Robert Ballard discovered the wreck as a result of a mission to find, map, photograph and explore the lost ships of the WWII Battle of Midway (see map). Yorktown was built by Newport News ...

Six months after Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway turned the tide against Japan. It was a triumph of intelligence - code breakers knew the plan of attack, but a story of courage and sacrifice ...

Editor’s Note: Sunday marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which took place June 4-7, 1942. It was one of those military encounters that could easily have gone either way.