Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987. Pp. 518. Illus., maps, charts, index. $34.95. ISBN:0-870-21562-0 Raymond Ames Spruance lived – and worked – in the shadow of William F. Halsey. Yet, it was ...

If the Battle of the Philippine Sea had played out differently, Japan's navy might have been decimated by June 1944.

News of the Spruance’s accomplishments comes to us courtesy of Newsweek reporter Ryan Chan in a January 20, 2025, story—republished on MSN—titled “US Warship ‘Kill Marks’ Reveal ...