[gaijin]

I understood the point of broadcasting about the water situation on Midway was to trick the Japanese into passing that info on, using the designation AF, so they could verify that it was Midway. Was that not correct.

Exactly correct.

The film gave the impression that the broadcast of, "Our water distillation has broken down..!" had not been a very deliberate US ruse, specifically in order to get the AF location info from the Japanese.

[lodi90]

The film gave the impression that the broadcast of, “Our water distillation has broken down..!” had not been a very deliberate US ruse, specifically in order to get the AF location info from the Japanese.

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That wasn’t my impression. The film seems to hint that it was a ruse subtly.