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List of Recommended Reading:

To learn more about the Battle of Midway on your own, we recommend this list of references:

  1. Ambrose, Stephen E., John Keegan, et al., What If? New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999.
  2. Buell, Thomas B., The Quiet Warrior. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974.
  3. Cressman, Robert J., Steve Ewing, et al., A Glorious Page in Our History. Missoula: Pictorial Histories, 1990.
  4. Dull, Paul S., A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1978.
  5. Fuchida, Mitsuo and Masatake Okumiya, Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan. Naval Institute Press, 1955.
  6. Gay, George, Sole Survivor. United States: Midway Publishes, 1979.
  7. Heinl, Robert D., Marines at Midway. Washington, D.C. GPO, 1948.
  8. Keegan, John, The Price of Admiralty. New York: Penguin Books, 1988.
  9. Layton, Edwin T., et al., And I Was There. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985.
  10. Linzey, Stanford E., Captain, ChC, USN (Ret.), God Was at Midway. San Diego: Black Forrest Press, 1988.
  11. Lord, Walter, Incredible Victory. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
  12. Lundstrom, John B., The First Team. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984.
  13. Morison, Samuel E., Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions, May-August 1942. History of United States Naval Operations in WW II, Volume IV. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950.
  14. Prange, Gordon, W., et al Miracle at Midway. New York: McCraw-Hill, 1983.
  15. Symonds, Craig L., Decision At Sea: Five Naval Battles That Shaped American History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  16. Tillman, Barrett, Dauntless: a Novel of Midway and Guadalcanal. New York: Bantham, 1992.
  17. Tuleja, Thaddeus V., Climax at Midway. New York: Norton, 1960.
  18. Ugaki, Matome, Fading Victory The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1961.
  19. U.S. Navy, Office of Intelligence, The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1947.
SHIPS:
  1. Cressman, Robert J., That Gallant Ship: USS YORKTOWN (CV-5). Missoula: Pictorial Histories, 1985.
  2. Ewing, Steve, USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6), The Most Decorated Ship of World War II. Missoula: Pictorial Histories, 1982.
  3. Frank, Pat and J. D. Harrington, Rendezvous at Midway. New York: Warner Paperback Library, 1968.
  4. Griffin, Alexander R., A Ship to Remember: The Saga of the Hornet CV-8). New York: Howell Soskin, 1943.
  5. Stafford, Edward P., The Big E. New York: Random House, 1962.
AIRCRAFT:
  1. Tillman, Barrett, The Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1976.
  2. Tillman, Barrett, Wildcat: The F4F in World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990.
SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND CREDITS:
The International Midway Memorial Foundations also highly recommends the following artists and organizations and would like to give thanks and credit to their works which appear on this Web site.

  1. Beal-Smith, Lawrence. "Task Force Hornets." Image appears on In His Own Words.
  2. Coale, Griffith Baily. "AA Gunners, PT Boats," "Air Attack on Japanese Carriers," and "Dive Bombing Japanese Carriers." Images appear on In His Own Words.
  3. Crawford, John W. Captain, USN (Ret.) "Men of Midway." Poem appears on Taking Departure page.
  4. Lord, Walter. Quote appears on IMMF homepage.
  5. U.S. Navy's Naval Historical Center. To visit the Center, click here.
  6. Smith, R.G. "The Turning Point." IMMF homepage image based on this work along with all following Web page headers and footers.

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