An Unsinkable Carrier: The Midway-Based Forces and the Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway is remembered as one of the greatest military victories in American history and marked as the turning point of the Second World War in the Pacific. The victory has long been celebrated as a great US Naval victory, brought about by the US Navy's Carrier Task Forces. Remembering the battle solely as a carrier victory overlooks the contributions of the Midway-based forces. In truth, the Midway-based forces performed invaluable roles and contributed greatly to the overall victory, and historiography of the Battle of Midway is incomplete without their inclusion. This study documents the contributions of the Midway-based forces and seeks to rectify their omission in the history of the Battle of Midway.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in History (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of History

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Crooms, Hubert R.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Alan C. Downs
• Emerson T. McMullen

• ETD
• Midway
• Midway atoll
• Battle of Midway
• Midway-based forces
• Midway naval air station
• 6th Marine defense battalion
• Fleet marine force
• 14th Naval district
• Cyril T Simard
• Harold D Shannon
• Jack Reid
• Robert A Swan
• Ira L Kimes
• Floyd B Parks
• Lofton R Henderson
• Walter C Sweeney
• Jr
• James F Collins
• Landon Fieberling
• Benjamin W Norris
• Wade McClusky
• Marshall A Tyler
• Richard E Fleming
• Chester W Nimitz
• Brewster buffalo
• Grumman wildcat
• Vought vindicator
• Douglas dauntless
• Grumman avenger
• Consolidated pby catalina
• B-17
• B-26
• War plan orange
• Second World War
• World War II

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/595

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1595