Frank Fletcher4 June 1942
Spruance & Fletcher sink 4 Japanese carriers with the loss of the Yorktown
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Spruance & Fletcher sink 4 Japanese carriers with the loss of the Yorktown
Provides the Japanese code which inform the Americans of the Japanese plans
Attacks Japanese carriers heading for Midway, lulls Nagumo into false sense of victory
Turns away from Yamamoto & frustrates the his plan for trapping US forces
Commands the Enterprise-Hornet force
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