The central focus of this book, despite a narrative account of the battle, is the photographs it contains. Gathered from public and private sources (many of the photos may look familiar), what will set apart this publication will be the detailed captions, calling the reader's attention to little details which often escape notice. These photographs, whether they be of people or places, ships or planes, represent a moment frozen in time; the desolation of Midway and its smallness when compared to the size of the ocean in which it lies; the devastation wrought by shell, bomb, or torpedo; the power and grace of the warships involved in the battle, or the workmanlike and purposeful lines of the vital auxiliaries without which the modern fleet could not function. The faces of men like Cannon, Fleming, Henderson, Ramsey, Fletcher, Nimitz, Spruance, McClusky, Gallaher, Lindsey, Massey, Waldron, Leslie, Best or Short; the young men of the three torpedo squadrons who perished attacking the Japanese Fleet and their adversaries, Yamamoto, Nagumo, Yamaguchi, Kobayashi and Tomonaga; all men doing their duty, keeping their minds on the task at hand, fighting a war, doing their best to destroy the enemy and at the same time remain alive themselves.

Soft cover. 226 pages. Black and white archive photos and maps.