Halsey’s Typhoon

In December 1944, while on a mission to support MacArthur’s invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey unwittingly steered his fleet of 170 ships into the teeth of a massive typhoon. The storm ultimately inflicted twice as much destruction and loss of life as the Battle of Midway, but Navy brass suppressed the scope of the disaster so as not to compromise the American advance on Tokyo. After the ensuing Court of Inquiry, Halsey never spoke again of the d.

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