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From: Rich Rostrom
Date: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: The importance of the Battle of Midway
From: Rich Rostrom
Date: Monday, March 10, 2008 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: The importance of the Battle of Midway
Louis C
>Similarly, the various components of the air strikes being separated
>en route doesn't strike me as bad admiralship as opposed to
>technological constraints and lack of overall experienve in the
>handling of carrier air strikes.
Midway was only the second time the USN actually
launched carrier air attacks against ships at sea.
Coral Sea was the first, and only YORKTOWN was
present there.
Given such limited experience, is it any
surprise that the attacks were poorly
coordinated?
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