The USS Kentucky (BB-66), a battleship that was never completed, represents a pivotal moment in US naval history. -Initially ...

Associated Press Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands ...

The attack by the Japanese Navy on Midway Island marked its last in the Pacific ... the U.S. Pacific Fleet and destroy it in a decisive battle. Instead, the Japanese fleet was surprised by U.S ...

Little did they know that it was ready for battle and would play a decisive role in the action to come. In order to destroy the structures that had been built on Midway Island, Japanese forces ...

Midway Island was handed over to the National Park ... but had the nation not held Midway during the June 4-7, 1942, Battle of Midway, World War II may have ended differently, making the Midway ...

What is not often remembered is that the defense of Midway was a joint effort with Marine Corps and Army aircraft also playing a brave role in the defense of the island against Japanese attack. Today, ...

(Ocean Exploration Trust/NOAA via AP) FILE - Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of ...

"On this occasion, we meet on those same Pacific waters in which Japan and the U.S. once met in battle, but this time as allies and fellow researchers.” On June 4, 1942, in the midst of World War II, ...