In December 1944, as General Douglas MacArthur continued the invasion of the Philippines, Admiral William “Bull” Halsey’s Third Fleet was caught in a violent typhoon that capsized ships, resulted in the loss of hundreds of sailors, and set in motion extraordinary acts of courage and survival. Halsey faced an inquiry in the aftermath, yet this remarkable and tragic episode is often overshadowed by other events of the war. In this latest episode, Tom Clavin, co-author of Halsey’s Typhoon, joined the MacArthur Memorial Podcast to discuss the storm, the decisions that shaped the disaster, and the admiral MacArthur called “the greatest sailor of the age.”
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