That's interesting about the rest of HR's C.V. Thanks for pointing out. Glad to know we agree about the Vietnam analysis. You might find "The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War" of interest. It even includes how the "North Vietnamese torpedo boats" at Tonkin Gulf were actually the reflections of the moon and the li…
That's interesting about the rest of HR's C.V. Thanks for pointing out. Glad to know we agree about the Vietnam analysis. You might find "The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War" of interest. It even includes how the "North Vietnamese torpedo boats" at Tonkin Gulf were actually the reflections of the moon and the lightning flashes off an enormous school of flying fish that annually transit the Gulf at that time of year; LBJ was actually the only guy who got it right when he said - on being first informed of the "incident" - that "... Those poor dumb sailors were probably shooting at flying fish."
Mattis and your dad had a close competitor - Dick Best, the guy who sank the Akagi at Midway. The living room of his house here in L.A. was two stories high, and lined with book shelves to the ceiling on all four walls. And he'd read them all.
That's interesting about the rest of HR's C.V. Thanks for pointing out. Glad to know we agree about the Vietnam analysis. You might find "The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War" of interest. It even includes how the "North Vietnamese torpedo boats" at Tonkin Gulf were actually the reflections of the moon and the lightning flashes off an enormous school of flying fish that annually transit the Gulf at that time of year; LBJ was actually the only guy who got it right when he said - on being first informed of the "incident" - that "... Those poor dumb sailors were probably shooting at flying fish."
Mattis and your dad had a close competitor - Dick Best, the guy who sank the Akagi at Midway. The living room of his house here in L.A. was two stories high, and lined with book shelves to the ceiling on all four walls. And he'd read them all.