βAuthor Robert Leckie in his book Challenge for the Pacific writes about Admiral Ernest King, quote, The Admiral was tall, hard and humorless.β
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Challenge for the Pacific
Robert Leckie Β· 1965
A military history of the Solomon Islands campaign and the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II.
Dan Carlin cites the book for its specific description of Admiral Ernest King as tall, hard, and humorless.
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