" LOOKING FOR NAGUMO "
Craig Kodera

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It is the third of June, 1942. It's first light over Midway. The American Navy had been decoding the secret
transmissions of the Japanese. The last message intercepted before the enemy changed its codes was
what amounted to the full battle order and operations plans for the Japanese attack on Midway. The
long and the short of it was that the U.S. knew roughly where they were going to be, at about which
time but it was a pretty large area. "Roughly" is the key operating word.

The Navy sent up planes in a fan operation from Midway where there was a detachment
of bombers, torpedo bombers, scout airplanes and patrol airplanes. Of all the aircraft
that went out for a couple of days in a row, only one finally stumbled across the Japanese
fleet. This Consolidated PBY-5A had taken off from Midway at about three in the morning
and Jack Reid, the commander, spotted the fleet at about 10 a.m. Reid's crew radioed
ahead and this enabled the combined forces to engage the fleet and conduct the
Battle of Midway in such a way that the Allies won.

Countersigner: Jewell "Jack" H. Reid.

 

Looking For Nagumo - Craig Kodera

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