[Tuco-bad]

Hang Admiral Kimmel, to hell with Wake Island

Once Admiral Kimmel lost contact with the Japanese fleet prior to Dec 7th, he should have had his forces on full alert.

Especially considering that Kimmel received a dispatch Nov. 27th which began with the words "This dispatch is to be considered a war warning."

[tet68]

Actually my reference was to the fact that Kimmel had sent
Fletcher and a relief force to Wake.

Fletcher, aware of the state of flux in command proceeded slowly until kimmel was relieved by vice Admiral Pye
who was himself just a stand in until
Nimitz could arrive from Washington.

The Japanese beat Fletcher to it and took Wake, something
that perhaps need not have happened.