This week marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, one of the most important naval battles of World War II. Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi marked the anniversary with a ceremony aboard ...

The Sōryū and Hiryū aircraft carriers remain lost to history, as their locations remain a mystery, but the others have been ...

The Battle of Midway is widely recognized as the decisive naval battle in the War in the Pacific that turned the tide in the Allies favor in World War II. Much has been written about the tactical ...

Reporting from midway atoll — The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in World War II’s Pacific theater. The remote atoll where thousands died is now a fragile sanctuary for millions of ...

SAN DIEGO — Seven veterans of the Battle of Midway on Monday joined about 1,000 people aboard a retired U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to mark the 75th anniversary of the turning point in World War II's ...

The evening sun lowers over the Pacific as Hiryū pushes through the waves. On deck, crews work fast, refueling and rearming planes for another strike. The mood is tense but focused—there’s still a ...

June 4 marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. — -- On June 4, 1942, the heavily outnumbered US and Japan clashed in an epic nearly four-day battle off Midway Island, a tiny atoll ...

“The Battle of Midway was probably the most important battle in the Pacific war during World War II,” says Russell Lee, a curator in the aeronautics division at the National Air and Space Museum. “On ...

A survivor of the Battle of Midway will tell his story aboard the Yorktown in a free symposium to mark a new exhibit. John Hancock was aboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown CV-5 when it was sunk by the ...

75 years later, the Battle of Midway stands as one of the greatest all-time naval victories. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, a decisive turning point for the Allied ...