NO RIGHT TO WIN

A CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH VETERANS OF
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY

The best of the Battle of Midway Roundtable in book form

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THE MIDWAY VETERANS OF NO RIGHT TO WIN:

LT FRANCIS X. COTTON, USN-Retired
and
FTC BERNARD C. COTTON, USN-Retired

 

FX (left) and Bernie Cotton, 1942

 

 

 

Bernie Cotton (left) with brother “FX,” c. 1999

 

Brothers “FX” and Bernie Cotton had the distinction of both serving aboard USS Hornet (CV-8) at the Battle of Midway, FX as an aviation ordnanceman in VT-8 and Bernie as a gunfire controlman in the aft MK37 director, high on the ship’s island.  FX gave us one of the more amusing anecdotes in No Right to Win on page 234, and Bernie followed that with his own tale on page 235.  Beyond that, the two contributed a great deal to the Roundtable’s knowledge of life aboard the Hornet during the Doolittle raid and at Midway.

 

 

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