We will never forget the courage of those pilots and seamen. I think we had providential assistance. The battle turned on our planes locating the Japanese carriers before they found ours. Had the reverse happened it would have been a disaster for us.
As one admiral was quoted, after Midway we fought the Pacific War just as we had planned it at the Navy War College. That doesn’t mean there was not much blood, sweat, and tears involved. My Dad was a USN Pacific vet. God Bless Him and all sailors, marines, and soldiers.