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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941 Japan held naval superiority over the United States in the Pacific. The tables turned six months later with on of the fiercest naval battles in military history….
Producer: Nick Tovo, DMA HI
Camera: Nick Tovo, DMA HI
Date: 4 June 2012
CG: Rear Admiral James Caldwell Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Audience: Internal/ External Military
Run Time: 1:35
STORY:
(take vids of midway battle footage)
JUNE 1942, U-S AND JAPANESE NAVAL FORCES FIGHT IT OUT IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. JAPAN HAD MOVED ON MIDWAY TO DESTROY THE U.S.’S PACIFIC FLEET AND SET UP AN AIR BASE ON THE ATOLL.
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BUT U.S. NAVY INTELLIGENCE BROKE SECRET CODES DETAILING THE ATTACK AND AMBUSHED THE JAPANESE NAVY. AMERICA EMERGED VICTORIOUS AT MIDWAY AND HISTORIANS SAY IT TURNED THE TIDE OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC…
SB: “it is fitting because this was the place that our nation was thrust into war. So as we reflect we reinforce our naval history. Those who fought before us at midaway set through their own personal examples a high standard, personal sacrifice and courage under fire that we aspire to in our naval service today”- Rear Admiral James Caldwell Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific
70 YEARS LATER ON THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL SERVICE MEMBERS GATHERED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO SERVED SO BRAVELY IN WINNING ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL FIGHTS IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY
Rear Admiral James Caldwell Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND U-S SERVICE MEMBERS DIED DURING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. CEREMONIES SUCH AS THIS ONE HELP ENSURE THAT THEIR SACRIFICE AND A LEGACY OF HEROISM WILL LIVE FOREVER. NICK TOVO, PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
| Date Taken: | 06.05.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 06.05.2012 20:08 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 145948 |
| VIRIN: | 060512-F-1234X-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_100408531 |
| Length: | 00:01:39 |
| Location: | HAWAII, US |
| Downloads: | 20 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 20 |
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