Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Ọtụtụ ndị lanarịrịnụ nke "Lexington" ka a kpọghachitere na United States n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. N'ime ndị njem nke "Barnett's" bụ onye nta akụkọ Australia nke America bụ́ Stanley Johnston, onye bụ nanị onye nta akụkọ nọ n'ụgbọ mmiri "Lexington" n'oge e mere ihe ahụ n'Oké Osimiri Coral. N'ịkọ akụkọ maka "Chicago Tribune", Johnston nọ na-alọta ide akụkọ ya banyere ihe ndị ahụ merenụ. Seligman maara Johnston, ọ pụkwara ịbụ na ya na ya biri n'otu ọnụ ụlọ n'ụgbọ "Barnett". Johnston nwetara akwụkwọ ozi nke ụgbọ mmiri nke nwere atụmatụ ọgụgụ isi nke ndị agha Japan kpọmkwem tupu ọrụ Midway nke 1942
nke gosiputara ihe doro anya banyere ebumnuche na mmegharị nke ndị Japan, akwụkwọ nke Seligman nwere ohere. Akụkọ Johnston na-esote na "Tribune" kpaliri mkpu na White House na Navy na ndị Japan, na-agụ akụkọ ahụ, ga-achọpụta na agbajiri koodu ha na ha ga-agbanwe koodu.