Also once the U.S. shipbuilding program really kicked in. Task Force 58 / Task Force 38 was just incredible for the last year, year-and-a-half of the war. 17 fleet carriers at the end.
Posted on 12/01/2019 3:22:05 PM PST by Retain Mike
The heroes’ list at Midway should include every yardbird at Pearl Habors name. A truely great story.
Excellent write up!
Very nice. Thank you!
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The concluding words of the video: the Japanese in a single day had lost the Pacific War.
Thank you. When I realized what had taken place, I wrote the essay about June 4 of the battle and what these men had sacrificed and what they achieved.
When I realized what had taken place, I wrote the essay about June 4 of the battle and what these men had sacrificed and what they achieved.
Thank You!
great footage, comprehensive
“The torpedos still sucked for them and our subs.”
Ahhh.
The Mark 14 and Mark 15 torpedoes.
1. Ran 10 feet below settings
2. Magnetic exploder caused premature firing of the torpedo.
3. Contact exploder often failed to fire the torpedo.
4. Dreaded circular run causing the torpedo to circle back to the ship firing it.
4. Naval Torpedo Station, Rhode Island spent the early part of the war blaming everyone but themselves for the torpedo problems.
Things did get straightened out but by wars end the Mark 16 with it’s hydrogen-peroxide propulsion system was much preferred.
All that lends a little credibility to tonnage sunk, for our pig boat sailors. A great bunch to party with I might add. Smokin chokin diesel boatin.
Also once the U.S. shipbuilding program really kicked in. Task Force 58 / Task Force 38 was just incredible for the last year, year-and-a-half of the war. 17 fleet carriers at the end.
An interesting thing that I saw in the book “Shattered Sword“ was something I didn’t know… The Japanese did not have radio control for combat air patrol in the way that we had it. They vectored planes in their CAP by having ships in the screen firing their guns to alert the planes in the air.
I thought that was extremely odd, but apparently that’s the way it was.
I think that the Japanese fighter pilots were too eager to get kills and forgot their mission was to protect the fleet.
I read a book written by a British naval pilot in the Pacific during WWII.
I was shocked at how many planes and pilots they lost in non-combat operations.
If the Japanese had similar losses?
We forget that these Japanese carriers took a cruise into the Indian Ocean after Pearl Harbor trying to destroy the British Fleet.
We also forget that we had an agreement with the British where we took the lead in the Atlantic and they took the lead in the Pacific.
First time I’ve ever heard that. Might explain fighter cover all coming down for the torpedo planes. It fried their arse if that’s what happened.
You are welcome.
What I take away from the battle was the fact that Americans were very brave and very determined. These characteristics were what allowed the Americans to come from a position of losing to one where they prevailed and won. As Americans we should take this to heart and act according if the time ever comes for us to do the same.
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