What figurative of language is “but now these highways, too, were like streams in a dry season, all stone and bed and moon radiance

It is a simile

Explanation:

Its comparing the two ideas "highway" and "streams in a dry season" using like.

it was the battle of midway (june 4-7 1942), in which was an american decisive victory against the japanese navy. americans lost one aircraft carrier, one destroyer and 150 planes. japan lost 4 aircraft carriers, 1 heavy cruiser and 248 planes. american casualties were 307 and japanese casualties were 3057. japan never recovered from its loses and after midway the americans started getting the upper hand in the pacific war.

a) walter looks unhealthy