The Petrel crew hopes to find and survey all the wreckage from the battle, an effort that could add new details about Midway to history books. Earlier this year, they discovered the USS Hornet ...

Seventy-five years ago (June 4-7, 1942), the astonishing American victory at the Battle of Midway changed the course of the Pacific War. Just six months after the catastrophic Japanese surprise ...

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command The Akagi aircraft carrier was sunk during the Battle of Midway, during which hundreds of Japanese and US sailors died The Petrel also worked with the US ...

One of the biggest battles ever fought in the region was the Battle of Midway. (The World War II battles that had by far the most casualties, every major battle ranked.) The post Every Warship and ...

So very fortunate are we that those elements were present recording everything associated with Operation Overlord and the Battle of Midway. History is replete with improbabilities. Satellite ...

The Midway Islands are best known as the location of the pivotal battle of the Pacific Theatre of World War II. Henderson Field was built in 1941. It consisted of a seaplane facility on Sand Island ...

Although the commissioning of the USS Midway, or the CVB-41, was on September 10, 1945, just days after Japan’s formal ...