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A Japanese heavy cruiser of the Mogami class lies low in the water after being bombed by U.S. naval aircraft during the Battle of Midway in 1942. Next week marks the 65th anniversary of the three-day battle.
Crewmen aboard the USS Yorktown battle fire after the carrier was hit by Japanese bombs during the Battle of Midway in 1942. Later, the vessel had to be abandoned and was sunk by a Japanese torpedo.
Black smoke rises from a burning U.S. oil tank, set afire during a Japanese air raid on Midway Atoll in 1942. The U.S. victory at Midway came after a string of setbacks in the Pacific. Japanese forces ousted the U.S. from Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines in rapid succession in the months after Pearl Harbor.
Bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air around the USS Yorktown in the Battle of Midway. The Yorktown was the only U.S. carrier lost during the battle. Japan lost four aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, three destroyers, 291 planes and 4,800 men.
Navy Smoke rises from the aircraft carrier Yorktown after it is bombed by the Japanese during the Battle of Midway. Despite losing the carrier, the U.S. defeated Japan so overwhelmingly that the story of the battle didn't come to light in Japan until after the war.
Smoke rises from the aircraft carrier Yorktown after it is bombed by the Japanese during the Battle of Midway. Despite losing the carrier, the U.S. defeated Japan so overwhelmingly that the story of the battle didn't come to light in Japan until after the war.
A Japanese heavy cruiser of the Mogami class lies low in the water after being bombed by U.S. naval aircraft during the Battle of Midway in 1942. Next week marks the 65th anniversary of the three-day battle.
Crewmen aboard the USS Yorktown battle fire after the carrier was hit by Japanese bombs during the Battle of Midway in 1942. Later, the vessel had to be abandoned and was sunk by a Japanese torpedo.
Black smoke rises from a burning U.S. oil tank, set afire during a Japanese air raid on Midway Atoll in 1942. The U.S. victory at Midway came after a string of setbacks in the Pacific. Japanese forces ousted the U.S. from Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines in rapid succession in the months after Pearl Harbor.
Bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air around the USS Yorktown in the Battle of Midway. The Yorktown was the only U.S. carrier lost during the battle. Japan lost four aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, three destroyers, 291 planes and 4,800 men.
Navy Smoke rises from the aircraft carrier Yorktown after it is bombed by the Japanese during the Battle of Midway. Despite losing the carrier, the U.S. defeated Japan so overwhelmingly that the story of the battle didn't come to light in Japan until after the war.
Smoke rises from the aircraft carrier Yorktown after it is bombed by the Japanese during the Battle of Midway. Despite losing the carrier, the U.S. defeated Japan so overwhelmingly that the story of the battle didn't come to light in Japan until after the war.
