Lt.Cmdr. E. "Scott" McCuskey

E. SCOTT McCUSKEY, WAS BORN 8 FEBRUARY, 1915 AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. DURING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, 4 JUNE, 1942, AFTER A SCRAMBLE LAUNCH FROM THE U.S.S. YORKTOWN, HE PERSONALLY INTERCEPTED 18 JAPANESE VAL DIVE BOMBERS APPROXIMATELY 10-MILES FROM HIS SHIP. PRESSING HOME HIS ATTACK, HE CLOSED WITHIN POINT BLANK RANGE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FIRST CHUTAI, TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE SECOND CHUTAI, SHOOTING DOWN 3 ON HIS INITIAL PASS AND CAUSING THE FORMATION TO BREAK UP. HE THEN ENGAGED NUMEROUS “VALS”, WHO HAD DROPPED THEIR BOMBS SHORT OF THEIR TARGET, IN A WILD DOG-FIGHT UNTIL EXPENDING HIS AMMUNITION, AT WHICH TIME HE HAD TWO “VALS” ON HIS TAIL. HE WAS ABLE TO BREAK OFF THE ENGAGEMENT BY DIVING FOR THE WATER. HE WAS CREDITED WITH 3 KILLS AND 3 PROBABLES.