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...flaming bomber onto a Jap carrier and Captain Richard E. Fleming, with his plane in flames, led his squadron against another carrier; Fleming was last seen hurtling into the sea. Eighty-four Marines flew against the Japs during the crisis at Midway; 38 were killed. Said Admiral Chester Nimitz to their commanding officer at Midway: "The sacrifices of your heroic men have not been in vain. . . . They dealt the enemy carriers the first blow and they spearheaded our great victory...
...Uneasy Side. But the off-record remarks were more hopeful than assured. They remembered that Jake Fitch was still commanding minelayers and destroyers when early birdmen like Jack Towers (now deputy commander in the Pacific under Admiral Chester Nimitz) and Marc Mitscher (the Navy's No. 1 carrier task-force commander in the Pacific) were briskly testing the wings of the weapon destined to revolutionize naval warfare...
Last week's raid on "the pearl of the Indies" was puny, as carrier raids go nowadays: less than 100 planes, hardly one Essex-class complement. But there were promising factors: 1) for the first time Naval forces from the Mountbatten, Nimitz and MacArthur commands joined together; 2) Javanese, who have been wooed incessantly by Japanese propaganda, might begin to doubt that Tojo's forces were as all-powerful as he claimed; 3) surprisingly few Jap planes rose in defense; two of these were shot down, 19 others were destroyed on the ground; at least one ship...
...General MacArthur has direct strategic command of all Allied forces operating within the Southwest Pacific area. If Admiral Halsey wants to operate there, MacArthur is his strategic boss. Elsewhere, Admiral Halsey is under the sole command of Admiral Nimitz, CINCPAC and CINCPOA...
...Francisco the Navy's three four-star top dogs, Admirals King, Nimitz and Halsey, met to touch up their plans regarding that destiny...