Talk:Richmond K. Turner

This article is a mess
The major problem is that huge section in the middle with long quotes from Dyer's biography of Turner bearing on culpability of Turner for Pearl Harbor. Good grief. That whole section could be summarized, probably by one paragraph, and the rest referenced.

Then after dwelling on Pearl Harbor for hundreds of lines, the rest of the war, particularly after Guadalcanal, is given very brief coverage. I mean, sure Pearl Harbor was important, but come on, there was a lot of war after that.

I wish I had time to clean it up, but I don't. But it clearly needs work. Bigmac31 23:40, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Now there's no mention of this at all. __meco (talk) 17:08, 13 December 2010 (UTC)


 * It may have been a mess before, but now its a nothing. It now reads like a fluffed up resume of someone who just hung around here and there and didn't do anything.  Which is not the case with Turner.  Bradkay (talk) 08:11, 9 February 2011 (UTC)


 * but i am glad section shows Turner failed to communicate - just like FBI/ CIA on 9-11

radar showed incoming japs - amazing -  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.130.142.29 (talk) 13:34, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Too many quotes in this article
Suggest setting up a Wikiquote article for Turner and linking to that. Broken Sphere Msg me 23:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Pearl Harbor
Turner bore the greatest share of culpability for the unpreparedness of the US for Pearl Harbor of any individual, and it's outrageous that this article says nothing at all about this. I will dust off my Gordon Prange and write a section on this. Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 06:21, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Hmm. My recollection is that Prange lists numerous individuals responsible for the lack of U.S. preparedness. Turner may well have been one of them, but it's not my recollection he was the first.


 * Still. Prange is a credible source and if you can bring in some BALANCED material on Turner's share of the blame for the Pearl Harbor debacle, fine. --Yaush (talk) 21:35, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Doesn't mention service as Commander of USS Eldorado during (and prior to) Iwo Jima and Okinawa. See USS Eldorado (AGC-11)
USS Eldorado (AGC-11)