On this day May 4, 1942, Captain Ranson “Fullie” Fullenwider would lead the FRUPAC Radio Intelligence Unit RIU on the aircraft carrier USS LEXINGTON CV-2 during the Battle of the Coral Sea. He and his team would escape injury when the LEXINGTON was attacked and the ship had to be abandoned. Two months later at the Battle of Midway he would also be leading the RUI team on the USS YORKTOWN CV-5 and would be among the last to leave the burning YORKTOWN with ADM Fletcher..

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