Capitalizing on an 'Ideal Order'
By Commodore Arleigh A. Burke, U.S. Navy
DesRon 23’s commander recounts how his squadron fought a destroyer battle in textbook fashion on 25 November 1943 off Cape St. George.
For weeks we had been operating under high pressure. Everybody was tired. We had had many battles. There were many dry runs, too. Everybody was groggy. At night we were always under air attack or being threatened by air attack. 1
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