“Two months later we knocked the living shit out of them at the battle of Midway.”
Thanks to the help of some naval code breakers, a good deal of luck, and the tenacity of squadron commander Wade McClusky.
We had an advantage in information and the Japanese had every other possible advantage. There’s a lessson in that.
Agreed.They had to know they were not coming back.We lost a lot of great men that day.I had the pleasure of meeting George Gay who was VT-8s only survivor when I was a kid so many years ago.Just a really great guy.He was surprised that a 12 year old kid knew so much about the Battle of Midway history.