Summary: CONCISELY
Comment: First and major portion of book covering Pearl Harbor is excellent. However, after Layton's death, the book was continued from his notes and descriptions of campaigns after Pearl Harbor suffer in quality by comparison.
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Summary: FINALLY! The truth about Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea and Midway
Comment: FINALLY WE ARE TOLD! From the Man in the know! From the Intellegence Officer of Admirals Kimmel and Nimitz; the truth about the Japanese "blunder" at Pearl Harbor, the truth about the Battle of Coral Sea, the truth about the internal Navy battle over the impending Battle of Midway and the march across the Pacific with never before released Naval Intellegence details.
In this spellbinder Layton breaks his sacred oath as a Navy Officer to reveal how incompetency, infighting and persuit of personal gain at high ranks allowed the Pearl Harbor "surprise" to occur, greatly prolonged the Pacific War and brought the Allied Forces to the brink of defeat in the Pacific.
Layton reveals in chilling detail how Pearl Harbor Commanders Admiral Kimmel and General Short were made scapegoats and cashiered in disgrace, how the Fleet's Carrier task force sortied days after the bombing but was recalled out of fear, how Admiral Nimitz was forced to commit conspiracy and treason to get the 5th Fleet to Midway in time for battle. Layton exposes a secret vandetta by Washington Commanders against Pearl Harbor Intellegence personnel that caused a Japanese cipher change and the terrible effects of the lengthy intellegence "blackout" it caused at the most critical point in the War.
Layton shatters recorded history with a cronological portrayance of documented events as he lived them, by the side of the Navy Admirals who despite incredible odds, heavy losses and fierce opposition led Allied Forces to victory in the Pacific.
This Book is a "must read" for all! This Author's story must not be forgotten! At some risk with personal sacrifice, with violation of Oath, at the end of his life with no possible personal gain his last and greatest service to this great Country was a grave warning to us all;
World War Two showed us the stratigic advantage of airpower and of the Naval Aircraft Carrier. This "portable" airbase brought enormous destructive power to our enemies shore and allowed us to attack his facilities and installations with relative ease. With the modern atom bomb and ICBM the Continents become the bases from which total distruction unparalleled and swift can be wroght upon any Continant with relative ease.
Beware, this is what did happen, this is what can happen, this is what will happen again if we forget!
A Thermoneucular Pearl Harbor, surprise we're gone!
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Summary: Totally exonerates Kimmel and Short. Totally.
Comment: Explains the early radio intelligence work in fine detail. Shows how we travelled the road to Pearl Harbor and how ignorant they were of the danger of the attack without the information which was in Washington at the time. Reveals the real culprits of the Pearl Harbor disaster and how one very famous WWII Admirals' ego in particular can be linked to our tremendous loss of Dec. 7, 1941.
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Summary: Shocking revisions on the events at Pearl Harbor and Midway.
Comment: Layton who was head of MI for the Pacific fleet during WWII decided, near the end of his life, to reveal the true facts on how we got surprised by the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor and who deserves credit for setting up the Pacific fleet's great naval victory at Midway. Here you read for the first time about some of the major failings of Marshal and McArthur -mistakes that migh well have brought charges of dereliction of duty. Clearly, there were acts of inter-service rivalry at play that put the nation's war effort at risk and which elevated some officers careers while destroying others. This book is a blockbuster!
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Summary: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, Admiral Layton was there
Comment: This is a good read. Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, USN (Ret.), was at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack. Between Pearl Harbor and the Japanese surrender, he served on the staff of Admiral Chester Nimitz as one of his intelligence aides. His other one was Commander Joseph Rochefort. It was on Rochefort's hunch that the Japanese naval code, Purple, was broken. Rochefort had a hunch that the Japanese abbreviation "AF" was Midway. On this, Nimitz ordered a message sent to Midway telling them to send a message that their desalinization plant was down. When Midway received the order from Nimitz, their reaction was that Nimitz had to be crazy. It was sent and the Japanese sent "AF doesn't have any fresh water." Nimitz knew he had them and ordered a fleet- opposed invasion. The carrier Yorktown limped into Pearl Harbor and was fixed up and sent out to rendezvous with the Enterprise and the Hornet at a point west of Midway code-named "Point Luck." Washington thought Nimitz was crazy because the Redmans, brothers who were in naval intelligence, said that the West Coast, and not Midway, was the real target. Nimitz knew better. In the end, Joe Rochefort, and not the Redmans, was proven correct.
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