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| Battleship USS South Dakota departing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for shakedown exercises, 4 Jun 1942. Note the OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from Observation Squadron VO-6 on the fantail. | Bomb fragment damage in Yorktown's hangar, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Burning Japanese aircraft above Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942 | Burning oil tank, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Burning seaplane hangar, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942 | Burning ship and oil storage at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Burning ship and oil storage at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2 | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Keitel, and Risto Ryti in Finland, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Catwalk on the port side of Yorktown bent as a result of torpedo damage, 4 Jun 1942 | Claire Chennault, Song Meiling, and Chiang Kaishek at a banquet, China, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Corpsmen treating casualties aboard Yorktown, 4 Jun 1942 | Crew of USS Yorktown fighting a fire during the Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Crew of Yorktown prepared to abandon ship, 4 Jun 1942 | Crew of Yorktown struggled to maintain balance as the ship listed, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Cruiser Vincennes and a destroyer guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942 | D3A1 carrier dive bomber in flight over Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942 |
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| Destroyer Balch guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2 | Destroyer Balch guarded Yorktown as the carrier was being abandoned, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Destroyer Benham with 720 survivors of Yorktown on board, at 1900 on 4 Jun 1942; Yorktown in the distance | Destroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2 |
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