Lieutenant Ema led 14 of "Zuikaku's" dive bombers. The strike force approached the USN carriers unopposed since USN interceptors missed them due to the poor radar guidance. Takahashi devised and executed a well-coordinated attack, where 19 dive bombers and 14 torpedo bombers went for the nearer "Lexington" and 14 dive bombers and four torpedo bombers went for the farther "Yorktown". Lieutenant Ema led the dive bombing attack on "Yorktown", which was hit by a single bomb. Due to high losses of torpedo bombers and their veteran aircrew during the previous night's strike, only four were available for the attack on "Yorktown", and they all missed. Lieutenant Ema survived the war and later published a book that comprises a collection of battle accounts from several IJN dive bomber aircrew, including himself, Sadamu Takahashi, Keiichi Arima and Zenji Abe, among others.