Wax badan oo ka badbaaday Lexington waxaa dib loogu celiyay Maraykanka iyagoo saaran dooni. Rakaabkii saarnaa markabka "Barnett's" waxaa ka mid ahaa weriye u dhashay Australia oo lagu magacaabo Stanley Johnston, kaasoo ahaa wariyihii kaliya ee saarnaa markabka "Lexington" intii uu socday weerarkii Badda Coral Sea. Wargeyska "Chicago Tribune", Johnston waxa uu ku soo laabanayaa si uu u soo gudbiyo warbixintiisa ku saabsan dhacdooyinkaas. Seligman waxa uu yaqaanay Johnston waxaana laga yaabaa in ay qol wadaageen markabka "Barnett". Johnston waxa uu helay warbixin ka kooban sirdoonka ciidamada Japan kahor dagaalkii Midway ee 1942
taas oo muujinaysa horudhac cad oo ku saabsan ujeedooyinka iyo dhaqdhaqaaqyada Japan, dukumiinti uu Seligman heli karo. Johnston sheekadiisa ka dib ee "Tribune" waxay digniin u dirtay Aqalka Cad iyo Ciidanka Badda in Japan, akhriska sheekada, ay ogaan doonaan in koodhkooda la jabiyay iyo in ay beddeli doonaan ciphers.