June 4 - postscript
Wiki knows all. Pittsburghers at the Battle of Midway at least include:
In Memoriam: LT Arthur Vincent Ely, USN
Anyone have any local info on him?
Goldy would know more, but I would presume this is the final report of Torpedo Six in the Battle of Midway. Just amazing. 10 of 14 planes shot down in operations described merely as " Torpedo Attack delivered against Japanese CV's accompanied by BB's, CA's, CL's and DD's." and signed by a jg in the end.
In Memoriam: LT Arthur Vincent Ely, USN
Anyone have any local info on him?
Goldy would know more, but I would presume this is the final report of Torpedo Six in the Battle of Midway. Just amazing. 10 of 14 planes shot down in operations described merely as " Torpedo Attack delivered against Japanese CV's accompanied by BB's, CA's, CL's and DD's." and signed by a jg in the end.
posted by C. Briem at Tuesday, June 05, 2012
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Many great things in there, but the small nugget that made me smile was in the instructions --
Do not "gun deck" this report -
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