United States Navy. "Battle of Midway, June 1942. " Naval History and Heritage Command, https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/midway/80-G-17054.html
United States Navy. "Battle of Midway, June 1942. " Naval History and Heritage Command, https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/midway/80-G-17054.html
The Battle of Midway, on June 3-7, 1942, was a major United States victory and a turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II. The Japanese losses at Midway resulted in the United States being able to fight back and go on the offensive.
"They were coming to bomb us, and our planes were going to bomb them. Our pilots sunk four of their aircraft carriers."
~ Roger Spooner, a soldier aboard the USS Yorktown