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    Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!

    -- General George Patton Jr

    US Forces at Midway

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    United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas

    Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, Commander in Chief


    Carrier Striking Force
    Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN


    Task Force 17 (TF 17)
    Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, USN


    Task Group 17.5 (TG 17.5)


    Carrier Group
    Capt. Elliot Buckmaster, USN


    USS Yorktown (CV-5) -Capt. Elliot Buckmaster, USN
    Damaged by Japanese aircraft during the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942,
    and sank after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-168, 7 June 1942


    USS Yorktown Air Group - Lt. Comdr. Oscar Pederson, USN

    Fighting Squadron 3 (VF-3) Lt. Comdr. John S. Thatch, USN
    25 Grumman F4F-4 (Wildcat)

    Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3) Lt. Comdr. Maxwell F. Leslie, USN
    18 Douglas SBD-3 (Dauntless)

    Scouting Squadron 3 (VS-3) Lt. Wallace C. Short Jr., USN
    19 Douglas SBD-3 (Dauntless)

    Torpedo Squadron 3 (VT-3) Lt. Comdr. Lance E. Massey, USN
    13 Douglas TBD-1 (Devastator)


    Task Group 17.2 (TG 17.2)


    Cruiser Group
    Rear Admiral William W. Smith, USN

    USS Astoria (CA-34)
    USS Portland (CA-33)


    Task Group 17.4 (TG 17.4)


    Destroyer Screen
    Capt. Gilbert C. Hoover, USN


    Commander Destroyer Squadron 2 (Comdesron 2)

    USS Hammann (DD-412) - torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-168 following the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942.
    USS Hughes (DD-410)
    USS Morris (DD-417)
    USS Anderson (DD-411)
    USS Russell (DD-414)
    USS Gwin (DD-433)


    Task Force 16 (TF 16)
    Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN


    Task Group 16.5 (TG 16.5)


    Carrier Group
    Capt. George D. Murray, USN


    USS Enterprise (CV-6)
    Capt. George D. Murray, USN


    USS Enterprise Air Group - Lt. Comdr. Clarence W. McClusky, USN

    Fighting Squadron 6 (VF-6) Lt. James S. Gray, USN
    27 Grumman F4F-4 (Wildcat)

    Bombing Squadron 6 (VB-6) Lt. Richard H. Best, USN
    19 Douglas SBD-2 and SBD-3 (Dauntless)

    Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) Lt. Wilmer E. Gallaher, USN
    19 Douglas SBD-2 and SBD-3 (Dauntless)

    Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) Lt. Comdr. Eugene E. Lindsey, USN
    14 Douglas TBD-1 (Devastator)


    USS Hornet (CV-8)
    Capt. Marc A. Mitscher, USN


    USS Hornet Air Group - Lt. Comdr. Stanhope C. Ring, USN

    Fighting Squadron 8 (VF-8) Lt. Comdr. Samuel G. Mitchell, USN
    27 Grumman F4F-4 (Wildcat)

    Bombing Squadron 8 (VB-8) Lt. Comdr. Robert R. Johnson, USN
    19 Douglas SBD-2 and SBD-3 (Dauntless)

    Scouting Squadron 8 (VS-8) Lt. Comdr. Walter F. Rodee, USN
    18 Douglas SBD-1, SBD-2, and SBD-3 (Dauntless)

    Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) Lt. Comdr. John C. Waldron, USN
    15 Douglas TBD-1 (Devastator)



    Task Group 16.2 (TG 16.2)


    Cruiser Group
    Rear Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN


    Commander Cruiser Division 6 (Comcrudiv 6)

    USS New Orleans (CA-32)
    USS Minneapolis (CA-36)
    USS Vincennes (CA-44)
    USS Northampton (CA-26)
    USS Pensacola (CA-24)
    USS Atlanta (CL-51)


    Task Group 16.4 (TG 16.4)


    Destroyer Screen
    Capt. Alexander R. Early, USN


    Commander Destroyer Squadron 1 (Comdesron 1)

    USS Phelps (DD-360)
    USS Worden (DD-352)
    USS Monaghan (DD-354)
    USS Aylwin (DD-355)


    Destroyer Squadron 6 (Desron 6)
    Capt. Edward P. Sauer, USN

    USS Balch (DD-363)
    USS Conyngham (DD-371)
    USS Benham (DD-397)
    USS Ellet (DD-398)
    USS Maury (DD-401)


    Oiler Group

    USS Cimarron (AO-22)
    USS Platte (AO-24)
    USS Dewey (DD-349)
    USS Monssen (DD-436)


    Submarines
    Rear Admiral Robert H. English, USN


    Commander Submarine Force Pacific Fleet (ComSubPac)
    Pearl Harbor, Hawaii


    Task Group 7.1 (TG 7.1)


    Midway Patrol Group

    USS Cachalot (SS-170)
    USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
    USS Tambor (SS-198)
    USS Trout (SS-202)
    USS Grayling (SS-209)
    USS Nautilus (SS-168)
    USS Grouper (SS-214)
    USS Dolphin (SS-169)
    USS Gato (SS-212)
    USS Cuttlefish (SS-171)
    USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
    USS Grenadier (SS-210)


    Task Group 7.2 (TG 7.2)
    "Roving Short-Stops"

    USS Narwhal (SS-167)
    USS Plunger (SS-179)
    USS Trigger (SS-237)


    Task Group 7.3 (TG 7.3)
    North of Oahu Patrol

    USS Tarpon (SS-175)
    USS Pike (SS-173)
    USS Finback (SS-230)
    USS Growler (SS-215)


    Shore-Based Air, Midway
    Capt. Cyril T. Simard, USN


    Patrol Wing 1 Detachment (Patwing 1 Det)
    Comdr. Massie Hughes, USN


    Patrol Wing 2 Detachment (Patwing 2 Det)
    Lt. Comdr. Robert Brixner, USN
    32 Consolidated PBY-5 and PBY-5A (Catalina)


    Torpedo Squadron 8 Detachment (VT-8 Det)
    Lt. Langdon K. Fieberling, USN
    6 Grumman TBF (Avenger)


    Marine Aircraft Group 22 (MAG 22)


    2ND Marine Air Wing
    Lt. Col. Ira L. Kimes, USMC

    Marine Fighting Squadron 221 (VMF-221)
    Maj. Floyd B. Parks, USMC
    Capt. Kirk Armistead, USMC
    20 Brewster F2A-3 (Buffalo)
    7 Grumman F4F-3 (Wildcat)

    Marine Scouting-Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241)
    Maj. Lofton R. Henderson, USMC
    Maj. Benjamin W. Norris, USMC
    Capt. Marshall A. Tyler, USMC
    11 Vought SB2U-3 (Vindicator)
    16 Douglas SBD-2 (Dauntless)


    Seventh Army Air Force Detachment
    Major General Willis P. Hale, USA


    Capt. James F. Collins, USA
    4 Martin B-26 (Marauder)

    Lt. Col. Walter C. Sweeney Jr., USA
    13 Lockheed B-17 (Flying Fortress)

    Maj. G.A. Blakey, USA
    6 Lockheed B-17 (Flying Fortress)


    Midway Local Defenses
    Capt. Cyril T. Simard, USN


    6TH Marine Defense Battalion (reinforced), Fleet Marine Force
    Col. Harold D. Shannon, USMC

    Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1 (MBTRON 1)
    Lt. Clinton McKellar Jr., USN

    Midway Island

    PT-20
    PT-21
    PT-22
    PT-24
    PT-25
    PT-26
    PT-27
    PT-28

    Kure Island

    PT-29
    PT-30
    Also 4 small Patrol Craft.


    Deployed along lesser reefs and islands of Hawaiian Group

    French Frigate Shoals

    USS Thornton (AVD-11)
    USS Ballard (AVD-10)
    USS Clark (DD-361)
    USS Kaloli (AOG-13)

    Pearl and Hermes Reef

    USS Crystal (PY-25)
    USS Vireo (ATO-144)

    Lisianski, Gardner Pinnacles, Laysan and Necker
    4 YPs (converted tuna boats)



    Midway Refueling Unit
    Comdr. Harry R. Thurber, USN

    USS Guadalupe
    USS Blue (DD-387)
    USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390)
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