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Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Help for Readers General Chronology Introducton by LCDR Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.) Part I. Midway Anthology

CHAPTER 1. Akagi, Famous Japanese Carrier, by Walton L. Robinson, from Proceedings CHAPTER 2. Attacking a Continent, by Mark R. Peattie, from Sunburst, The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909–1941 CHAPTER 3. Time Is Everything (Japanese Side), by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 4. Midway Island Operation Plan, by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, from Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan

Part II. Approach to Midway

CHAPTER 5. Sortie from Hashirajima, by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, from Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan CHAPTER 6. Mobile Force Commander’s Estimate of the Situation, translated by Fred Woodrough Jr., Office of Naval Communications, from The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway (translation) CHAPTER 7. Time Is Everything (American Side), by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 8. Soaring, by Mark R. Peattie, from Sunburst, The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909–1941 CHAPTER 9. Prelude to Midway, by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, from Proceedings CHAPTER 10. Opening Shots, by John B. Lundstrom, from The First Team CHAPTER 11. Forging the Thunderbolt, by Mark R. Peattie, from Sunburst, The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909–1941 CHAPTER 12. Preparing to Defend Midway, by E. B. Potter, from Nimitz CHAPTER 13. Lest We Forget: Civilian Yard Workers, by LCDR Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.), from Proceedings

Part III. The Battle

CHAPTER 14. Out in Front at Midway, compiled by Dr. Fred H. Allison, from Naval History CHAPTER 15. Torpedo Squadron 8, the Other Chapter, by LT H. H. Ferrier, USN, from Proceedings CHAPTER 16. The Lone Avenger, by Rich Pedroncelli, from Naval History CHAPTER 17. Report of Incidents in Connection with Participation of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron One in the Battle of Midway Island, 4–6 June, 1942, by LTJG H. S. Parker Jr., USNR, from Naval War College Archives CHAPTER 18. Mounting the TF-16 Strike, by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 19. Five Fateful Minutes at Midway, by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, from Proceedings CHAPTER 20. Flying into a Beehive, by ADM John S. “Jimmie” Thach, USN (Ret.), from Naval History CHAPTER 21. Moment at Midway: McClusky’s Decision, from Proceedings CHAPTER 22. The Battle of Midway I: The Most God-Awful Luckiest Coordinated Attack, by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 23. “Flags” at Midway, by Thomas B. Allen, from Naval History CHAPTER 24. “We Weren’t Going to Go Off and Leave the Ship”: Oral History of Frank Fabian, interview with Dr. Evelyn Cherpak, from the Oral History Collection of the Naval War College CHAPTER 25. I Sank the Yorktown at Midway, by Yahachi Tanabe, with Joseph D. Harrington, from Proceedings CHAPTER 26. Incredible Midway, by LCDR Thomas E. Powers, USNR, from Proceedings CHAPTER 27. Comment and Discussion: “Incredible Midway,” by J. D. Harrington, JOC, USN, and LTCOL R. E. Barde, USMC, from Proceedings CHAPTER 28. Sweating Out the Strike, by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 29. Lost Letter of Midway, by CAPT Bruce R. Linder, USN (Ret.), from Proceedings

Part IV. The End of the Battle

CHAPTER 30. Finale, by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral

Part V. The Official Report of the Battle

CHAPTER 31. Battle Experience from Pearl Harbor to Midway, December 1941 to June 1942, by United States Fleet, Headquarters of the Commander in Chief, from Navy Department Library, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC CHAPTER 32. “This Was All Happening So Fast”: Oral History of RADM Ernest M. Eller, USN, interviewed by John T. Mason Jr., from U.S. Naval Institute

Part VI. The Commanders

CHAPTER 33. Admiral Nimitz and the Battle of Midway, by E. B. Potter, from Proceedings CHAPTER 34. Excerpt from Nimitz, by E. B. Potter, from Nimitz CHAPTER 35. Chester W. Nimitz: Victory in the Pacific, by John B. Lundstrom, from Quarterdeck and Bridge: Two Centuries of American Naval Leaders CHAPTER 36. Commentary on RADM Raymond A. Spruance, by Thomas C. Hone CHAPTER 37. Harsh Lessons, by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 38. Enemy Carriers, by John B. Lundstrom, from Black Shoe Carrier Admiral CHAPTER 39. Mitscher and the Mystery of Midway, by Craig L. Symonds, from Naval History

Part VII. The Code-Breaking

CHAPTER 40. Code-Breaking before Midway, by Elliot Carlson, from Joe Rochefort’s War CHAPTER 41. America Deciphered Our Code, translated by RADM Edwin T. Layton, USN (Ret.), from Proceedings CHAPTER 42. Freedom of the Press or Treason? by Grant Sanger, M.D., from Proceedings

Part VIII. Assessments of the Battle

CHAPTER 43. Foreword to Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, by ADM Raymond A. Spruance, USN (Ret.), from Proceedings CHAPTER 44. Underappreciated Victory, by James Schlesinger, from Naval History CHAPTER 45. The Great Midway Crapshoot, by Lee Gaillard, from Proceedings CHAPTER 46. Comment and Discussion: The Great Midway Crapshoot, by CAPT Chris Johnson, USN (Ret.), from Proceedings CHAPTER 47. A Tactical Model of Carrier Warfare, by CAPT Wayne P. Hughes Jr., USN (Ret.), from Fleet Tactics, Theory and Practice CHAPTER 48. Midway: The Decisive Battle? by Geoffrey Till, from Naval History CHAPTER 49. Descending in Flame, by Mark R. Peattie, from Sunburst, The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power, 1909–1941 CHAPTER 50. Midway: The Story That Never Ends, by Thomas B. Allen, from Proceedings CHAPTER 51. Identifying Kaga, by Jonathan Parshall, with Anthony Tully and David Dickson, from Proceedings CHAPTER 52. Book Review of Peter C. Smith, Midway: Dauntless Victory: Fresh Perspectives on America’s Seminal Naval Victory of World War II, reviewed by CWO Ronald W. Russell, USN (Ret.), from Naval History CHAPTER 53. Midway Is Our Trafalgar, by CDR Brian Fort, USN, from Proceedings

APPENDIX A. USS Enterprise Action Report, 8 June APPENDIX B. RADM R. A. Spruance’s Letter of 8 June 1942 to RADM F. J. Fletcher APPENDIX C. Aircraft Names Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Editor

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