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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 | Catwalk on the port side of Yorktown bent as a result of torpedo damage, 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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| Destroyers Benham, Russell, Balch, and Anderson stood by as Yorktown was abandoned, afternoon of 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2 | Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes of Kaga, Akagi, and Soryu under attack at Midway |
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| Eastern Island of Midway Atoll under attack, 4 Jun 1942 | Enterprise and Northampton underway during Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942. Photo taken from USS Pensacola. |
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