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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-701852

Battle of Midway, June 1942


Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the the Japanese carrier air attack on Midway in the morning of 4 June 1942. Two Type 00 carrier fighters are at left. Eastern Island airfield is under attack in lower center. Sand Island is in the upper left center, with hits visible in the vicinity of the seaplane hangar.

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

Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 595 pixels

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15 March 1999