While the Battle of Midway is generally considered as a great victory for the U.S. Navy in the opening phase of the Pacific Campaign during World War II, there is one chapter of it that lives in infamy: "The Flight to Nowhere."

Retired Navy Captain and former Hornet pilot Kevin "Hozer" Miller returns to the channel to discuss the missteps of the USS Hornet air wing that led to them losing 2/3 of their aircraft without inflicting any damage on the Japanese fleet.

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