View on the flight deck of carrier Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea. (U.S. Navy/National Archives) The next day, on May 8, 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea reached its crescendo.

Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...

May 8, 1942, Battle of the Coral Sea. Lieutenant Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa from Scouting Squadron FIVE (VS-5) in an SBD Dauntless, is in patrol over the aircraft carrier U.S.S. YORKTOWN (CV-5).

The first battle addressed is the Battle of the Coral Sea, beginning Part One with a description of the strategic situation in April 1942. The account then goes on to address the May actions at Tulagi ...

Sailors aboard the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan held a wreath-laying ceremony in commemoration of the WWII Battle of the Coral Sea on July 26, a year after the wreckage ...