but is the only choice that halsey has at night. he releases the washington and the south dakota under command of the one naval officer in the entire south pacific who knows how to use greater control gunfire. he comes from naval training center. he helped install the hardware on the ships. he wrote the first manuals that hadn't even been yet distributed to the fleet the a kentucky rifleman, a champion pistol shooter, epileptic medalist with a pistol and a rifle, master of every gun from .45 caliber to a 16-inch from his the man you want and demand for a fight like this. and for an end to take these two capital ships into harm's way. so that night the night of november 14-15, willis lee goes forth with washington as flagship and the south dakota and makes short work of the last japanese battleship, a regional. and with this, with this the japanese psychological route, the size -- it is complete and the japanese point of view. they have lost two battleships in action at close range, fist fighting range, against american squadron. and