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整个太平洋战争中似乎一直遵循着这样的公理——只要美军指挥官们围绕是否越过某个岛屿进行思虑和争论，最后又决定把它打下来，那么他们的决定在事后看来都是悲剧性的错误。但是他们都不愿意承认错误，无论对历史学者还是对他们自己，因为那些葬身沙滩上的人永远无法复活，而没有人愿意听说这些年轻人竟然是为了一个错误而死。
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[1]De Seversky, “Victory Through Air Power!,” American Mercury, February 1942, Vol.54, pp.135—54.
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[2]Mitscher to Captain Luis De Florez, quoted in Taylor, The Magnificent Mitscher, pp.188—89.
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[3]1磅≈0.45千克。——编者注
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[4]MacWhorter and Stout, The First Hellcat Ace, p.70.
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[5]Commander James C.Shaw, USN, “Fast Carrier Operations, 1941—1945,” in the introduction to Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, vol.7, Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls, p.xxxii.
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[6]David S.McCampbell account in Wooldridge, ed., Carrier Warfare in the Pacific, p.212.
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[7]Arleigh Burke, oral history, p.5, RG—38, World War II Oral Histories and Interviews, 1942— 1946, Box 4, NARA.
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[8]“七联靴”是格林童话中的靴子，可以让穿上它的人“跑一步顶七步”。——译者注
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[9]Olson, Tales from a Tin Can, p.195.
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[10]Hugh Melrose account, in Olson, Tales from a Tin Can, p.196.
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[11]J.Bryan III diary, February 13, 1945, in Bryan, Aircraft Carrier, p.21.
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[12]有两位战争通讯员指出斯普鲁恩斯很像罗杰斯。“Our Unsung Admiral,” by Frank D.Morris, Collier’s Weekly, January 1, 1944, p.48; Fletcher Pratt“, Spruance: Picture of the Admiral,” Harper’s Magazine, August 1946, p.144.
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[13]Buell,The Quiet Warrior, p.185.
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[14]Ibid., p.212.
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[15]Ibid., p.258.
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[16]Charles F.Barber, Interview by Evelyn M.Cherpak, March 1, 1996, Naval War College Archives.
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[17]Buell,The Quiet Warrior, p.269.
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[18]Charles J.Moore, oral history, p.838.
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[19]“Our Unsung Admiral,” by Frank D.Morris,Collier’s Weekly, January 1, 1944, p.17.
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[20]Charles J.Moore, oral history, p.839.
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[21]Moore to his wife on July 1, 1944, quoted in Charles J.Moore, oral history, p.1047.
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[22]Spruance to E.M.Eller, July 22, 1966, Raymond A.Spruance Papers, MS Collection 12, Box 2,Folder 7.
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[23]Buell,The Quiet Warrior, p.329.
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[24]Robert Bostwick Carney, oral history, p.382.
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