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Yorktown stopped and burning, just after 1200, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown under attack by dive bombers, seen from cruiser Portland, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown's crew attempted to repair the bomb hole on the flight deck, 4 Jun 1942	Yorktown's hangar deck just after fire was extinguished, 4 Jun 1942; note the TBD-1 torpedo bomber hanging overhead

Close-up view of the Mogami-class cruiser Mikuma during the Battle of Midway, showing damage, Jun 1942; photo was taken by a US Navy pilot.	Damaged ship at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 5 Jun 1942	Hiryu burning, photographed by a plane of carrier Hosho, 5 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2	Hiryu burning, photographed by a plane of carrier Hosho, 5 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2

Injured US airmen being taken on a stretcher out of a PBY Catalina aircraft, Midway Atoll, 4-6 Jun 1942	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Adolf Hitler, and Risto Ryti in Finland, 6 Jun 1942; note Wilhelm Keitel directly behind Mannerheim	Crew of Yorktown prepared to jettison a TBD-1 Devastator bomber, 6 Jun 1942	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown

Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Map of the Pacific prepared by the United States Military Academy showing the movements of the Japanese and United States battle forces for the Battle of Midway, 6 Jun 1942.	Mikuma burning after being bombed by Enterprise's aircraft, 6 Jun 1942	Mikuma burning and sinking, 6 Jun 1942

Mikuma burning, 6 Jun 1942, taken by the gunner of a US plane, DD Asashio or Arashio is nearby	Mikuma burning, with midships structure shattered and torpedo dangling from tube, 6 Jun 1942	Mogami with damaged bow, Pacific Ocean, 6 Jun 1942; note Japanese national flag on top of turret (which helped identify Mogami in this photograph) and tanker Nichiei Maru in background	Portrait of Colonel General Erwin Rommel, 6 Jun 1942; note Knight's Cross and Pour le Mérite medals