Performance Task#2 AP

King Timothy I. Morales

8-SANTAN

Panonood ng pelikula na may kaugnayan sa world war II Ang aking napili ay ang
pelikulang MIDWAY.

Paksa:

Tungkol saan at ano ang kwento ng pelikulang Midway?

Noong Disyembre 1937 sa Tokyo, si Lieutenant Commander Edwin T. Layton, isang

American naval attaché intelligence officer ay binigyan ng babala sa isang state
function ni Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto na, dahil 80% ng langis ng Japan ay inaangkat,
kung ang US ay magbanta sa kanilang suplay ng langis noon. walang magagawa ang
mga Hapon kundi ang makipagdigma.
Mahalagang bahagi:

Kasunod ng desisyon ng US na putulin ang suplay ng langis ng Japan, naglunsad ang

mga Hapones ng sorpresang pag-atake sa Pearl Harbor noong Disyembre 7, 1941 at
pinilit ang US na pumasok sa World War II. Si Layton ay tinawag ng kanyang
commanding officer na nagsisisi na sinabi sa kanya na siya ay tama sa lahat tungkol
sa plano ng mga Hapones at inutusan siya na siguraduhin na ang susunod na
kumander ay makinig. Bilang tugon sa pag-atake ng Naval aviator na si Lieutenant
Richard "Dick" Best, at ang Air Group (CAG) ng carrier na USS Enterprise ay inutusang
lumipad patimog ngunit nabigong mahanap ang Japanese carrier fleet.
Si Admiral Yamamoto, sa suporta ni Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, ay
nagmumungkahi ng isang mapangahas na plano upang salakayin ang Midway Island
gamit ang apat na available na Japanese carrier na kilala bilang "Kido Butai", ngunit
pinawalang-bisa ng Japanese Army, na binanggit ang trabaho ng Navy ay simpleng
mag-ferry. pabalik-balik ang hukbo upang kumuha ng mas maraming
mapagkukunan.

Noong Pebrero, naglunsad ang USS Enterprise ng mga pagsalakay laban sa Marshall
Islands. Noong Abril, pagkatapos ng mapangahas na pagsalakay ni Lieutenant
Colonel Jimmy Doolittle sa Tokyo, binigyan ng pahintulot sina Yamamoto,
Yamaguchi, at Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo na isagawa ang kanilang planong pag-
atake sa Midway.

Noong Mayo, kasunod ng Battle of the Coral Sea, si Layton, kasama si Joseph
Rochefort at ang kanyang cryptography team, na gumagamit ng signals intelligence
at humarang ng mga mensahe na tumutukoy sa isang lokasyong kinilala bilang "AF."

Naniniwala si Layton at ang kanyang koponan na ang "AF" ay magiging Midway

Atoll, habang ang Washington ay naniniwala na ito ay isang target sa South Pacific
ngunit ang bagong hinirang na commander-in-chief ng United States Pacific Fleet, si
Chester W.

Nimitz, ay nananatiling may pag-aalinlangan. Upang patunayan ang kanilang teorya,

inutusan ni Layton ang Midway na "aksidenteng" magpadala ng isang hindi naka-
encrypt na mensahe na nagsasabi na sila ay naghihirap mula sa isang kakulangan ng
tubig. Kinuha ng mga Hapones ang senyales na ito at hinarang ang telegraph ng mga
komunikasyon sa mga kakulangan ng tubig sa "AF," na nagpapatunay na ang "AF" ay
nasa Midway.
Sa pag-asang maglunsad ng sarili niyang sorpresang pag-atake, inutusan ni Admiral
Nimitz ang mga aircraft carrier na USS Hornet at Enterprise na ipabalik sa Coral Sea,
at hinihiling na ayusin ang nasirang USS Yorktown sa loob ng 72 oras para sa mga
operasyong pangkombat. Inilagay si Halsey sa shore leave dahil sa shingles at
pansamantalang pinalitan ni Admiral Raymond A. Spruance.

Noong Hunyo 4, naglunsad ang mga Hapones ng pag-atake sa himpapawid sa

Midway.
Ang mga paunang pagtatangka ng US land-based na sasakyang panghimpapawid na
hampasin ang mga Japanese fleet carrier ay nabigo.
Gayunpaman, ang Nagumo ay niyanig ng isang bumagsak na American bomber na
halos nawawala ang tulay ng Japanese aircraft carrier na Akagi sa maaaring isang
pagtatangka sa pagrampa.
Sinubukan ng submarino ng USS Nautilus na salakayin ang fleet ng Japan at pinalayas
ito ng Japanese destroyer na si Arashi.
Inatake ng mga iskwadrong Amerikano ang fleet ng Japan ngunit hindi
nagtagumpay, kahit na pinipigilan ng mga pag-atake ang fleet na ilunsad ang
kanilang counterstrike.
Nang makita ni Wade McCluskey ang Arashi, tama ang hinuha ni Wade McCluskey na
ang Japanese destroyer ay nagmamadaling bumalik sa pangunahing Japanese fleet at
pinangungunahan ang kanyang mga eroplano na sundan ang kurso nito.
Pagdating upang mahanap ang Japanese Combat Air Patrol na wala sa posisyon
dahil sa mga nakaraang pag-atake, ang mga dive-bomber ay nakakuha ng ilang hit sa
mga Japanese aircraft carrier na Akagi, Kaga at Sōryū, na nagresulta sa mga sunog at
karagdagang pagsabog dahil sa hindi secure na ordinansa, na napilayan ang tatlo.
Ang nabigla sa shell na Nagumo ay nahikayat na ilipat ang kanyang bandila habang si
Yamaguchi, sakay ng Hiryu, na mas handang lumaban, ay naglulunsad ng strike wave
na nagtagumpay sa pagkalumpong ng Yorktown, na nag-udyok sa Enterprise at
Hornet na ilunsad ang kanilang natitirang sasakyang panghimpapawid.
Pinamunuan ni Best ang squadron, na matagumpay na nagdulot ng matinding
pinsala sa Hiryu. Pinili ni Admiral Yamaguchi na bumaba kasama ang kanyang utos
habang si Hiryu ay naka-scuttled.
Mga Karakter:

Richard Halsey Best

was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the
United States Navy during World War II. Stationed on the aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise, Best led his dive bomber squadron at the 1942 Battle of Midway, sinking
two Japanese aircraft carriers in one day, before being medically retired that same
year due to damage to his lungs caused by breathing bad oxygen during the battle.

Lieutenant Roy Pearce

An officer serving aboard the USS Arizona, and fellow Annapolis batchmate and
close friend of both Best and Dickinson.
Heroic Sacrifice: Seeing his men getting cut down by the Japanese, he elects to stay
behind and man a 20mm Anti-Air gun and cover the survivors.
 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Commander in Chief, Combined Fleet
Commander in chief of the combined Japanese fleet during World War II and the
architect behind the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Lieutenant Commander Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr.

Commander, Enterprise Air Group (CEAG), and Best's immediate superior.

Awesomeness by Analysis: He may not have done so well in the fight itself, but he
was the one to spot the Arashi and make the connection that it was trying to get
back to the Japanese fleet, thus allowing the Enterprise's bombers to find their
target in the first place.
 Lieutenant Clarence Earle Dickinson
member of Scouting Squadron 6, and a close friend and Annapolis batchmate of Best
and Pearce.

Lieutenant Commander Eugene Lindsey

Commander of Torpedo Squadron 6.

The Alleged Car: In stark contrast to the SBD Dauntless, the TBD Devastator is slow,
sluggish, and very much vulnerable to enemy fighters and Anti-Air fire. Even its
defensive armament is less than the one used on the SBD, having only a single
Browning M1919 to defend itself instead of the faster-firing twin mounts used on
the SBD
 Portray by: Keean Johnson (No real life photo)

Chief Aviation Radioman James Murray

Communications Officer: Aside from being Best's tail gunner, he's also responsible
for operating their SBD's radio.

Aviation Machinist's Mate Bruno Gaido

An SBD gunner based aboard the Enterprise who saves the ship during a Japanese air
raid.
 Vice Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr.,
Commander, Carrier Division Two
Commander of Carrier Division Two and McClusky's superior.
Attack! Attack! Attack!: His commanding style and combat philosophy revolves
around launching retaliatory strikes against Japanese air and naval bases, in order to
force the Japanese to expend valuable resources into defending these outposts.

Frontline General: Unlike his superior Nimitz, he commands operations onboard the
fighting ships. During the attack on the Marshall Islands, he's just as much in the line
of fire as the other men onboard the Enterprise.

Admiral Chester William Nimitz Sr.,

Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief,
Pacific Ocean Areas

Commander in chief of Allied forces in the Pacific and Halsey's commanding officer.
Armchair Military: Averted; while he spends the entire film in his headquarters at
Pearl Harbor planning and then receiving updates about the battle, this is exactly
how he is supposed to serve as Commander-in-Chief of America's Pacific Fleet, and
he is far from clueless about the risks or potential consequences of the upcoming
battle.

Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel,

former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet in 1941 and overall commander of
operations at Pearl Harbor. General Failure: Is regarded as this for the failure to
foresee or at least prepare for a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour though it's implied
he may have been made a scapegoat by higher-ranking officers.

Lieutenant Commander Edwin Thomas Layton

A US Navy intelligence officer, formerly a Naval Attache to Japan. He's also a close
friend of Dick Best friend.
 Admiral Ernest Joseph King
Chief of Naval Operations

Admiral Ernest Joseph King

Chief of Naval Operations
Commander of both the 1st Carrier Division and the Kido Butai.
 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
Also known as the Showa Emperor, he is the then-current Emperor of Japan when in
the Pacific breaks out.
The Cameo: He only appears for a few seconds inside the Imperial Palace during Col.
Doolittle's bombing of Tokyo, before being escorted by his bodyguards to an air raid
shelter

.
General Hideki Tojo
Prime Minister of Japan

The Prime Minister of Japan just before and during the outbreak of war in the Pacific.

Lokasyon:

Nais nilang sakupin ang Pasipiko at tuluyang tapusin ang nalalabing US naval
power. Ang sunod na target ng Imperial Japanese Navy ay ang tumpok ng
mga maliit na pulo isanlibong kilometro hilaga ng Hawaii. Ito ay ang kwento
tungkol sa Midway at paano napigilan ang arangkada ng Japan.

Saloobin:

Ito ay nakakamangha at nakakatakot dahil sa nagagawa ng ga tao para

saktan ang kapwa tao,pag usbong ng makabagong teknolohiya. Ako’y
manghang mangha sa mga pangyayari dahil mahilig ako sa barilan, isa rin
ang pag lalabanan sa gtna ng dagat.