<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-May 1942, uBellinger wamiswa njengoMkhuzi Wezindiza Zokuqapha, Pacific Fleet ngaphansi kuka-Admiral Chester Nimitz. Wasiza ekuhleleni i-Midway  <response>: futhi uNimitz wamthumela eWashington, D.C. ngoJulayi 1942 ukuba alethe uhlelo lwakhe lokuhlelwa kabusha kwezindiza zaseNaval ePacific ku-Admiral Ernest J. King, uMphathi Wezemisebenzi Yezasolwandle. Ngesikhathi elapho, uBellinger wahlolwa umzimba njalo esibhedlela saseBethesda Naval, okwatholakala ukuthi unesifo senhliziyo esincane. Umsebenzi wakhe wokulwa waphela futhi wathunyelwa emsebenzini ongacindezeli kangako. 