About this episode

The episode discusses the aircraft engagements during WWII, particularly focusing on the actions of the Enterprise and Yorktown against Nagumo’s Kido Butai.

While the various aircraft from Enterprise and Yorktown attack Nagumo’s Kido Butai, the majority of the Yorktown’s fly elsewhere, engaging no one. AND, join us on June 6th, from 7 to 9pm to share your family’s WWII Stories. YouTube Live event: https://studio.youtube.com/video/Z1kmrD7qhnM/livestreaming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Ray Harris Jr

Topics covered

• World War II
• naval battles
• aircraft
• military strategy
• family stories

Keywords

• WWII
• aircraft
• naval battles
• Yorktown
• Enterprise
• Kido Butai
• family stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Enterprise, Yorktown, Nagumo’s Kido Butai

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