Lt. Cmdr. John C. Waldron and the heroic charge of VT-8 at the Battle of Midway

I have been reading lots of books about the World War II battles in the Pacific theater lately, and I wanted to write a post about one of the heroes I found who was the most compelling to me. You may have seen him in the old 1976 Midway movie or the new 2019 Midway movie. But neither movie tells the full story. The man I am talking about is Lt. Commander John C. Waldron.So, everyone knows the conclusion of the Battle of Midway. On June 4, 1942, Japan attacked the American-occupied island with ca