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“Nonetheless, it is reasonable to conclude that Fletcher did not lose the Battle of the Coral Sea at the tactical level, despite Morison’s judgment to the contrary, because he was sufficiently cautious most of the time and sufficiently lucky when he was not. Hardly a glamorous way to win a battle, but victory has never been a beauty contest.”

Robert C. Stern, Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea
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Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea (Twentieth-Century Battles) Scratch One Flattop: The First Carrier Air Campaign and the Battle of the Coral Sea by Robert C. Stern
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