[Equine1952]

Because the Japanese blinked. They lost a light carrier, We lost a heavey carrier Lexington and had Yorktown badly damaged and nearly missed Midway due to the damage. They got cold feat and pulled back. GOD helped us out at Coral Sea. IMO

[PAR35]

You beat me to the punchline.

[marktwain]

Because the Japanese blinked. They lost a light carrier, We lost a heavey carrier Lexington and had Yorktown badly damaged and nearly missed Midway due to the damage. They got cold feat and pulled back. GOD helped us out at Coral Sea. IMO.

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It think you are correct. Also, the battle of the Corral Sea endeared the USA to the Australians, who were thinking they would be invaded by the Japanese next.

Instead, they were subject to over a hundred bombing raids by the Japanese. It was extensive, especially in the North of Australia.

The Australians loved the USA until the left in Australia imported so many immigrants to the Australian cities, where they outvoted the Australians who had experienced WWII.

[ClearCase_guy]

My favorite part of the whole saga was that Japan thought they sank the USS Yorktown. At the time, the estimate was that three months of repair would be needed. She managed to limp back to Pearl Harbor, badly damaged, and the determination there was that Yorktown needed at least two weeks worth of repair. Nimitz said that it needed to sail in 48 hours. Yorktown sailed on time and showed up at the Battle of Midway and played a crucial role, much to Japan’s dismay. It was lost, but she served well. We could really do things in those days.