The Battle of Santa Cruz, Part 2: The Morning Search

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This is part 2 of the Battle of Santa Cruz series. After several months of dogged combat in the Pacific Theater of World War II, naval aviators understood the reality of carrier versus carrier warfare. The fleet that made the first accurate sighting report usually got in the first hit, and therefore, it had the best chance to win the battle. Everything depended on these aviators finding their quarry before the enemy found their own fleet. On the morning of October 26, 1942, the Americans and Japanese began searching for one another near the Santa Cruz Islands. Which aviators would find the enemy fleet first? Find out in part 2 of our 7-part Battle of Santa Cruz series.
All videos are written, produced, and directed by staff and volunteers at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum.
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@tomcrouchman 2 жыл бұрын

Very good new channel! Keep up the good work and it will blow up.

@alexanderleach3365 Жыл бұрын

Those aircrews helped even the odds in the coming battle for Enterprise and Hornet.

@BP-1988 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see the rest of your videos on this battle! It is especially important to remember those individuals who risked their lives for our country. Keep up the good work documenting the history and stories of the war in the Pacific so they don't fade from memory.

@SPQRCJ97 6 ай бұрын

The balls of these pilots to dive in even though there's just two planes into the wall of flak

@wellsbengston4132 2 жыл бұрын

It seems that noone ever connects Halsey's "Strike, repeat, strike" with this ill-fated search. I feel that this was a mistake on Halsey's part and that Kincaid would not have launched the search without that order.