Midway: Submarines/The Battle Ends
Part I: "Fire One!" There were twenty-six American submarines at sea in the water around Midway, but only one of them did anything of consequence. The USS Nautilus had submerged at her station just...
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Lieutenant Commander Yoshio Kunisada, the Kaga's assistant damage control officer, was fighting a losing battle, and he knew it. All his efforts to stop the flames from spreading seemed to have the...
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Though she was badly damaged by bombs and torpedoes, the USS Yorktown was still afloat on the morning of June 6. Just before dawn a small salvage crew under Captain Elliot Buckmaster climbed back...
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Admiral Yamamoto was a hundred miles to the west as the Kaga slipped beneath the waves. Standing on the bridge of the superbattleship Yamato, he had received word that four of his carriers were on...
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