yorktown returned to sea patch ed together in a herculean effort at pearl harbor shipyard. in the midst of so many losses, it is no wonder president roosevelt became frustrated with the lack of any naval victories. in the month of february of 1942, he ordered the secretary of the navy to hold a special selection board to identify the 40 most competent of the navy's admirals that could bring the nation victory at sea. quite simply, he had enough of defeat. history records when the board finished its work, bull halsy was selected. but he became ill and commanded a task force. on the night of june 3, the officers that held the fate of the pacific in their hands were two who did not make the cut of the board. chester nimitz and raymond spruance. on that evening, as the two fleets approached the waters off midway, can you imagine what was running through the minds of the leaders from washington to hawaii to the ships of the fleet? how about the silent thoughts of these young men? many just teenagers away from home and approaching their first combat at sea. in admiral nimitz's co

divene 4, collection of bombers from the enterprise and yorktown found three of japan's top of the lines carriers in close proximity in 25 minutes, this was the result will stop naval forces were able to destroy fourth carrier that afternoon. it's worth noting all four of those carriers had been part of the raid on pearl harbor and they were now gone forever. most importantly, it will be the united states on the attack him on the offense and after several more years of money fighting, japan will surrender in the fall of 1945. midway was definitely the turning point. these don't go back to the wonderful organization you work for and tell everybody we won the battle of midway because of cryptology. cryptologist don't win battles. cryptologist help, but you've got to have soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines willing to stand in harm's way and carry the fight to the enemy. you also have to have guns, planes, tanks, and implements of war. but it can be a huge help because it will help you know what the enemy is going to do before they do it. odds ofnow that, the victory are going to go up an

under general rochambeau, 5,000 french soldiers marched to join general washington at yorktown.he british surrender that ended the revolution. the americans are on the right, and the french on the left. in the early 1800's, southern plantation owners came north to newport to build grand summer homes. not to be outdone, wealthy yankees began to build even bigger homes. that set off a race between the richest families in america to try and out-build one another. they hired the most famous architects of the day and had them design palatial estates. this was the gilded age, the time of the titans who industrialized america. with almost limitless resources, they built on a scale that would have humbled even european royalty, and with pretended indifference, they casually referred to their massive mansions simply as "cottages." marble house was commissioned by one of the famous vanderbilts. he gave it to his wife as a birthday present. another vanderbilt built an even bigger cottage, the breakers. entire rooms were built in europe, then shipped and reassembled here. this is the elms.