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3-5 JUNE 1942

01 Rendezvous at Point Luck

Task Forces 16 and 17 left Pearl Harbour separately, several days apart, to hide their intentions from Japanese intelligence. Their rendezvous was optimistically designated Point Luck, 525 km (325 miles) north-east of Midway. Here they could wait to intercept any Japanese forces, who

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