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...carrier force swung south toward Midway, then lanced west, between the Jap attack force and the Jap invasion force (see map*). Meanwhile, Midway's land-based aircraft had whipped into action...
From the north the Jap launched an air armada against Midway. Not a plane was on the ground when he got there. The Marines, in stubby Grumman Wildcats, met him over the shore. With the help of anti-aircraft they knocked down 40 planes in the most concentrated dogfight U.S. airmen had ever seen...
...carrier force was within range. Its hornets buzzed out to the north and west, joining Midway land-based craft, to strike the Jap again & again. For all planes the range was still too great for flyers to have much hope of getting back to base. They flew their planes until the gas was out, went down...
Turn of the Tide. But the battle had been won; the Jap was retiring. High overhead the Fortresses patrolled his fleeing fleet, nudging it along with bombs. The carriers took up the pursuit-all but one. The Yorktown was out of action. Against that 19,900-ton beauty the Jap had sent 18 dive-bombers. The fighters knocked down eleven. But three Jap planes got direct hits on the carrier. Torpedo planes followed, slammed her hard. The Yorktown heeled over into a list. Her flyers went to other carriers...
...Jap was drawing within range of his own land bases, and the U.S. Navy was not going to make the mistake he had made. Three days after the first Jap columns had been sighted, the enemy was out of action...