
The ‘Reluctant Dragon’ awakens: Saratoga’s brave raid on Rabaul
With a face weathered by decades at sea and framed by bushy salt-and-pepper eyebrows, Vice Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey Jr. often looked nearer 80-something than his actual 61 years. Late on Nov. 4, 1943, lines creased the Bull’s brow even more deeply. …