June 4-7, 1942 - The Battle of Midway 75th Anniversary

Finished 'killing the rising the sun' today. What a war.

The unsung heros of the battle were the Torpedo squadrons. Without them, we'd have never won the battle despite the fact they didnt land one blow and were all but annihilated in the process.

All great American heroes, God bless them all.

There's a great book about Midway titled Sole Survivor by then Ensign George Gay. He was the only surviving member of VT-8, flying TBDs off of the Hornet. All 15 Devastators of Torpedo 8 were shot down and Gay was the only survivor out of 30 men. Torpedo 8 attacked early in the battle, so he witnessed three Japanese carriers being sunk. He was rescued the next day.

The primary advantage was out ability to read their confidential transmissions. The big man upstairs was with us during those fateful days