The Battle
of Midway Roundtable
Official After-Action Reports
UPDATED:
22 July 2013
The following are links to various
after-action reports written by commanding officers or senior surviving officers
of the various commands (unless otherwise indicated).
Some of these files are in .pdf format, which
requires the Adobe Reader. If your computer does not have the Adobe
Reader, you can download it for free at Adobe.com.
Note: be sure to read the System Requirements and download the correct version
for your computer.
Please report any non-working links.
And we'd also like to know about any Battle of Midway reports not listed here
that can be found on the Internet or elsewhere.
Please send a message to:
midwayroundtable@gmail.com.
Link and file credits:
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command
USS Enterprise (CV-6) Organization
MSGT Walt Grist, USMC-Ret
Eric Mitchell, www.pby.com
David Luck
Bill Vickrey
CAPT Richard Scharff, SC, USN-Ret
FLEET & TASK FORCE COMMANDERS
ADM Nimitz (re BOM overview)
ADM Nimitz (re Japanese BOM prisoners)
RADM Fletcher (TF 17)
RADM Spruance (TF 16)
USS YORKTOWN (CV-5)
USS Yorktown (CAPT Buckmaster)
VB-3 (.pdf file)
VB-5 (a.k.a. "VS-5") (.pdf file)
VT-3 (WO Corl) (.pdf file)
VT-3 (CAP Esders) (.pdf file)
USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6)
USS Enterprise, 1 of 2 (CAPT Murray)
USS Enterprise, 2 of 2 (CAPT Murray)
VB-6, 1 of 2 (LT Penland)
VB-6, 2 of 2 (LT Penland)
VF-6 (LT Gray) ("Decision at Midway")
VF-6 (LT Gray) (excerpt from unofficial VF-6 “War Record” - .pdf file)
VS-6 (LT Gallaher)
VT-6 (LTjg Laub)
USS HORNET (CV-8)
USS Hornet (RADM Mitscher)
OTHER SHIPS & SQUADRONS
Destroyer Squadron 6 (CAPT Sauer)
USS Hammann (LTjg Hartigan)
MIDWAY-BASED COMMANDS
Naval Air Station Midway
MAG 22 (commanding officer's report) (.pdf file)
MAG 22 (executive officer's report) (.pdf file)
VMF-221 (.pdf file)
VMSB-241 (.pdf file)
VT-8 TBF Detachment (.pdf file)
"Marines at Midway" (article by Robert Heinl for USMC Historical Branch)
*These are media articles rather than
official reports.
JAPANESE
The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway (the Nagumo Report)
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