Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An yi watsi da shi sosai ga mafi yawan tarihinsa, a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II Kure ya ziyarci kullun ta rundunar sojan ruwa ta Amurka daga kusa da Midway don tabbatar da cewa Jafananci ba sa amfani da shi don yin amfani da jiragen ruwa ko jiragen ruwa daga jiragen ruwa don kai hare-hare a wasu wurare a cikin sarkar Hawaii. A lokacin yakin Midway
, wani jirgin ruwan Nakajima B5N "Kate" na kasar Japan, wanda ke aiki daga jirgin sama mai dauke da jirgin sama "Hiryū", wanda Lieutenant Kikuchi Rokurō ya jagoranci, kuma wanda ya shiga cikin harin farko na Japan a kan cibiyoyin Amurka na Midway, ya fadi a kusa da Kure bayan ya lalace daga mayakan Amurka. Da zarar a bakin tekun, Lt. Kikuchi da sauran membobin ma'aikatansa guda biyu (Warrant Officer Yumoto Noriyoshi da Petty Officer (1st Class) Narasaki Hironori) sun ƙi kamawa kuma an kashe su ko kuma sun kashe kansu lokacin da wani jirgin ruwa na Amurka ya yi ƙoƙarin kama su.