Shortly before 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese ... the western side of the Koolau Mountain range. Each had a red fuselage stripe indicating it came from the aircraft carrier Akagi.

In June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, Richard H. Best led a dive-bombing attack that sank two Japanese aircraft carriers - Akagi and Hiryu - within hours. Flying the SBD Dauntless ...