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1942 Stanley Johnston & Battle of the Coral Sea...
1942 Stanley Johnston & Battle of the Coral Sea...
Item # 721615
June 17, 1942
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 17, 1942
* Battle of Midway naval & air engagement
* Attack on the United States Navy carrier described
* Chicago Tribune journalist Stanley Johnston
* USS Lexington & the Battle of the Coral Sea
* Imperial Japanese Navy secret coding - codes
The front page has a one column heading: "'EYES' OF NAVY TELL OF JOB AT MIDWAY" with subhead.
Page 3 has a great photo showing the USS Lexington about to be hit by a Japanese torpedo during the Battle of the Coral Sea with heading: "Japanese Torpedo Plane Closing In During The Lexington Last Stand" Also a one column heading: "'TIN FISH' STITCHED SEA ABOUT CARRIER" with subheads that include: "Japanese Planes Scored Five Aerial Torpedo Hits but They Failed to Sink Lexington" and more. (see images)
Much more on World War II events of the day. Complete with 42 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, generally in very nice condition.
wikipedia notes: Stanley Johnston (1900 – September 13, 1962) was an Australian-American journalist who, as a correspondent during World War II, wrote a story for the Chicago Tribune that inadvertently revealed the extent of American code-breaking activities against the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The story resulted in efforts by the United States government to prosecute Johnston and other Chicago Tribune journalists, an effort what remains the only time the Espionage Act was used against journalists in the United States.
Johnston was the only member of the press aboard Lexington when the aircraft carrier took part in the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May 1942. Following the sinking of the aircraft carrier in the battle Johnston was repatriated aboard the USS Barnett with the Lexington's executive officer, Commander Morton T. Seligman. Seligman had access to naval communications. One general dispatch in late May dealt with American appreciations of Japanese naval movements in the weeks leading up to the June 1942 Battle of Midway, that implied American foreknowledge of events. Johnston claimed he saw the dispatch, "a scrap of paper with doodling on it," which he threw away. Johnston returned to Chicago and published 15 first-hand accounts of the events of the battle. He also wrote an account of the prelude to the Midway action that caused fears in the United States Navy that the Japanese would realize that their codes were broken.
Category: World War II
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