[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
The Battle of the Coral Sea, 6-8 May 1942
Southern Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive (and Continued Operations), January-May 1942
Southwest Russia, 1942: German Summer Offensive, Operations, 7 May-23 July 1942
North Africa, 1940: Rommel’s Second Offensive, 21 January-7 July 1942

[CougarGA7]

• At 0824, float planes from the Takagi Force located the American Carrier Group. By 1120 an attack force from the Zuikaku and Shokaku arrive over the task force and begin their assault. Japanese reports identify the Saratoga (actually the Lexingtion) and the Yorktown hit and sunk. In actuality, the Lexington, while not sunk, was so badly damaged that it was abandoned and torpedoed by its escort destroyers and the Yorktown sustained a single bomb hit and proceeded toward Pearl Harbor for repairs.
• After the Shokaku is hit by three bombs, Vice Admiral Inouye orders the Striking Force to break off and postpones the Port Moresby invation ordering the Transport Group back to Rabaul.
• At the end of the Battle of the Coral Sea the Japanese losses include the Shoho and the destroyer Kikuzuki along with three small naval units. The Americans had lost the carrier Lexington, destroyer Sims, and the oiler Neosho.

[Jacquerie]

“Lieutenant Milton E. Ricketts, USN, a damage control officer in USS Yorktown, is awarded the Medal (of Honor) posthumously for fighting the fires aboard the ship.”

To fight below decks fires is to visit hell.