Revisionists have been cherry-picking quotes for 70+ years.
The Navy was jealous because The Bomb took all the glory they coveted. Granted they got us within bomber range, but it was LeMay who crippled the homeland’s military machinery. The Navy couldn’t deliver 1% of the bombs on target that the B-29s could in any given day.
” but it was LeMay who crippled the homeland’s military machinery. “
Childish. LeMay was angry about the bomb because his firebombing was overshadowed by the nukes. And it was a very joint thing. The NAVY killed manufacturing as much as the B-29s did. US Navy subs utterly strangled them. And without Navy and Marines, the B-29s had no Marianas bases. No Iwo Jima fighter bases.
Without the Navy, Lemay was helpless.