“I can run wild for six months … after that, I have no expectation of success.“
- Fleet Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto
In racing there is a saying - ‘luck is where preparation meets opportunity’ Perhaps there is no truer an example than the Battle of Midway. Popular literature seems to emphasize the American forces stumbling into [...]
Midway 66 Years Later - Lessons Learned
June 4th, 2008 4 Comments
Tags: Chronicles of Naval Aviation · Countdown to Midway · history lessons
Perspectives on Progress
June 4th, 2008 1 Comment
1 GB from twenty years ago and 1 GB today… (h/t PC World via entrecard )
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66th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway: 4/5 June - Forces Engaged
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In carrying out the task assigned … you will be governed by the principle of calculated risk, which you shall interpret to mean the avoidance of exposure of our forces without good prospect on inflicting, as a result of such exposure, greater damage on the enemy. (Extract from CINCPAC Operational Order to TF 17 Commander)
In [...]
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