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I moved it back to the middle initial version, not because I think it's better, but to unbreak all the redirs. Future moves should take care to fix redirs as well. Stan 14:23, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I don't understand: if there are pages that redirect to Raymond A. Spruance, why can't they be edited after a move to point to Raymond Spruance? --Saforrest 00:50, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

    I edited out the reference to Spruance's son being married to Halsey's daughter; this is in Evan Thomas's 2006 book about the Battle for (not "of") Leyte Gulf, but it's not true.  Margaret Halsey was married to a man named Spruance (Preston Lea Spruance), but he was only a distant cousin of the Admiral.
    Spruance's ambassadorial appointment was from Truman (1952), not Eisenhower.

Reference to the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Raymond Spruance never commanded the Fifth Fleet in the forementioned engagement. The Third Fleet under Admiral Bull Halsey fought and pursued the Japanese decoy force, consisting of their remaining carriers. This needs to be cleared up.

Halsey's Incapacitation before the Battle of Midway

Halsey's incapacitation was due to shingles, not psoriasis -- but I don't have time to get a good source on this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.95.125 (talk) 03:37, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

shattered sword, p.95. 46.138.77.215 (talk) 11:00, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh boy

Folks this needs to be cleaned up and the idea that most of this article should be about his decision when to launch is exceedingly strange. Tirronan (talk) 01:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Raymond Spruance ROCKS!!!

Raymond Spruance kicked so much butt! He will CRUSH and ANNIHILATE you...calmly and carefully, of course. Three cheers for Raymond Spruance!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.40.186.184 (talk) 05:24, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In Fiction

Should we make a section in the article about his appearance as a character in novels (Weapons of Choice springs to mind) especially since he is important in that story Series premiere (remake) (talk) 08:10, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cites re not agressive - Marianas Turkey Shoot

"Spruance himself expressed disappointment that he had not attacked the Mobile Fleet on the 19th. "As a matter of tactics," he wrote, "I think that going after the Japanese and knocking their carriers out would have been much better and more satisfactory than waiting for them to attack us; but we were at the start of a very important and large amphibious operation and we could not afford to gamble and place it in jeopordy." E.B. Potter, "Nimitz" (Naval Inst. Press 1976), p 303

"If Task Force 58 had advanced westward to bring its planes within range of the Mobile fleet, it might have sunk some Japanese carriers, but the Japanese would have had a better chance of sinking some American Carriers, for Mitscher would have had to divide his air strength, using some planes for defense and some for attack." E.B. Potter, "Nimitz" (Naval Inst. Press 1976), p 304

"Although Admiral Spruance was criticized - bitterly so, by self-styled air strategists - for not taking the offensive on 18 June or pursing more vigoroulsy on the 20th, there can no longer be any doubt that his strategy was correct." Samuel Eliot Morison, "The Two-Ocean War" (Little, Brown & Co. 1963), p 345 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.217.224.2 (talk) 01:36, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Whereas at the Battle of Midway - my understanding was that there Spruance was the opposite of not aggressive enough. The key to the whole battle was his remarkable decision to clear the decks of his carrier and send almost every plane on attack, hoping to catch the Japanese carriers with their planes refueling. He needed some luck too, but it was that nervy decision that prepared for the luck. MikeR613 (talk) 17:35, 27 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]