Herman Wouk’s War and Rememberance is a must read to understand the incredible sacrifice of the torpedo plane squadrons....they knew their mission was virtually doomed to fail, and that they would probably all be killed.
Although the two books The Winds Of War and War And Remembrance are fictional stories, they accurately describe the true history of WWII.
When it came to the telling of the story of the Battle of Midway, Wouk broke from the fictional narrative to describe the actual men of the torpedo plane squadrons...he was so moved by their heroics, he dedicated that section of the book to them, so that what they specifically did would never be forgotten.
Lt. Commander John C. Waldron ignored the rest of the Hornet Strike Group, when they wouldn't follow his hunch, and struck out for the fight on his own.
He took his men of Torpedo 8 directly to the enemy, and sucked the Japanese CAP down to the deck.
Too bad for their charges, the Japanese carriers...
To that list I would offer Ernie Pyle’s “Brave Men”