BATTLE OF MIDWAY

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BATTLE OF MIDWAY
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The Battle of Midway, fought in World War II,
took place on June 5, 1942 (June 4 in US time
zones). The United States Navy defeated a
Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a
turning point in the war in the Pacific.
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MAP OF MIDWAY
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SHIP
Fought just a month after the Battle of the Coral
Sea, Midway was the turning point of the Pacific
Campaign. Skill, daring, and luck all played a
part.
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BATTLE OF MIDWAY, a decisive naval battle of
World War II that demonstrated that bombers from
aircraft carriers, properly utilized, could
defeat a superior surface force. This victory by
the United States over Japan in June 1942 ended
the Japanese advance in the Pacific Ocean.
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As an approaching Hellcat veers sharply to get
out of the way, a Japanese Zero plummets from
thick cloud cover and smashes into the escort
carrier Suwannee during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
on October 25, 1944. The Suwannee, one of the
first targets of a kamikaze strike, was repaired
in two hours.
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This is the midway island
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SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers from USS Hornet
(CV-8) approaching the burning Japanese heavy
cruiser Mikuma to make the third set of attacks
on her, during the early afternoon of 6 June
1942.Mikuma had been hit earlier by strikes from
Hornet and USS Enterprise (CV-6), leaving her
dead in the water and fatally damaged.
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• BY DENNIS ROGERS