The Battle Of Midway Island
OverviewAs Japan was trying to take control of the Pacific, one thing was always getting in there way. That thing was the United States. They knew that if the U.S. stayed After Japans victory in the Battle of the Coral Sea, they had there sights on Midway Island.
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* If you do not believe those were the names of the planes, look it up. I was surprised when I found out to.
The image on the left is a map from a newspaper telling of the battle. The center image is of Navy fighters going to attack the Japanese fleet. On the right is Midway Island. The bottom images are of the Japanese Nakajima B5N also called the Kate and a picture of the Midway Memorial showing a map of the battle.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimiz was born on February 24th 1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas at his grandfathers hotel. His parents were poor so he didn't focus on his High school education. But at age 15, he was excepted into the Naval academy. He quickly earned the nickname "Matty" due to his record on the sit-ups was only second to the Naval instructor, Matty Strohm. At age 20, he graduated 7th in his class of 114. The first ship that he was appointed to was the Battleship Ohio. On his first experience at sea, he stated that he was "frightfully sea sick". When he returned to the United States, he was transferred to the cruiser Baltimore. At the age of 22, he took command of the destroyer DECATUR. Two years later, he was looking down the barrel of a court martial for running his destroyer aground. Luckily he was not kicked out, but was demoted. After serving on twelve different vessels, 4 of them being submarines, and being promoted to Admiral, was stationed at Pearl Harbor aboard the submarine Grayling when it was attacked. Chester was very important in the defeat of the Japanese at the Battle of Midway and many other key battles in the Pacific. In 1945, he was promoted to Fleet Admiral aboard the submarine Menhaden. Twenty one years later, he suffered a stroke in his naval quarters on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. After several smaller strokes and a severe case of Pneumonia, he died on February 20th 1966 from congestive heart failure. He was buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetery in Sam Bruno, California.