[1] These were Ensign Frank O'Flaherty and his gunner, AMM2c Bruno P. Gaido. The rescue came after the Hiryu force turned due west to try to open range. For a few days they were simply confined, but around June 9th were executed.(See Note 2)

[2] Supposedly about the time Makigumo headed north and after assigned to the Aleutians Force, the two PoWs were intentionally disposed of by "shobun" order from unspecified higher command. Perhaps by Vice-Admiral Kondo Nobutake who was now in charge (but this is far from clear) However, when the skipper called for volunteers to perform the execution at a noon hour, none of the crew wanted to. No one stepped forward. Even offered belongings of the PoWs got no takers. The men were dismissed and the disposal postponed. But later that evening in the midnight hour a small group of men were ordered to quietly drop the PoWs tied to weights overboard. This now took place, though the date is not certain. Oddly enough, a decoded message timed 2300 9 July 1942 relayed from Makigumo reports conditions of Midway as given by PoWs brought aboard - one ensign and one gunner. This is clearly a typo for 9 June 1942 2300 hours (which would fit perfectly) This can be all but certain; as the results of this interrogation appear nearly verbatim in the Nagumo report dated June 14th; i.e., well before July. Further, the signal says prisoners "now on Makigumo" in a real-time sense. As additional proof, since Makigumo returned to Tokyo Bay 25 June, and then departed and was on screen duty off Ominato on 9 July it is inconceivable the PoWs remained aboard for voyage back north after a visit to Yokosuka.

[3] This PoW was ARM 3/C Michael Glasser. (gunner for Ensign John M. Reed of VT-10 from Enterprise) He had been shot down en-route to Nagumo's force and well away from either side's fleets when VT-10 was ambushed by Japanese fighters about 60 miles from Enterprise. In this sense, he was fortunate to be rescued for American vessels had left the area in retreat. He was actually generally well treated aboard, a fact not without significance given Midway. Gunner Glasser was taken by Makigumo to Truk, and interrogated ashore. After that, he was sent with three other PoWs - also Enterprise fliers picked up by other IJN destroyers during Santa Cruz - to Japan and the Ofuna Interrogation Center. Having survived that trial, all four were put into the regular camp system and survived the war. This may lend some credence to the claim that the tragic execution of the Midway VS-6 fliers was not the desire of Commander Fujita Isamu. He was reportedly so unsettled by the Midway act that he expected his ship to now have bad fortune and was not surprised at all when it was the only one lost during the Guadalcanal evacuation.[Details of AG-10 rescues by the Japanese found in John Lundstrom, The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign - pp450-451]

[4] This damage profile is interesting because while No.6 crew space extends the width of the fantail on the Lower Deck, No.5 crew space is only on the port side of the same deck. Even more significant was the flooding of the auxiliary engine room. This space is located in the hold (bottom level of the ship) below the mainmast about frame 118 just aft the turbines and well forward of the fantail. In a Yugumo it contained one turbo generator and two diesel generators. This suggests flooding via the shaft alleys or the possibility Makigumo set off more than one mine. Allied command noted "successive explosions" in the mined zone at this time. If the rudder had not already been damaged by the explosion, this flooding knocked out power and may have been the cause of steering loss. The No.4 crew space was also found only on the port side, abreast No.3 turret (frame 143) It was when this compartment began to take water Commander Fujita concluded his ship was doomed. Topside damage is unknown, but 3 killed and 7 injured suggests the crew spaces may not have been severely shattered.

[5] These figures differ slightly from the originally posted three killed, two missing, seven injured, as well as the scuttling position of three miles south-southwest of Savo Island (09-15 S, 159-47 E). However, the revised information is a more detailed break-down and comes from a signal from Yugumo's commanding officer. The same message says explicitly "with a single torpedo."