384K views · 5.9K reactions | Did you know the Battle of Midway was one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II? During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one of its own, the Yorktown, to the previously invincible Japanese navy. | HISTORY | Facebook

June 1942 – Amid the chaos of the Battle of Midway, the USS Enterprise launches its aircraft to attack the approaching Japanese fleet. Among them: pilot Ensign Frank O’Flaherty and his radioman-gunner, Petty Officer 1st Class Bruno Gaido flying a SBD Dauntless dive bomber. Their squadron presses through blistering enemy fire and delivers a lethal blow to the carrier Kaga. But their plane is damaged. After engaging additional fighters, they are forced to ditch at sea. Captured and later executed,