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From: "Scott M. Kozel"
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: The importance of the Battle of Midway
From: "Scott M. Kozel"
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: The importance of the Battle of Midway
Justin
>
> remove22@sonic.net (Timothy J. Lee) wrote:
>
> >Didn't Nautilus get a hit on (already burning and dead in the water)
> >Kaga, but it was a dud?
>
> Yes, according to Parshall and Tully, some Japanese sailors in the
> water saw the torpedo hit and break in two, and some of them used its
> air flask as a flotation device.
Reported on in Walter Lord's _Incredible Victory_, as well.
That account was first reported decades ago.
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