Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na July 1942, Lieutenant Kofukuda e kenyere dị ka "Hikōtaichō" nke 6th Air Group, nke e bu n'obi ịbụ ndị agha nchebe maka Midway Island ma kemgbe ndị Japan
emezughị ijide Midway. N'oge ahụ, ndị otu ahụ nọ na Kisarazu na Japan ma nyezie iwu ka ha kwaga Rabaul na New Britain na 21 Ọgọst. Lieutenant Kofukuda duziri ụgbọ elu ụgbọ mmiri dị kilomita 5,000 nke ndị agha 18 Zero si Japan gaa Rabaul site na agwaetiti (Iwo Jima, Saipan, Truk na Kavieng), nke a na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya maka ụgbọ elu otu oche n'oge ahụ.