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Chester Nimitz and the Battle if Midway

Profile- Admiral Chester Nimitz Birthdate-February 24, 1885 Date of incident- June 3rd, 1942 Interests- Planning strategy, reading books General Info- born and raised in Fredericksburg, Texas. Accepted at Annapolic, ranked 7th in class of 114 Has 4 children http://www.nimitz-museum.org/nimitzbio.htm Scrapbook. I just went through a very long, tiring, and painful 3 days. And yet, it was also filled with joy and success. Three days ago on June 3rd, 1942, the Battle of Midway begun. I was able to successfully lead the American Navy to victory fortunately. It seems that the Japanese saw Midway as a major strategic site, because we have performed several successful attacks from there in the past (Marquette 1). The Japanese had hoped that they could lure our ships out into the open water, and then they could bomb and sink them (Marquette 1). They had no idea, however, that we could hear everything they were saying and planning. "  Magic   "   is an intelligence system that is used to break Japanese codes (Bruce and Cogar 1). We used this device to listen in on Japan  ’   s plans, and this gave us time to plan accordingly (Bruce and Cogar 1). Early this morning the Japanese started to attack Midway using aircraft carriers. They caused only minor damage to the island itself (Marquette 1). Our plans were able to find the Japanese planes without any problem (Marquette 1). I dispatched two task forces from Pearl Harbor, including the carriers //Hornet//, //Yorktown//, and //Enterprise// (Bruce and Cogar). However, it wasn ’   t until the 5th attack that the Japanese finally sustained some serious damage. Their aircraft //Kaga// was sunk, and the //Akagi// and the //Soryu// had been abandoned (Bruce and Cogar). The //Hiryu// was also sunk, but unfortunately it had already severely damaged our carrier //Yorktown//, which also sunk later (Marquette 1; Bruce and Cogar 1). Thankfully, the Yorktown was our only major casualty (Marquette 1). The Japanese, however, lost much more. At last count, the Japanese lost 3 carriers, more than 200 aircraft, and probably more than 4,500 men (Bruce and Cogar; Danzer, Klor de Alva, Krieger, Wilson, Woloch). I feel that this was the best way to get back at them for attacking our Pearl Harbor. I think that this battle is a turning point in the Pacific War, and things can only get better (Bruce and Cogar 1; Danzer, Klor de Alva, Krieger, Wilson, Woloch ). http://www.fofweb.com/NuHistory/default.asp?ItemID=WE52&NewItemID=True This is a picture of the Battle of Midway, but the identification of the carrier is unknown.

Work Cited Bruce, Anthony and William Cogar. " Battle of Midway. " //An Encyclopedia of Naval History.// New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1997. //American History Online//. Facts on File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE52&iPin=ENH667&SingleRecord=True