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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-701846

Battle of Midway, June 1942


Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the moonlight torpedo attack made by four PBY-5A patrol bombers on the Japanese Midway Occupation Force during the night of 3-4 June 1942. The oiler Akebono Maru was hit during this attack, but was able to continue on her mission.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 110KB; 740 x 535 pixels

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15 March 1999