Books and Memoirs

Gay, George H. Sole Survivor: The Battle of Midway and Its Effects on His Life. Accessed at: https://archive.org/details/solesurvivorbatt00gayg. Midway Publishers, 1980.

Johnson, William Bruce. The Pacific Campaign in World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. Routledge, 2006.

Kleiss, John “Dusty,” and Timothy Orr. Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway. Accessed at: https://archive.org/details/nevercallmeherol0000klei. Harper Collins, 2017.

Koenig, William. Epic Sea Battles. Accessed at: https://archive.org/details/epicseabattles0000koen. Peerage Books, 1975.

Layton, Edwin T., with Roger Pineau and John Costello. And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway—Breaking the Secrets. Accessed at: https://archive.org/details/andiwastherepear0000layt_t4l8. W. Morrow, 1985.

Morison, Samuel Eliot. Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May 1942–August 1942. Volume IV of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Accessed at: https://archive.org/details/coralseamidwaysu0004samu. Little Brown and Company, 1975.

Nesmith, Jeff. No Higher Honor. Accessed at: https://archive.org/details/nohigherhonoruss00nesm. Longstreet, 1999

Schrijvers, Peter. The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II. New York University Press, 2002.

Symonds, Craig L. The Battle of Midway. Oxford University Press, 2011.

Toll, Ian W. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942. W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.

Toland, John. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945. Random House, 1970.

Primary Sources, Oral Histories, and Official Military Records

Bill Leu interview. Interview concerning the sinking of the USS Neosho by Japanese dive-bombers. Del’s Journey. Transcript available at:
https://delsjourney.com/uss_neosho/battle_of_the_coral_sea/battle_of_the_coral_sea_interview.htm

“Combat Narratives of the Battle of the Coral Sea.” United States Navy. Official account of the battle, including information on the USS Neosho.
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/browse-by-topic/War%20and%20Conflict/WWII-Pacific-Battles/Coral%20Sea%2017504.pdf

“Interrogation of Japanese Prisoners.” Naval History and Heritage Command. Records and testimony relating to the Battle of Midway.
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/archives/digital-exhibits-highlights/action-reports/wwii-battle-of-midway/interrogation-of-japanese-prisoners.html

Matsuoka, Yosuke. “Address by Foreign Minister of Japan, Yosuke Matsuoka, Delivered Before the 76th Session of the Imperial Diet.”
https://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/410121b.html

Government, Military, and Historical Websites

Naval History and Heritage Command. “Station HYPO.”
https://cnrh.cnic.navy.mil/About/History/Station-Hypo/

Naval History and Heritage Command. “World War II: Battle of Midway—Aerology and Naval Warfare.”
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/b/battl-of-midway-aerology-and-naval-warfare.html

National Park Service. “World War II Facilities at Midway.”
https://www.nps.gov/articles/world-war-ii-facilities-at-midway.htm

National WWII Museum. “Battle of the Coral Sea: A Retrospective.”
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-coral-sea-retrospective

National WWII Museum. “WWII Secret Agents: The OSS.”
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/wwii-secret-agents-the-oss

Naval History and Heritage Command. “Frank ‘Jack’ Fletcher: Got a Bum Rap? Part Two.” Naval History Magazine, September 1992.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/1992/september/frank-jack-fletcher-got-bum-rap-part-two

United States Navy. “Today’s Midshipman Must Be Tomorrow’s Jack Crawford.”
https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/people/article-view/article/2686973/todays-midshipman-must-be-to-morrows-jack-crawford/

U.S. Navy / Naval History and Heritage Command. “Misreading Mahan.”
Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, March 2024.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/march/misreading-mahan

U.S. Department of Defense. “Medal of Honor Monday: Navy Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher.”
https://www.war.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/1816934/medal-of-honor-monday-navy-adm-frank-jack-fletcher/

Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum. “Our PBY Aircraft.”
https://pnwnam.org/our-pby-aircraft/

Asian-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Janis Mimura, article concerning Yosuke Matsuoka and Japanese imperial ideology.
https://apjjf.org/2011/9/49/janis-mimura/3657/article

Newspaper Articles and Periodicals

“41 Torpedo Planes Sent Out; 6 Return, Navy Tells Another Chapter of [the Battle of Midway].” The New York Times, November 5, 1942.
https://www.nytimes.com/1942/11/05/archives/41-torpedo-planes-sent-out-6-return-navy-tells-another-chapter-of.html

“Retired Rear Adm. W. Earl Gallaher Dies.” The Washington Post, February 9, 1983.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/02/09/retired-rear-adm-w-earl-gallaher-dies/2fd0ba22-f8a1-43b7-a81d-3f78fe82718c/

The New York Times, September 1, 1973, article concerning filmmaker John Ford.
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/09/01/90473775.html?pageNumber=24