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Officer Tom Cheek escorts Torpedo Squadron 3 at the Battle of Midway,
4
June 1942. Original artwork by John
Greaves, http://www.johngreavesart.ca/
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THE ROUNDTABLE FORUM
Official
newsletter of the Battle of Midway Roundtable
"To
promote awareness and understanding of the great battle
and to honor
the men who fought and won it."
10 July 2009
Issue Number: 2009-26
Our 12th Year
~ AROUND THE TABLE ~
MEMBERS’
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Color Photos of Kido Butai and Other Ships
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1. COLOR PHOTOS OF KIDO BUTAI AND OTHER
SHIPS
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3 July 2009
From: Cirla Paolo
Italy
Surfing the net I stumbled on this site [ click here ]. It features digitally colored photos of
ships from 1800 to WWII. Here you can
found images of the 4 carriers of Kido Butai, some of which I had not
seen before.
Having just finished that remarkable book, Shattered Sword, one photo
impressed me, a head-on close shot of Soryu's island that shows just how
small it was.
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Ed. note: this is a great web site. It’s in Japanese, but there are enough
English captions that you can understand what’s on each page (all 238 of
them!). It’s a festival of WW2 and
earlier ship photos, digitally colorized.
Each page focuses on two ships, and Hornet and Soryu are
featured on the first page. You get the
feeling that you’re looking at a photo of Hiryu, for example (on page
3), that was taken by a modern digital camera that somehow made it back to
1941. Note also that you can get a full
screen enlargement of each photo by clicking it. Many thanks to Paolo for a great find!
~ NOW HEAR THIS! ~
NEWS
& INFO IN THIS ISSUE:
- The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway
- The Last Flight of Ensign C. Markland
Kelly, Jr., USNR
- Link of the Week
- Editor’s Notes
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THE JAPANESE STORY OF
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
(Note: this article is
reprinted from the Roundtable’s archives, message #528-01, 17 March 2004. It’s edited slightly to reflect recent
changes on our web site.)
One of the basic references on
the BOM has been around for over 50 years, but it only came to my attention
last year, courtesy of Bill Roy. It's the Japanese "Detailed Battle
Report #6, Midway operation from 27 May to 9 June 1942," and it was
published as a U.S. Navy document in 1947 as OPNAV P32-1002. For those
who want to dig very deep into the details of Japanese ship and aircraft
movements during the BOM, you need this publication.
Fortunately, it's
posted on the Internet. Here's the URL:
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/special/midway.htm
I've also added it to our web
site’s Links page and also to
the Midway Library page.
Be prepared for a very large
document supported by many links to important charts and tables. A
serious researcher will probably want to print the whole thing and bind it into
a book. In any case, it's an invaluable resource for the Japanese view of
the battle as it happened.
Note: when reading dates and times in the Japanese logs, remember to subtract one day and add three hours if you want to convert to local Midway dates and times. The Japanese maintained Tokyo time in their logs, regardless of their location. For example, the Japanese logged "three bombers dive on Akagi" on June 5th at 0726. The same thing is listed in the Chronology in Miracle at Midway as June 4th at 1026.
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THE LAST FLIGHT OF ENSIGN C. MARKLAND KELLEY, JR.,
USNR
Last
week’s issue announced the passing of Bowen Weisheit, author the book by the
above title that caused a serious reevaluation of a key part of the BOM’s
history. The Kelley book was
sold directly by Major Weisheit, and a few days ago I called Mrs. Weisheit to
inquire about its further availability.
She advises that she and her son have approximately 200 copies of the
book remaining. Anyone desiring a copy
should call or write her as shown on the Midway Library page on our web
site (scroll down to book #8). When
those 200 copies are gone, there will be no more.
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LINK OF THE WEEK
Here’s an interesting
photo I found in the Life Magazine Midway collection. It shows a PBY flying low over the atoll,
and note the lower left edge of the image:
the picture was evidently taken from the rear seat of an SBD. Perhaps it’s the same photographer who was
responsible for the Marine air group photos featured in recent issues.
Click
here for the link of the week
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EDITOR’S
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