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View of damaged anchor chains of Shokaku, cut by the first bomb hit received at the Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942	View of repair crew inspecting the dislodged forward elevator aboard Shokaku, damaged by the first bomb hit received at the Battle of the Coral Sea, Kure, Japan, between 17 May and 27 Jun 1942	Buildings in Dutch Harbor in flames after Japanese strike, Unalaska Island, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942	Explosion at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, Jun 1942

Japanese bomb exploding in the water at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's A6M Zero fighter damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Japanese Navy Flight Petty Officer Tadayoshi Koga's A6M Zero fighter damaged by anti-aircraft fire over Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	US Marines in a trench at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 3 Jun 1942; note burning fuel tanks in background

A B5N torpedo bomber approached Yorktown, 4 un 1942	A B5N torpedo bomber shot down by Yorktown's anti-aircraft fire crashing into the sea, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	A B5N torpedo bomber shot down by Yorktown's anti-aircraft fire crashing into the sea, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	A Japanese Type 97 torpedo aircraft (upper right) approached Yorktown during the mid-afternoon torpedo attack by planes from the carrier Hiryu, 4 Jun 1942

A Japanese Type 97 torpedo bomber flew near a 20mm gun of Yorktown, mid-afternoon of 4 Jun 1942	A Type 99 dive bomber attacked Yorktown, seen from cruiser Astoria, 4 Jun 1942	Akagi and a destroyer under B-17 attack at Midway, shortly after 0800, 4 Jun 1942	Astoria stopped to pick up downed pilot Lt (jg) Paul Holmberg, 1342, 4 Jun 1942; the SBD piloted by Lt Cmdr Maxwell Leslie in center of picture was also about to ditch from low fuel

B5N from carrier Hiryu attacked Yorktown during Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942	Battle of Midway diorama by Norman Bel Geddes	Bomb fragment damage in Yorktown's hangar, 4 Jun 1942	Burning Japanese aircraft above Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942