Photos Taken on 04 Jun 1942 | World War II Database

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Claire Chennault, Song Meiling, and Chiang Kaishek at a banquet, China, 4 Jun 1942	Corpsmen treating casualties aboard Yorktown, 4 Jun 1942

Crew of USS Yorktown fighting a fire during the Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942	Crew of Yorktown prepared to abandon ship, 4 Jun 1942

Crew of Yorktown struggled to maintain balance as the ship listed, 4 Jun 1942	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	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	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	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	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.	Enterprise VB-6 SBD, with pilot Ensign George Goldsmith and Radioman 1st Class James Patterson, Jr. still onboard, on the flight deck of Yorktown due to fuel exhaustion, 4 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

Enterprise VB-6 SBD, with pilot Ensign George Goldsmith and Radioman 1st Class James Patterson, Jr. still onboard, on the flight deck of Yorktown due to fuel exhaustion, 4 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	F4F-4 Wildcat fighters and SBD Dauntless dive bombers being prepared to launch from the flight deck of USS Hornet, off Midway, 4 Jun 1942

Fatally damaged Japanese aircraft falling toward Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942; note top of a sandbag in foreground	Firefighters in Yorktown's hangar, just after noon, 4 Jun 1942