a.f. is short of water. now nimitz has proved his point and he can put his ships exactly where he wants them and ultimately he is able to stage a brilliant, brilliant nautical ambush. the early parts of this battle were challenging, despite the fact we knew the direction the japanese were approaching from, the pacific ocean is a big place. we had lots of different elements trying to locate the japanese fleet. we had a little trouble doing it and and we lost a lot of very brave pilots in the beginning of this battle. however, when you know what your adversary is going to do, when you have their battle plan and they can only guess what you're doing, sooner or later if you keep pressing you will gain an advantage. and quarter after 10:00 on june 4, a collection of dive bombers from the enterprise and yorktown found three of japan's top of the line carriers in close proximity. they attacked and in 25 minutes this was the result. now, american naval forces were able to destroy a fourth carrier later this afternoo