C. Wade McClusky

Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War. He played a major part in the Battle of Midway; in the words of Admiral Chester Nimitz, McClusky's decision to continue the search for the enemy and his judgment as to where the enemy might be found, "decided the fate of our carrier task force and our forces at Midway".