The American
Republic had a reserved
tolerance for eccentricity. There was respect for independent mountain men,
gangsters and rebels the great unwashed. Part of this extended to naval
intelligence personnel who rarely bathed and who never knew what day it was.

They had cracked the Japanese Imperial War Code and had
determined the next target was Midway
Island. Since there were
only three American carriers between Midway and the West Coast, the Washington officials urged a defensive posture based on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz rejected this approach and
took on an offensive strategy that hung on Midway.

Out-numbered and out-gunned, the Americans seized the day as
they had more flexibility than their Fascist-blinded opponents.

World War Two was a battle between republican character and fascist
spinelessness.