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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