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God Bless the memory of those brave men, and God Bless all those who stormed the beach that day.

Let us not forget that 70 years ago this week three American aircraft carriers, supporting ships, and thousands of men set forth to stop the Japanese fleet with five aircraft carriers, support ships, and the super battleship Yamato at Midway. Luck, courage, or American determination won the day.+1 Valiant men in a heroic contest.
We had broken the military codes of the Japanese navy and knew that Japan was on the move. A trick revealed that the push was on for Midway and an airbase to use against Pearl Harbor. The hastily repaired Yorktown, the Hornet, and the Enterprise were all the stood between the United States and the Japanese. The American navy attacked first with torpedo bombers. Large, slow planes that had to fly straigth, level, and low in order to hit their targets. American fighters got lost and the bomber crews attacked without escort. Every single torpedo plane was shot down with a loss of all but one pilot. Three squadrons attacked in two swarms which pulled the Japanese fighters down to the sea. This is where the late arriving dive bombers found the Japanese fleet. With aircraft arming and refueling on the flight deck the Japanese fleet paid the price with three carriers seriously damaged or sinking as the American dive bombers left the scene.
The Japanese counter attack left the Yorktown damaged, on fire, and heavily listing. Japanese pilots reported the ship sunk but never underestimate the American sailor. The fires were put out, the list corrected, and the ship was underway when another attack from the Japanese put the Yorktown on the endangered list again. The Japanese thinking they had sunk two American carriers were surprised by the survivors launched from the Enterprise sank the remaining Japanese carriers. The crew of the Yorktown were working miracles to save their ship when a gas explosion doomed the valiant vessel. The crew was forced to evacuate to allow a surface gunnery to sink the Yorktown.
The Japanese never conducted offensive operations after this battle and the US was on offense the rest of the war. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn