During the Battle of Midway itself, Japanese Admiral Chuichi ... Just five months later off the island of Guadalcanal, only one American fleet carrier was left undamaged in the Pacific after ...

In fact, the Battle of Midway would have turned into the "Siege of Midway" if the Americans had not known what the Japanese were up to or did not have forces available with which to ambush the ...

Until now only one other ship sunk in this battle had ever been found ... like this gun mount from the Kaga Midway Atoll, a small group of islands in the North Pacific, was used as a US military ...

Key to the naval conflicts at Pearl Harbor and the subsequent Battle of Wake Island, the Philippines ... That's one reason ...

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 ...

Once home to the decisive battle that turned World ... You have to fly to Midway at night. Only then do the millions of birds that swarm the island in high season vacate the runway.

The USS Enterprise was the most decorated aircraft carrier of World War II, playing a crucial role in major Pacific battles.

Two months after the U.S. defeated Japan at the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the U.S. Marines kicked off their Pacific island-hopping campaign. Their first target was Guadalcanal, an island some ...

Once home to the decisive battle that turned World ... You have to fly to Midway at night. Only then do the millions of birds that swarm the island in high season vacate the runway.