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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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1865:
Confederate General Joseph Johnston officially surrenders his army to General William T. Sherman at Durham Station, North Carolina.
1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. 1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman. 1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes. 1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed. 1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966. 1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. |