Admiral _______, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet defeated the Japanese at Midway.
Meanwhile, a wave of U.S. Devastator torpedo bombers from the U.S. carriers Hornet and Enterprise arrived to attack the Japanese ships. Unescorted by fighter planes, nearly all of them were shot down by Japanese Zero fighters. But about an hour later, as the Japanese refueled and rearmed their planes, another wave of U.S. carrier-launched bombers struck, hitting three Japanese carriers — Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu — and setting them ablaze.
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Admiral _______, commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet defeated the Japanese at Midway.
Meanwhile, a wave of U.S. Devastator torpedo bombers from the U.S. carriers Hornet and Enterprise arrived to attack the Japanese ships. Unescorted by fighter planes, nearly all of them were shot down by Japanese Zero fighters. But about an hour later, as the Japanese refueled and rearmed their planes, another wave of U.S. carrier-launched bombers struck, hitting three Japanese carriers — Akagi, Kaga, and Soryu — and setting them ablaze.
Read more on the Military Channel.
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