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25 USS Yorktown damage

USS Yorktown — Repairing bomb damage on Yorktown, 4 June 1942. U.S. Navy.

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USS Yorktown abandoned

USS Yorktown — Yorktown after abandonment, 4 June 1942. U.S. Navy.

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23 USS Yorktown evacuated

USS Yorktown — Yorktown tended by destroyer Balch as the carrier was evacuated, 4 June 1942. U.S. Navy.

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22 USS Yorktown under attack

USS Yorktown — Yorktown receiving the second torpedo hit, 4 June 1942. U.S. Navy.

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IJN Hiryu survivors

IJN Hiryu — Despondent Hiryū survivors on Midway Island. U.S. Navy.

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IJN Mikuma

IJN Mikuma — IJN Mikuma burns, her topsides wrecked, 6 June 1942. She would sink by day’s end. U.S. Navy.

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IJN Mikuma under attack

IJN Mikuma — A classic Midway photo: SBDs from Hornet over the burning cruiser Mikuma, early afternoon, 6 June 1942. Note the unique perforated dive flaps on the Dauntless wing trailing edge. U.S. Navy.

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18 IJN Hiryu under B-17 attack

IJN Hiryu under B-17 attack — Hiryū gracefully dodges three sticks of B-17 bombs, 4 June 1942. U.S. Air Force.

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Midway under attack

Midway — Oil tanks burning on Sand Island after Japanese bombing attack, 4 June 1942. Note the sea birds in the foreground who called Midway home in spite of the war. U.S. Navy.

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USS Hornet aircraft landing

USS Hornet — SBD Dauntless aircraft landing aboard Hornet during the Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942; note the Landing Signal Officer just underneath the landing aircraft. U.S. Navy.

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