APPENDIX C
(carriers in bold face)
Commander in Chief, Pacific (CincPac), ADM Chester Nimitz, USN
Commander, Carrier Strike Force, RADM Frank Jack Fletcher, USN
Task Force 17 (1 carrier, 2 cruisers, 5 destroyers)
Commander, Task Force 17, RADM Frank Jack Fletcher, USN
USS Yorktown (CV-5), CAPT Elliott Buckmaster, USN
Commander, Yorktown Air Group, LCDR Oscar Pederson, USN
Commander, VF-3, LCDR John S. Thach, USN (from Saratoga)
Commander, VS-5, LT Wallace C. Short, Jr., USN (formerly VB-5)
Commander, VB-3, LCDR Maxwell F. Leslie, USN (from Saratoga)
Commander, VT-3, LCDR Lance E. Massey, USN (from Saratoga)
Commander Task Group 17.2 (Cruiser Force), RADM William W. Smith, USN
USS Astoria (CA-34), CAPT Francis W. Scanland, USN
USS Portland (CA-33), CAPT Laurance T. Du Bose, USN
Commander Task Group 17.4 (Destroyer Screen), CAPT Gilbert C. Hoover, USN
Destroyer Squadron Two
USS Morris (DD-417), CDR H. B. Jarrett, USN
USS Russell (DD-414), LCDR Glenn R. Hartwig, USN
USS Hammann (DD-412), CDR Arnold E. True, USN
USS Anderson (DD-411), LCDR John K. B. Ginder, USN
USS Hughes (DD-410), LCDR Donald J. Ramsey, USN
Task Force 16 (2 carriers, 5 cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 8 destroyers)
Commander, Task Force 16, RADM Raymond Spruance, USN
Chief of Staff, CAPT Miles R. Browning, USN
USS Enterprise (CV-6), CAPT George D. Murray, USN
Commander, Enterprise Air Group, LCDR Clarence Wade McClusky, USN
Commander, VF-6, LT James S. Gray, USN
Commander, VS-6, LT Wilmer E. Gallaher, USN
Commander, VB-6, LT Richard H. Best, USN
Commander, VT-6, LCDR Eugene E. Lindsey, USN
USS Hornet (CV-8), CAPT Marc A. Mitscher, USN
Commander, Hornet Air Group, CDR Stanhope C. Ring, USN
Commander, VF-8, LCDR Samuel G. Mitchell, USN
Commander, VS-8, LCDR Walter F. Rodee, USN
Commander, VB-8, LCDR Robert R. Johnson, USN
Commander, VT-8, LCDR John C. Waldron, USN
Commander, Task Group 16.2 (Cruiser Group), RADM Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN
USS Minneapolis (CA-36), CAPT Frank J. Lowry, USN
USS New Orleans (CA-32) CAPT Howard J. Good, USN
USS Vincennes (CA-44), CAPT Frederick L. Riefkohl, USN
USS Northampton (CA-26), CAPT William D. Chandler, USN
USS Pensacola (CA-24), CAPT Frank L. Lowe, USN
USS Atlanta (CL-51), CAPT Samuel P. Jenkins, USN
Commander Task Group 16.4 (Destroyer Screen), CAPT Alexander R. Early, USN
Destroyer Squadron One, CAPT Early
USS Phelps (DD-360), LCDR Edward L. Beck, USN
USS Aylwin (DD-355), LCDR George R. Phelan, USN
USS Monaghan (DD-354), LCDR William P. Burford, USN
USS Worden (DD-352), LCDR William G. Pogue, USN
Destroyer Squadron Six, CAPT Edward P. Sauer, USN
USS Balch (DD-363), LCDR Harold L. Tiemroth, USN
USS Conyngham (DD-371), LCDR Henry C. Daniel, USN
USS Benham (DD-397), LCDR Joseph M. Worthington, USN
USS Ellet (DD-398), LCDR Francis H. Gardner, USN
USS Maury (DD-401), LCDR Gelzer L. Sims, USN
Fueling Group
USS Cimarron (AO-22), CDR Russell M. Ihrig, USN
USS Platte (AO-24), CAPT Ralph H. Henkle, USN
USS Dewey (DD-349), LCDR Charles F. Chillingworth, USN
USS Monssen (DD-436), CDR Roland N. Smoot, USN
Midway Relief Fueling Unit
USS Guadaloupe (AO-32), CDR Harry R. Thurber, USN
USS Blue (DD-387), CDR Harold N. Williams, USN
USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390), CDR Ralph Earle, Jr., USN
Submarine Force
Commander, Submarine Force (ComSubPac), RADM Robert H. English, USN
Task Force 7
USS Cachalot (SS-170), LCDR George A. Lewis, USN
USS Flying Fish (SS-229), LCDR Glynn R. Donaho, USN
USS Tambor (SS-198), LCDR John W. Murphy, Jr., USN
USS Trout (SS-202), LCDR Frank W. Fenno, USN
USS Grayling (SS-209), LCDR Eliot Olsen, USN
USS Nautilus (SS-168) LCDR William H. Brockman, Jr., USN
USS Grouper (SS-214), LCDR Clarence E. Duke, USN
USS Dolphin (SS-169) LCDR Royal L. Rutter, USN
USS Gato (SS-212), LCDR William G. Myers, USN
USS Cuttlefish (SS-171), LCDR Martin P. Hottel, USN
USS Gudgeon (SS-211), LCDR Hyland B. Lyon, USN
USS Grenadier (SS-210), LCDR Willis A. Lent, USN
Task Force 7.2
USS Narwhal (SS-167), LCDR Charles W. Wilkins, USN
USS Plunger (SS-179), LCDR David C. White, USN
USS Trigger (SS-237), LCDR Jack H. Lewis, USN
Task Force 7.3
USS Tarpon (SS-175), LCDR Lewis Wallace, USN
USS Pike (SS-173), LCDR William A. New, USN
USS Finback (SS-230), LCDR Jesse L. Hull, USN
USS Growler (SS-215), LCDR Howard W. Gilmore, USN
Midway-Based Aircraft
Commander, Midway Naval Air Station, CAPT Cyril T. Simard, USN
Air Commander for Battle of Midway, CDR Logan C. Ramsey, USN
Commander Patrol Wing Two, RADM Patrick N. Bellinger
VP-23, VP-24, VP-44, VP-53, and a detachment of VT-8
(31 PBY Catalinas, and 6 TBF Avengers)
Commander, Marine Aircraft Group 22, LCOL Ira L. Kimes, USMC
Commander, VMF-221, MAJ Floyd B. Parks, USMC
(21 F2A-3 Buffaloes, 7 F4F-3 Wildcats)
Commander, VMSB-241, MAJ Lofton R. Henderson, USMC
(19 SBD Devastators, 21 SB2U Vindicators)
7th Army Air Corps, Bomber Command, MGEN Willis P. Hale, USA
431st Bomber Squadron, LCOL Walter C. Sweeny, Jr., USA
(19 B-17 Flying Fortresses)
69th Bomber Squadron, CAPT James F. Collins, USA
(4 B-26 Marauders)