NO RIGHT TO WIN

A CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH VETERANS OF
THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY

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THE MIDWAY VETERANS OF NO RIGHT TO WIN:

CDR RALPH V. WILHELM, USN-Retired

   

 

Left:  Wilhelm as a lieutenant in 1944.  Right :  Wilhelm in 2003.

 

Ralph “Kaiser” Wilhelm was a SOC (scout aircraft) pilot aboard the cruiser USS Portland in the Coral Sea and Midway battles.  He unwittingly made a major contribution to our knowledge of life aboard the Portland and in a SOC cockpit during those times by keeping a detailed diary until the Navy banned personal diaries late in 1942.  His log of daily events has been of significant interest on the Roundtable, particularly his entry for 4 June 1942.  For the details on that see pages 231-232 in No Right to Win.

 

 

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