Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross Quotes

“MacArthur was the one who had constantly berated the Asiatic Fleet and its commander Admiral Hart as not being worthy of the name; allowed the Japanese to completely destroy their main Far East base at Cavite; then”
― Jeffrey Cox, Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944

“The difference between a good officer and a poor one is about ten seconds.”66”
― Jeffrey Cox, Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944

“Admiral Halsey had shown more tactical ability on land than 90 percent of the generals in history”
― Jeffrey Cox, Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944

“Ghormley crippled the Allied efforts on Guadalcanal more than the Japanese did.”
― Jeffrey Cox, Devil’s Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign, October 1943–February 1944