Prof. Greg Jackson

Like Earl, he goes against proper procedure to watch the 1,000 pound bomb land on the Akagi's flight deck.

He sees other explosions on the bow and stern of the ship and knows his team has managed to land three hits.

As they soar away, the lieutenant looks out to see that everything is blown up.

Yes, everything.

Sailors and pilots down on the Akagi are left in complete panic as lines of planes that were preparing for takeoff explode.

And that's not even the worst of their situation.

The elevator, or the mechanism that allows planes to move from the hangar to deck for takeoff, is contorted.

And to make matters worse for the Japanese, fires are slowly working their way across those parts of the carrier that aren't already damaged.

Chief of Staff, Usaka Ryunosuke, shouts to his commander, Nagumo Chuichi, We must move to another ship.

Nagumo refuses.

He keeps repeating, We are alright, over and over again, helplessly into the madness.

The fire continues to spread, hitting fuel, turning the Akagi into a raging inferno.

Even still, Nagumo won't leave.

Finally, Kusaka tries another strategy.

He reminds the Admiral that he's in charge of the whole fleet, not just this one ship.

That gets him.

Nagumo snaps to it with the short curtain on.

Kusaka springs into action.

Break the window!

The men used 45-foot-long ropes to evacuate.