Stanley Johnston's blunder
the reporter who spilled the secret behind the U.S. Navy's victory at Midway
by Elliot Carlson
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"Elliot Carlson tells of Stanley Johnston, a Chicago Tribune reporter who exposed a vitally important secret during World War II. After Johnston is embarked in the USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea, he is assigned to a cabin on the rescue ship Barnett where messages from Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Chester Nimitz are circulated. One reveals the order of battle of Imperial Japanese Navy forces advancing on Midway Atoll. Johnston shares this info in a 7 June 1942 Chicago Tribune front-page story. Navy officials fear the Japanese will discover the article, realize their code has been cracked, and quickly change it. Drawing on seventy-five-year-old testimony never before released, Carlson describes the grand jury room where jurors convened by the FDR administration consider charges that Johnston violated the Espionage Act. Using FBI files, U.S. Navy records, archival materials from the Chicago Tribune, and Japanese sources, Carlson at last brings to light the full story of Stanley Johnston's trial."--Provided by publisher.
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World War, 1939-1945, Trials, litigation, War correspondents, Cryptography, Press coverage, Leaks (Disclosure of information), Censorship, Midway, Battle of, 1942, Chicago Tribune (Firm), History, Biography, Journalists, Midway, battle of, 1942, World war, 1939-1945, cryptography, Chicago tribune, War, press coverage, Johnston, Stanley, Johnston, Stanley -- Trials, litigation, etc, Chicago Tribune (Firm) -- Trials, litigation, etc, War correspondents -- United States -- Biography, Leaks (Disclosure of information) -- United States -- History -- 20th century, World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists, World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography, World War, 1939-1945 -- Press coverage, World War, 1939-1945 -- CensorshipPeople
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Stanley Johnston's blunder: the reporter who spilled the secret behind the U.S. Navy's victory at Midway
2017, Naval Institute Press
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1591146798 9781591146797
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-298) and index.
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