Midway (2019)

Jake Weber: Raymond Spruance

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• Raymond Spruance : Layton, how reliable are these estimates of the Japanese positions?

  Edwin Layton : They represent our best guess based on the intelligence that we have.

  Raymond Spruance : I can't plan around your guess.

  Chester W. Nimitz : [to Layton]  I understand that we're asking the impossible but we need you to be specific.

  Edwin Layton : [sighs, pauses a moment]  The Japanese will attack on the morning of June 4th from the northwest at a bearing of 325 degrees. They will be sighted 175 miles from Midway at 0700 local time.

  Chester W. Nimitz : I trust Layton and his team. Make your plans accordingly.

  Chester W. Nimitz : [later, on the morning of June 4th, after receiving the report the enemy fleet was spotted on a bearing of 320 degrees and 180 miles northwest of Midway and glancing at his watch]  Well, Layton, you and Rochefort were only off five minutes, five miles and five degrees.

  Edwin Layton : Well, we'll endeavor to do better next time, sir.