Admiral Raymond Spruance: Architect of victory

Sea Classics | July 1, 2002| | Copyright

Filling in for ailing 'Bull' Halsey, Admiral Ray Spruance took command

of Task Force 16 Thanks to his skilled maneuvering of ENTERPRISE and HORNET, Spruance made history when he handed the Japanese a defeat at Midway

that ultimately cost them the Pacific War.

For three-hundred-fifty years the Japanese had never lost a naval battle. They lost the Battle of Midway. Raymond Ames Spruance won it. And with this crucial battle the great sea war in the Pacific reversed its tide and began to run against the Japanese. As Admiral Nimitz remarked, "...we are about midway to our objective." - i.e., ...

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