[10] Rad, JCS to CINCSWPA and CINCPOA, CM-OUT 50007, 13 Jun 44. [↑]

[11] Rad, CINCSWPA to CofS, CM-IN 15058, 18 Jun 44. [↑]

[12] Rad, CINCPOA to COMINCH, CM-IN 2926, 4 Jul 44. [↑]

[13] Rad cited n. 11. [↑]

[14] Rad cited n. 12. [↑]

[15] Rad cited n. 11. [↑]

[16] Rad, CofS to CINCSWPA, CM-OUT 55718, 24 Jun 44. [↑]

[17] William F. Halsey, Admiral Halsey’s Story (New York, 1947), pp. 194–99. [↑]

[18] Ibid., p. 195. [↑]

[19] Information was furnished by Capt. Samuel Eliot Morison, USNR, 22 January 1951, who stated that Roosevelt had related the incident to him. Lt. Gen. Robert G. Richardson, who was not present, states that MacArthur told him that the President pointed to Mindanao when he made his remark. Ltr, Gen Richardson to Gen Marshall, 1 Aug 44, Book 21, OPD Exec 9. [↑]