Reliving Day the USS Hornet Sunk

If you follow my other blog, USS Hornet (CV-12) – A Father's Untold War Story, you know that my father's carrier was named in honor of the USS Hornet (CV-8). On October 26, 1942, the last U.S. carrier manufactured before America's entry into World War II, the Hornet, is damaged so extensively by Japanese war planes in the Battle of Santa Cruz that it must be abandoned.