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At about 09:00 on 3 June, Ensign Jack Reid, piloting a PBY from US Navy patrol squadron VP-44, spotted the Japanese Occupation Force some to the west-southwest of Midway.
He mistakenly reported this group as the Main Force.
Nine B-17s took off from Midway at 12:30 for the first air attack.
Three hours later, they found the Japanese Tanaka's transport group to the west.
Under heavy anti-aircraft fire, they dropped their bombs.
Though hits were reported, none of the bombs actually hit and no significant damage was inflicted.
Early the following morning Japanese oil tanker "Akebono Maru" sustained the first hit when a torpedo from an attacking PBY struck her around 01:00.
This was the only successful air-launched torpedo attack by the U.S. during the entire battle.
At 04:30 on 4 June, Nagumo launched his initial attack on Midway itself, consisting of 36 Aichi D3A dive bombers and 36 Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers, escorted by 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters.
At the same time he launched a defensive combat air patrol (CAP) with his eight search aircraft (one from the heavy cruiser launched 30 minutes late due to technical difficulties).
Japanese reconnaissance arrangements were flimsy, with too few aircraft to adequately cover the assigned search areas, laboring under poor weather conditions to the northeast and east of the task force.
Yamamoto's faulty dispositions had now become a serious liability.
As Nagumo's bombers and fighters were taking off, 11 PBYs were leaving Midway to run their search patterns.
At 05:30, PBY reported sighting two Japanese carriers with empty decks, indicating an air strike en route.
American radar picked up the enemy at a distance of several miles, and interceptors were scrambled.
Unescorted bombers headed off to attack the Japanese carrier fleet, their fighter escorts remaining behind to defend Midway.
At 06:20 Japanese carrier aircraft bombed and heavily damaged the U.S. base.
Midway-based Marine fighters, which included 7 F4Fs and 21 F2As, intercepted the Japanese and suffered heavy losses, though they managed to destroy four B5Ns and at least three A6Ms.
Within the first few minutes, 3 F4Fs and 13 F2As were destroyed, while most of the surviving U.S. planes were damaged, with only two remained airworthy.
American anti-aircraft fire was accurate and intense, destroying four additional Japanese aircraft and damaging many more.
Of the 108 Japanese aircraft involved in this attack, 11 were destroyed, 14 were heavily damaged, and 29 were damaged to some degree.
The initial Japanese attack did not succeed in neutralizing Midway: American bombers could still use the airbase to refuel and attack the Japanese invasion force, and most of Midway's land-based defenses were intact.
Japanese pilots reported to Nagumo that another aerial attack to soften Midway's defences would be necessary if troops were to go ashore by 7 June.
Having taken off prior to the Japanese attack, American bombers based on Midway made several attacks on the Japanese carrier fleet.
These included six Grumman Avengers, detached to Midway from the s VT-8 (Midway was the first combat mission for the VT-8 airmen, and it was the combat debut of the TBF), Marine Scout-Bombing Squadron 241 (VMSB-241), consisting of eleven SB2U-3s and sixteen SBDs, plus four USAAF B-26s, armed with torpedoes, and fifteen B-17s.
The Japanese repelled these attacks for the loss of two fighters, destroying five TBFs, two SB2Us, eight SBDs and two B-26s.
The first Marine aviator to perish in the battle, Major Lofton R. Henderson of VMSB-241, was killed while leading his inexperienced Dauntless squadron into action.
The main airfield at Guadalcanal was named Henderson Field after him in August 1942; two civil airports also bear this name.
One B-26, after being seriously damaged by anti-aircraft fire, veered into a steep dive straight toward the "Akagi".
Making no attempt to pull out of its run, the aircraft narrowly missed crashing directly into the carrier's bridge, which could potentially have killed Nagumo and his command staff.
This experience may well have contributed to Nagumo's determination to launch another attack on Midway, in direct violation of Yamamoto's order to keep the reserve strike force armed for anti-ship operations.
The St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club arrived on the St. Louis rugby scene in the spring of 1962.
Original founding members of the club included Frank Hauff, Gene Gladstone, Tom Jones, Cliff Schlereth, Bob Meyer, and John Himmelman, who the Black side MVP award is named after.
The Bombers were a result of a merger between "The Old Blacks" and the "Sisler-Hummel" rugby clubs, two of the most powerful and successful clubs in St. Louis during the 1940s and 1950s.
Coached and captained by Frank Hauff from 1962-1965, the Bombers immediately took control of St. Louis rugby, winning the Missouri Rugby Union Championship in their first two years and five out of their first six.
From 1964 to 1965 the Bombers were undefeated and shut out all league opponents.
In those early days the Bombers played a rugged style of rugby and enjoyed walking off the pitch a little bloodied after a match.
This was characterized by the coaching philosophy of the day, as quoted from the 1972 Missouri Rugby Union yearbook.
"We would rather teach someone who likes to hit how to play rugby, than teach someone who likes to play rugby how to hit".
The Bombers attracted many talented athletes and rugby players during the 1970s and 1980s, but finished as runner-up to the powerful and now defunct St. Louis Falcon's RFC for most of the two decades.
Though the Bombers won several tournament titles during this period, the biggest matches were always against the Falcons.
There was never a dull moment when the Bombers and Falcons stepped on the pitch to do battle.
To quote Jim Dierker, "We hated them and every game was a blood fest".
The tremendous Bomber tradition of playing hard rugby, supporting your club mates, and having a lot of fun doing it was built during this time.
In 1985 the Bombers realized the importance of bylaws to guide the organization.
Jim Boggeman, Ron Laszewski and a few others's created the St. Louis Bomber RFC bylaws that are used by the club today.
Battling through much adversity, the Bombers put one on the Falcons and won a hard fought Missouri Rugby Union Championship in 1980.
Turning the corner in 1988, the Bombers won the first in a string of Missouri Rugby Union Championships, and have won this Championship in every year but three.
This includes sweeping 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, divisions of the Missouri Rugby Union in every year except one since 1996.
The Bombers have also shown well in the USA Rugby Western Club Championships, winning the Championship in 2001.
An exchange program with top level rugby clubs in New Zealand, such as Auckland Marist and North Harbour Marist, has strengthened the Bombers player ranks over the years.
Several Bombers have taken advantage of this opportunity to hone their rugby skills and knowledge, while living in a terrific "rugby culture" such as New Zealand.
At the same time, several Kiwis' have made the long trek over the pacific to St. Louis to "play hard rugby" and "just play hard".
A commitment to compete against the top clubs from across the country, and a strong winning record versus these clubs, keep the Bombers rated as one of the top Rugby Clubs in America.
The Bombers are consistently represented on the USA Rugby Western Select Territorial Team and always have players competing for coveted spots on the USA Eagles National Team.
Past Eagles include Jim Dierker, Ron Laszewski, John McBride, Chris Schlereth, Danny Fernandez and John Tarpoff.
John McBride has had the challenging and rewarding job of coaching the Bombers after legend Ron Laszewski.
During Ron's tenure, the Bombers have consistently performed at high levels, winning the following: The Bombers have a strong network of alumni in St. Louis and across the country that continue to support and follow the club's activities and successes.
Successful on and off the field, the St. Louis Bombers Rugby Football Club continues to grow and improve since its inception in 1962.
With dedication and hard work the Bombers strive to compete at the highest levels in American rugby and maintain a fun and exciting social atmosphere. 
On 28 May, "Hornet" and Task Force 16 steamed out of Pearl Harbor heading for Point "Luck", an arbitrary spot in the ocean roughly 325 miles northeast of Midway, where they would be in a flank position to ambush Japan's mobile strike force of four frontline aircraft carriers the "Kido Butai".
Japanese carrier-based planes were reported headed for Midway in the early morning of 4 June 1942.
"Hornet", "Yorktown", and "Enterprise" launched aircraft, just as the Japanese carriers struck their planes below to prepare for a second attack on Midway.
"Hornet" dive bombers followed an incorrect heading and did not find the enemy fleet.
Several bombers and all of the escorting fighters were forced to ditch when they ran out of fuel attempting to return to the ship.
Fifteen torpedo bombers of Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) found their enemy and pressed home their attacks.
They were met by overwhelming fighter opposition about out, and with no escorts to protect them, they were shot down one by one.
Ensign George H. Gay, USNR, was the only survivor of 30 men.
Further attacks by "Enterprise" and "Yorktown" torpedo planes proved equally disastrous, but succeeded in forcing the Japanese carriers to keep their decks clear for CAP operations, rather than spotting a counter-attack against the Americans.
Japanese fighters were finishing off the last of the torpedo planes over when dive bombers of "Enterprise" and "Yorktown" attacked, starting enormous fires aboard the three other Japanese carriers that led to their loss.
"Hiryu" was hit late in the afternoon of 4 June by a strike from "Enterprise" and sank early the next morning.
"Hornet" aircraft, launching late due to the necessity of recovering "Yorktown" scout planes and faulty communications, attacked a battleship and other escorts, but failed to score hits.
"Yorktown" was lost to combined aerial and submarine attack.
The "Hornet's" warplanes attacked the fleeing Japanese fleet on 6 June 1942, and they assisted in sinking the heavy cruiser , damaging a destroyer, and leaving the heavy cruiser , heavily damaged and on fire, to limp away from the battle zone.
The attack by the Hornet's on the "Mogami" ended one of the great decisive battles of naval history.
Midway Atoll was saved as an important base for American operations into the Western Pacific Ocean.
Of greatest importance was the crippling of the Japanese carrier strength, a severe blow from which the Imperial Japanese Navy never fully recovered.
The four large carriers took with them to the bottom about 250 naval aircraft and a high percentage of the most highly trained and experienced Japanese aircraft maintenance personnel.
The victory at Midway was a decisive turning point in the War in the Pacific.
See History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume 4. 
Shortly before dawn at 02:58, given the geographic latitude and longitude, Admiral Kakuta ordered his aircraft carriers to launch their strike which was made up of 12 fighters, 10 high-level bombers, and 12 dive bombers which took off from the two small carriers in the freezing weather to strike at Dutch Harbor.
The planes arrived over the harbor at 04:07, and attacked the town′s radio station and oil storage tanks causing some damage.
Many members of the 206th were awakened on 3 June by the sound of bombs and gunfire.
While the unit had been on alert for an attack for many days, there was no specific warning of the attack before the Japanese planes arrived over Dutch Harbor.
With no clear direction from headquarters, other than an initial cease fire order which was quickly withdrawn, gun crews from every battery quickly realized the danger, ran to their guns stationed around the harbor and began to return fire.
In addition to their guns, guns and machine guns, members of the unit fired their rifles and one even claimed to have hurled a wrench at a low-flying enemy plane.
Several members reported being able to clearly see the faces of the Japanese aviators as they made repeated runs over the island.
The highest casualties on the first day occurred when bombs struck barracks 864 and 866 in Fort Mears, killing 17 men of the 37th Infantry and eight from the 151st Engineers.
When all the Japanese planes were recovered, there were erroneous reports of enemy ships in the vicinity, but search planes found no ships within the area.
During the search, four Nakajima E8N2 "Dave" two-seat reconnaissance planes—launched from the heavy cruisers and —encountered U.S. fighters searching for the departing Japanese squadron.
Aerial combat ensued and two of the reconnaissance aircraft were shot down and their two-man crews were captured by a U.S. patrol boat, while the two others were damaged.
The two remaining Japanese planes managed to return to their ships, only to crash-land in the water.
The crews of both were rescued.
The first day of the Dutch Harbor air raid had inflicted little damage on the U.S. forces in the area.
The Japanese attack was entirely ineffective as a diversion, since the Americans knew that the main Japanese offensive was to be at Midway Island.
On the second day, the Japanese carriers steamed to less than south of Dutch Harbor to launch a second attack.
The 206th CA spent much of the night of 3/4 June moving guns down off the mountain tops surrounding the harbor down into the city of Unalaska and into harbor facilities themselves.
This was partially as a deception and partially to defend against an expected land invasion.
Civilian contractors offered to help and were put to work filling sandbags to protect the new gun positions.
At 16:00 on 4 June, a second airstrike of nine fighters, 11 dive bombers, and six level bombers took off and less than an hour later attacked the U.S. facilities at Dutch Harbor again.
More targets were damaged including some grounded aircraft, an army barracks, oil storage tanks, aircraft hangar, and a few merchant ships in the port.
When the Japanese returned on 4 June, the Zero fighters concentrated on strafing the gun positions while their bombers destroyed the fuel tanks located at the harbor.
One wing of the military hospital at the base was destroyed.
After hitting the fuel tanks, the enemy dive-bombers and high-level bombers concentrated on the ships in the harbor, "Fillmore" and "Gillis".
Driven away from these two targets by intense anti-aircraft fire, they finally succeeded in destroying the station ship which, because of its large size, they mistakenly believed was a warship.
"Northwestern" was actually a transport ship which had been beached and used as a barracks for civilian workers.
Although in flames and badly damaged, firefighters managed to save the hull.
Its power plant was thereafter being used to produce steam and electricity for the shore installations.
An antiaircraft gun was blown up by a bomb and four US Navy servicemen were killed.
Two Japanese dive bombers and one fighter, damaged by anti-aircraft fire, failed to return to their carriers.
On the way back, the Japanese planes encountered an air patrol of six Curtiss P-40 fighters over Otter Point.
A short aerial battle ensued which resulted in the loss of one Japanese fighter and two level bombers.
Four out of the six U.S. fighters were lost as well. 
Zorn was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys in 1975, the same year they had their famed Dirty Dozen draft.
He would make the team, but was later cut to make room for running back Preston Pearson, who had been waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The Seattle Seahawks took advantage and claimed him off waivers.
He would become a star starting QB for the Seahawks in their early days from 1976–83, before his position was taken by Dave Krieg and he was demoted to second-string quarterback midway through the 1983 season.
He held second-string/backup quarterback positions with the Seahawks (1983–84), the Packers (1985), the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (1986), and the Buccaneers (1987), before retiring following the 1987 NFL season.