RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance Quotes in Midway (1976)
RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance Quotes:
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RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance: [Spruance is visiting Halsey in the hospital]
RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance: I just want to thank you for recommending me to take your task force to sea. Now I have a question for you- Did that *itch* go to your *head*?
Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.: [amused] Stop underestimating yourself, Ray. Any Skipper who could keep his cruisers and destroyers alongside of my carriers, from one end of the Pacific to the other, is *definitely* the man for the job.
RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance: You and I are uh- aw, Bill, we're kind of different! Do you think *I* can pull it off the same way *you* could have?
Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.: [calmly] I can only tell you this Ray- You play it the way you *feel* it, not the way you think *I'd* play it. You go to sea, you find Nagumo, and *chew his ass*! Now, that's all there is to it.
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RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance: If it's Midway, I'll *bushwhack* 'em!
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Characters on Midway (1976)
- Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo
- Captain Garth
- Commander Rochefort
- RAdm. Tamon Yamaguchi
- Cmdr. Carl Jessop
- Admiral Nimitz
- Lt. Jack Reid
- Lt. Comm. Rochefort
- Officer on Midway
- Pvt. Dombrowski
- Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto
- Ensign George Gay
- Lieutenant Commander John Waldron
- Huntington
- Lieutenant Commander Ernest L. Blake
- Captain Vinton Maddox
- Pilot Ramos
- Miss Haruko Sakura
- Lieutenant Tom Garth
- Navy Pilot