Before the american dive bombers owed up, this was looking a bit like a japanese victory. There were eye witnesses who survived the war and wrote about it. One of the things that some of the modern histories prove is once you can't always trust an eye witness just because they were there. The emotions on the other side are shocking too,. Because we're not in war any more, and you forget how much there's hate involved here.
Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will shift the momentum in the Pacific theater and usher in the era of modern naval and amphibious warfare.