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Fuchida and Genda argued fiercely for renewing the attack. The oil-storage tanks had not been hit, and the raiders had not found any of Kimmel's three carriers (the Lexington and Enterprise were at sea, the Saratoga undergoing repairs). But Admiral Nagumo, who had mistrusted the plan from the start, felt he had accomplished his mission and saw no reason to risk his fleet any further. Back in Japan, Yamamoto strongly disapproved of Nagumo's decision to withdraw but accepted the tradition that such decisions are left to the combat commander on the scene...
...Yamamoto's key planners was Commander Minoru Genda, still only 36, still a hot pilot at heart, first in his class at the Etajima naval academy, combat ace over China, leader of a daredevil stunt team called Genda's Flying Circus. Genda contributed several key ideas: that every available Japanese carrier should be assigned to the attack, that it should combine dive-bombing, high-level bombing and torpedoes, that the attackers should strike at dawn...
...Elis tied the contest three minutes later when Kevin Genda knocked a rebound off Crimson goalie Matt Ginsburg into...
Although the Elis--paced by midfielders Genda and Marc Schindler--began to apply pressure late in the half, their efforts came too late...
Scoring: H. Lane Kenworthy (Nikhil Singh) 9:14; Y. Kevin Genda (Charley Dumphy) 12:53; H, Paul Nicholas (Singh) 36:17; H. Nick Hotchkin (Kenworthy) 65:13; H. Kenworthy (unassisted...