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Admiral [[Raymond Spruance]] was in overall command of the 5th Fleet. The Japanese plan would have fai ...ce Admiral [[William Halsey]] and Fifth Fleet while under Vice Admiral [[Raymond Spruance]]. This was not the key American command problem, which was more at the lev

...leet when under Halsey and his staff, and Fifth Fleet when under Admiral [[Raymond Spruance]]. Spruance and Halsey, without friction, alternated in planning and execut