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Any ceremonies or memorials taking place to commemorate Midway? Seems like a big deal for the 70th anniversary.

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"According to the map, we've only gone 4 inches."

I always loved the quote on the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.

"They had no right to win, but they did anyway, and in doing so changed the course of a war...even against the greatest odds, there is something in the human spirit, a magic blend of faith, skill, and valor, that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory."

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Chris Henry
EAA Aviation Museum Manager

Torpedo Squadron 8 forming up alongside the USS Hornet on their way to their rendezvous with destiny:

It's sobering to think that the picture was to be the last of the squadron save for Geo.Gay.Thank you for posting that pic.

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Hang The Expense

The quote is from the forward to "Incredible Victory" by Walter Lord, perhaps one of the most definitive books on the Battle of Midway (that I have as a very tattered paperback dating to August 1968). The full text is as follows:

They had no right to win. Yet, they did, and in doing so they changed the course of a war. More than that, they added a new name -- Midway -- to that small list that inspired men by shining example. Like Marathon, the Armada, the Marne, a few others, Midway showed that every once in a while "what must be" need not be at all. Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit -- a magic blend of skill, faith and valor -- that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory