Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, Spruance ghọrọ onye isi ndị ọrụ nke Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Onye isi ndị ọchịagha, US Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) na Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPOA). Na Halsey nọgidere na-anọghị ya, Kinkaid ghọrọ onye isi nke Task Force 16, nke e wuru gburugburu ụgbọelu ahụ, ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụghị onye na-anya ụgbọelu, na ahụmịhe ya na ndị na-ebu ụgbọelu na-ejedebe n'ịchịkwa ihuenyo ha na Agha nke Coral Sea na Agha nke Midway. Na mbido ọnwa Julaị, Nimitz gwara Kinkaid banyere atụmatụ ịbata n'àgwàetiti Solomon
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