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Charles R. Ware (1911–1942) was a United States Navy officer awarded a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions at the Battle of Midway during World War II. ==Biography== Charles Rollins Ware was born on 11 March 1911 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 14 June 1929, and in 1930 was appointed to the United States Naval Academy. After graduation in 1934, Ware served on the battleship USS ''Texas'' (BB-35) and the destroyer USS ''Dahlgren'' (DD-187) until February 1940, when he entered flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola at Pensacola, Florida. Serving as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) based on the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise'' (CV-6), Lieutenant Ware and his division of six SBDs attacked the carrier ''Kaga'' on 4 June 1942, one of four Japanese carriers sunk in the Battle of Midway. During their return to the ''Enterprise'' they successfully fought off attacks by Japanese fighters, but ran out of fuel and were forced to ditch in the vast Pacific. One crew was rescued and another crew was picked up by a Japanese destroyer and later executed when the enemy sailors learned of their fleet's losses. Ware and the other SBD crewmen were reported missing in action. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles R. Ware」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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