[Gomer1066]

The Battle of Midway in 1942 is an excellent metaphor for the 11/2 electorial victory - a turning point, however, much hard fighting is ahead.

[gcraig]

USS Midway CV-41 CVW5 ping. Those were some of the best years of my life.

[nesnah]

I agree. Very good comparison, analogy, whatever word one chooses.

[central_va]

The hero of midway. Douglass Dauntless.

[goldstategop]

Its an apt metaphor. We have to remain engaged and hold the political class accountable. There is no going back to the good old days of massive spending and buying people’s votes with it. Either this country is changed or this country will go into the retirement home of countries that have seen their glory days long behind them.

The stakes are high - and so is the war over the future of our country.

[RaceBannon]

minor errors in this article

What most people just do NOT stop to think about is how we did this with MOST OF OUR FLEET. What was sunk at Pearl was NOT the majority of our fleet, just a major blow but certainly NOT the majority of our fleet

In fact, the battle of the Coral Sea was BEFORE Midway and that was a huge naval battle, more of a tie but we were better off than them

http://www.history.navy.mil/history/CoralSea.htm

and I need to look it up, we sank only 3 carriers, not 4 of theirs, their fourth was left burning??

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-1.htm

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If you’ve got the time, it’s well-spent on youtube with “Battle of Midway,” Part 1 is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-8Ff_CDVLM

and a search for “Midway” at youtube yields other gems as well.

Never get tired of hearing this story. :)

[wizr]

Thanks!! Sent this to all my EMAIL friends.

[PzLdr]

The Battle of Midway, insofar as the Japanese side of it, is a metaphor for the Democrat Party: overly complex and wasteful plans, an out of touch bureaucracy, the wrong man in charge[not so much Nagumo as Yamamoto].

[13Sisters76]

I remember watching the movie years ago and was so inspired by it that I hit the books and started to read about the real battle. Nothing is better than the actual facts! I continue to see Midway as an example of that very exceptional American spirit.

[EGPWS]

I'm looking forward to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot!

Metaphorically speaking...

[granite]

I served on the U.S.S. Massey (DD-778), named after the hero pilot in the battle of midway; Lance (LEM) E. Massey.
Best years of my young life.

[hinckley buzzard]

There was also an element of luck (or divine intervention) at Midway. Initially the Hornet's torpedo bombers could not locate the Japanese fleet, having been given the wrong bearing to follow. They almost had to return to their carrier, and in fact some did fall from the battle, out of gas.

Fortunately the Japanese were sighted at the last minute and we were able to engage them while many of their own planes were on deck being refitted with bombs and ammuniiton, and being refuelled. Thus the Japanese carriers were at their most vulnerable when we caught them. They started the day with five carriers, and at the end of the day they had one, the Hiryu, which had initially been kept in reserve.

Still, the actual island base of Midway was heavily damaged by Japanese raids, and the victory, as decisive as it was, was a near thing.

[dagogo redux]

Anyone else out there grow up playing the Midway board game? I think it was by Avalon Hills, makers of lots of other great war games that occupied my indoor time.