great book on midway:
Shattered Sword
http://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Sword-Untold-Battle-Midway/dp/1574889249/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292265948&sr=1-1
all over ray spruance greatness
Check out “Midway Inquest”. Caused me to re-think a great deal of what i knew about Midway.