Key people
Admiral Chester Nimitz was the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Nimitz's forces won a strategic victory at the Battle of Coral Sea in May of 1942, which halted Japanese efforts to capture Port Moresby, New Guinea.
Admiral Frank Fletcher raided Japanese positions in the Central Pacific, New Guinea, and the Solomons. In May 1942, he was the senior officer present during the Battle of Coral Sea, in which the Japanese fleet was strategically repulsed.
Admiral Inoue Shigeyoshi was the Commander of the Japanese fleet. In order to take Port Moresby and prepare to isolate Australia from U.S. aid, Shigeyoshi left Rabul on May 4th.
During Operation MO, Admiral Taeko Takagi commanded the carrier force to sail towards Port Moresby, New Guinea which resulted in the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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