Even the most brilliant and thorough studies will only give you the facts that were dee­med important by their authors. The conclusions they draw will be based solely on those facts. At the same time, there is always a possibility that they overlooked or simply ig­nored as insignificant some important details. There is only one way to put together your own picture of the events, and that is to study the primary so­urces yourself. To that end, I’m trying to gather in one place as many of the Battle of Midway related primary sources—war diaries, action reports, etc.—as possible. I hope that my constantly expanding col­lec­tion of documents will help you, as well.

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