Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "A kan hanyar" gida, tare da warware shirin Jafananci don mamaye Midway, an sake sanya Lent zuwa na biyu na layin sintiri na jirgin ruwa uku da ke kare tsibirin. Shi ne daya daga cikin jiragen ruwa goma sha takwas a kusa da tsibirin, wanda (sai dai "Nautilus") bai yi wani abu ba a lokacin yakin
Ka yi haƙuri. Da yake aiki a kudancin "Nautilus", Lent ya karbi rahoton tuntuɓar 06.15 na wani karfi da ya riga ya fita. A 08.37, ya tashi ya tafi Midway da fatan tsayar da Jafananci a cikin koma baya, amma ya tilasta jirgin saman Amurka ya nutse (har yanzu yana iya kai farmaki, kamar yadda "Grayling" ya koya), kuma ya sake tashi da sauri don ci gaba.