge…wisest use”: Potter,
Halsey
, p. 403.

“interfering with”: Potter,
Nimitz
, p. 339.

“like a tiger…up and down…[Halsey] has left…golden opportunity”: Clark and Reynolds,
Carrier Admiral
, p. 201.

“persistent grumbling…careless ways”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 103.

“not sufficiently”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. xii.

“prone to…guilty of…often vague…complex offensive…inefficiency was”: Reynolds,
The Fast Carriers
, pp. 281–82.

“shorten the…guarantee Japan's”: ibid., p. 253.

“within forty”: McCain and Salter,
Faith of My Fathers
, p. 41.

“Battle of Bull's”: Potter,
Bull Halsey,
p. 304.

“the bugaboo”: ibid., p. 216.

“failure to…gushing…Everyone here…verbal castigation…charged…threatening the…repeatedly stated”: Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, p. 325.

“He's still a”: ibid., p. 307.

“under the…hated…an adequate…tired in…MacArthur's obliging…rested and”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, pp. 234–36.

“thousands of superb”: Reynolds,
The Fast Carriers
, p. 253.

“break off…longed to…bitter disappointment…no wings”: Morison,
Leyte
, pp. 354–55.

“unexpected opportunity”: Report on Operations of the Third Fleet, Jan. 10, 1945.

“too long”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 316.

“sitting in…Well, just…a bad…But lucky…Wish everyone”: Robert Strand letter, Dec. 10, 1944.

“neutralization…through restricted…admittedly hazardous…knocked out…by conference…support the…high speed…tactical surprise…with its…Very few…paralyzing”: Report on the Operations of the Third Fleet, Jan. 10, 1945. 137–

“intercepting our…not a…the congestion”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 236.

“masterminded…early warning”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 21–22.

“nearest spot…dangerously low”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines,
p. 60.

“a huge…impossible to”: ibid., p. 24.

“get back…imperative”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 29.

“driven…his fullest”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 26.

“became standard…shortest in”: Clark,
Carrier Admiral
, p. 153.

Chapter Eleven

“potential typhoon”: All quotations attributed to Reid Bryson and others: Reid A. Bryson interview; Reid A. Bryson, “Typhoon Forecasting, 1944, or,
The Making of a Cynic,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Oct. 2000.

“storm indications…very weak…move off…didn't expect…very small”: George F. Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 26, 1944.

“found a way”: Bernadette Kosco interview.

“Well, if I”:
The Lucky Bag 1930
.

“one of the…broken steel…giving all”: Associated Press, Nov. 6, 1931.

“prison ship”: Potter,
Bull Halsey,
p. 123.

“not hurt”: William G. Kosco interview. 148–

“a little bad…quite delayed…sort of…wind with…all normal”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry, Dec. 26, 1944.

“exceptional cases”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 60.

“reassuring 29.84…even existing…not given”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 31–32.

“unsteady barometer…rules for establishing…50 to 80…surrounding the”: Bowditch,
American Practical Navigator
, p. 286.

“disturbance…lay in the”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, pp. 60–61.

“chased out…the same thing”: Halsey letter, Oct. 3, 1944.

“steaming in close…congested area”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 32.

“collisions were”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoon
, p. 31.

“noticeable change…latent power…rhythmically lifted…let to settle”: Erwin S. Jackson, “Trapped in a Typhoon,”
Naval History,
Dec. 2004.

“for dear…swaying, swirling…fighting air”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 31.

“too rough”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 61.

“maintaining station…lashed and…shocked…allowed to…incredible…never known…deemed inconsistent…unhappy impression…remiss in…I wouldn't…provide a”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, pp. 32–33.

“nice guy”: Wohlleb interview.

“operated at”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 238.

“high-speed…paint on”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence:
The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”

“on hand”:
New Jersey
deck log, Dec. 17, 1944.

“almost landed…almost even…Get that…Mother Nature…too young”: Wohlleb interview.

“6,000 gallons…22,265 gallons”:
New Jersey
deck log, Dec. 17, 1944.

“upon the…upper works…so fast…violence of…isolated instance…weather evaluation…his great…data had been…a weak…frontal zone…storm center…about 400…all indications…only a tropical…
move off…at right angles…safe distance…cutting things…storm or no”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 34–37.

“knock off…right away…getting a…didn't think”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“falling steadily…12 to 15…mixing diesel”: Action Report, Third Fleet, Dec. 25, 1944.

“hindsight…10 knots…clear of…at least”: Wilbur M. Lockhart testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“not be expected”: Gerald Bogan testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“valiant but…no typhoon…one of those…troublesome enough…capable of…pros and cons…every report…round-table…vainly for…predict its…kill time…seek better…reversing”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 38–39. 157–

“lack of…inflated canvas…word was received”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
: The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”

“high on the…sail”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 99.

“relatively simple”: Torres interview.

“six hours”: Potter,
Bull Halsey
, p. 321.

“severe cyclonic”: Bogan testimony.

“less than 200”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 237.

“400 miles”: Howard S. Smith, Memorandum to Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet.

“might be…at the time…to make a…something was…hit us…increasing in…hand-to…long range…out of the”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“historical data”: William G. Kosco interview.

“bit of shut-eye…safest…southerly course…What do…danger…nearer the…Severe…in a weather”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, pp. 41–42.

“not to be”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 38.

“counting on…live up…deserted…bypassed…stay until…disposed to”: Taussig,
A Warrior for Freedom
, pp. 114–15. 160–

“hand-to-hand…long range…out of”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 42.

“short and…turbulent”: ibid., p. 47.

“things…due to…almost due…What do…We turn”: Kosco testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“cyclonic storm…under existing”: Bogan testimony.

“field of…snap judgment…mere hunch…reluctantly decided”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 48.

“in about…not to”: Bryson interview; Lt. Daniel F. Rex, “An Aerological Report of the Typhoon of 15–21 December 1944.”

“Loath to…commence fueling…collision course”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, pp. 66–67.

“clearly demonstrated…not feasible”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 45.

“blacker than pitch”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 49.

“mountains of…a hell's chorus…just stay…riding as though”: Charles R. Calhoun, “Typhoon!”
Reader's Digest,
Jan. 1959.

“sea and”: Wouk,
Caine Mutiny
, p. 326.

“voiced an…probably take”: Kosco testimony.

“rather than…stay in…carry out”: Taussig,
A Warrior for Freedom
, p. 114.

“very rough”:
New Jersey
deck log, Dec. 18, 1944.

“oilers [should] not”: Jasper T. Acuff testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“didn't like”: Bogan testimony.

“present conditions…Yarnall 20 percent;”: Action Report, Third Fleet, Dec. 25, 1944.

“regretfully notified…could not…pounding heavily”: Halsey,
Admiral Halsey's Story
, p. 238.

“rather apparent…ordinary tropical…typhoon conditions…falling very”: Kosco testimony.

“typhoon”: Frederick C. Sherman testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“ceiling rested”: Adamson and Kosco,
Halsey's Typhoons
, p. 51.

“typical barometric…sure sign”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 68.

“wind went…all ships…improperly…much difference…making a race”: Kosco testimony.

“last, vain”: Morison,
Liberation of the Philippines
, p. 66.

Chapter Twelve

“recording all…maintain station…no possible”: Edward D. Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“Everyplace we”: Greenfield (Mass.)
Recorder,
Oct. 1983.

“rough ride”: James Traceski interview.

“not sure…done the”: Louise Traceski interview.

“slammed into…simply out”: Parkin,
Blood on the Sea,
pp. 267–68.

“dry bunk…loved the…were like…blowing the”: Edward A. Miller interview.

“conversed with…problems they…present themselves…24 hours…in danger…normal routine”: A. S. Krauchunas narrative, Dec. 29, 1944.

“9,000 gallons”: James Felty testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“300 to”: Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“about 40 percent”: Calhoun,
Typhoon
, p. 158.

“normal wartime”: ibid., p. 79.

“took off…good ship…all four…right then…routine staff…go up…In complete…it was my…scared sailors”: James Felty interview. 169 “30,000 gallons”: George W. Johnson testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“pitched…hazardous…narrowly missing…slowly and…blinding mist…completely drenched…seek relief…hitting the…You better…concern with…concerned look…not at…struggling to…spouting a…words of…sudden roll…agonizing moments…almost completely…a hopeless…Is this…gurgling and”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
: The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”

“all the reports”: Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“the safety”: Krauchunas, “USS
Spence
: The Typhoon and the Senior Survivor.”

“all personnel…should wear”: Krauchunas testimony.

“43 degrees…a little left…supposed to…hard right…didn't have…gradually capsized…11:23”: Traceski testimony, Court of Inquiry.

“My last”: Melton,
Sea Cobra
, p. 174.

“well over…huge…Caught in a”: Parking,
Blood on the Sea
, pp. 268–69.

Chapter Thirteen

“really tough…because it…trying to…a great…good ole…not become…no one…all thought…nothing anyone…really started”: Drummond interview.