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All accounts say that the first the Japanese were aware of the SBDs overhead was the flash of reflected light on the canopies of the SBDs as they nosed over. According to Dick Best, there was no Anti-air Artillery until he was nearly ready to pull out.
"I centered the sights on that big red rising sun painted on the deck," Best recalled as though it was yesterday, "The flight deck was holystoned yellow and made an excellent target. I dropped my bomb at minimum altitude and as I pulled out I looked over my shoulder in time to see it hit just forward of the meatball."
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