Midway: Second World War II-era Japanese carrier apparently found in Pacific (Akagi or Soryu)

Fox News ^ | 10/19/2019 | Bradford Betz

[major_gaff]

I paid no attention when I was in.

Nor did I...had a pretty easy four year tour. After reading Neptune’s
Inferno and Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors I gained the respect for
the Navy that I never had as an active duty Marine. I even can sorta respect
Fletcher's decision to abandon First MARDIV on Guadalcanal...our sailors
got pounded off of Savo Island and preserving the carriers was everything.

[FreedomPoster]

I don’t think he has made it yet.

[OKSooner]

Ping.

[lodi90]

Ordinary men did extraordinary things in WW2. My grandfather was a farm boy from Maine. Joined the Navy in ‘42 because my great grandfather was a Doughboy and didn’t want his son in the trenches. He served on one Tin Can the whole war. Sailed the Pacific from the Aleutians to Australia and most everywhere in between. His big battle was Philippine Sea.

When I was a kid he was always setting off metal detectors at the airport from some shrapnel in his leg from a bad gunnery accident that killed a bunch of his shipmates. RIP.

[ebshumidors]

Don’t you mean “Shattered Sword?”

[polymuser]

It’s the Akagi. The Kaga was found only days before.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/humbling-wreckage-of-japanese-ships-from-battle-of-midway-found-in-pacific

[bruin66]

Could someone supply a translation of “Akagi” and
“Soryu”? Thanks.

[Coronal]

“Akagi” translates as “Red Castle” “Soryu” translates as “Blue/Green Dragon”.

[M1903A1]

Was that Fletcher, or Admiral Ghormley’s call?

[Kickass Conservative]

Are the Producers of the new Midway Movie bankrolling this?

I’m sure the timing is a complete coincidence.

That being said, it’s amazing what Human Ingenuity can accomplish. Sitting at the bottom in 18,000 feet of Water and there it is.

[AU72]

Pretty much the entire airfleet that bombed Pearl perished at Midway.

[doorgunner69]

Indeed it is shattered, been a few months since I read it.

[doorgunner69]

Yeah, jagged memory.

I would have preferred to read the paper version rather than Kindle. Most of the maps of the engagements are too small to see on a little screen.

[doorgunner69]

yeah yeah, you guys are busting my balls bad.

[doorgunner69]

Wife just told me this morning of the new film. Chock full of CGI no doubt, which I hate.

That and it has the Harrelson dork in it, so will likely pass until on netflix.

[US Navy Vet]

I have it in both Audible and Paperback.

[ebshumidors]

Kaigun is also good

[major_gaff]

According to James Hornfischer in Neptune's Inferno Fletcher stated
that it was his intention to pull the carriers out at the first opportunity in
the early planning stages of Operation Watchtower, much to the
consternation of Adm. Turner and Marine General Vandergrift. Once the air
cover was removed, Turner was forced to pull the transports leaving the
Marines with only a portion of their equipment and supplies.