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Nimitz had good reasons to disagree. Layton had been Assistant Naval Attaché in Japan, and he spoke excellent Japanese. He knew the Japanese Navy’s chief strategist, Admiral Iso- roku Yamamoto, and the leader of the Pearl Harbor attack, Admiral Chuichi Nagumo.
Thank Heavens a very hard-pressed Admiral Nimitz quickly learned to trust the Rochefort/Layton duo that brought him this very restricted, highly secret information which some others on his staff at first were prone to put down as guesswork — even as dangerous guesswork.
Jul 20, 2021 · Nimitz chose to retain Layton, who would be the one officer Nimitz kept by his side throughout the war. By April of 1943, Rochefort had been sidelined from code-breaking by jealous Washington bureaucrats, but Layton was still at Pearl Harbor when the message with Yamamoto’s itinerary was decoded.
U.S. Navy signals intelligence intercepted a radio message including information about Yamamoto's travel schedule through the Solomon Islands in early 1943. Layton was the one who suggested to Nimitz a special mission to shoot down Yamamoto's plane.
Jun 3, 2016 · On the morning of the battle, as the initial American reports sighting the Japanese force began to trickle in, Nimitz remarked to Layton with a smile, “well, you were only five minutes, five degrees, and five miles out.”
Sep 22, 2020 · Two hours later, as the first wave of carrier aircraft were approaching their targets, the Pacific Fleet Intelligence Officer, Captain Edwin Layton, barged into ADM Nimitz’ office with the intercept of Japan’s official acceptance of unconditional surrender.
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Hypo had previously identified “AF” as Midway Atoll, and Nimitz’s intelligence officer, Lieutenant Commander Edwin T. Layton, quickly brought the new information to Nimitz’s attention.
