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	Pacific Naval Battles
		#6 = Battle of the Komandorski Islands, March 26, 1943
		#5 = Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942
		#1 = Battle of Savo Island, August 9, 1942
	www.combinedfleet.com /map.htm

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
		The battle of Midway is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific.
		Its plan was to entrap and destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet, plus capture Midway Island and use it as a base for a possible invasion of Hawaii.
		As Japanese planes pounded Midway shortly after dawn on June 4, U.S. reconnaissance planes had miraculously spotted the Imperial Fleet's four carriers in the vast blue battlefield.
	starbulletin.com /2002/06/02/news/story5.html

	Articles - Pacific War
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
		1943 - 11-20 â“ 1943 - 11-24 Battle of Makin
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
	www.storegolf.com /articles/Pacific_War

	Battle Of Louisburg -
		1943: The Battle of Midway 1943: The Battle of...
		The Battle of louisburg 1758 in the French and Indian War - also known as the seven year war, this battle was between British and American Troops against the French regular and colonial troops with General James Abercromby and Brigadier Lord...
		elderly Colonel Richard Gridly, one of the heroes of the Battle of Louisburg, was disgraced and shamed by...
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	Articles - Pacific War
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
		1943 - 11-20 â“ 1943 - 11-24 Battle of Makin
	www.kamero.net /articles/Pacific_War

	idaho mountain express : A moonless night in Vella Gulf - One man's war : july 4 — july 10, 2001
		The Battle of Midway in June 1942 and Battle of Guadalcanal from August 1942 through early 1943 were steps in the right direction.
		It’s a story about the destroyer USS Craven and how it played a major role in the Battle Of Vella Gulf, a watershed American success story that turned the tide of the South Pacific campaign in August 1943.
		As a result of the Battle of Vella Gulf, the U.S. Navy commissioned an Aegis Class cruiser Sept. 18, 1993, at Norfolk, Va.—during the 50-year commemorative reunion for the crew of the destroyer—and named it USS Vella Gulf.
	www.mtexpress.com /2001/01-07-04/01-07-04craven.htm (3492 words)

	USN Ships--USS Maury (DD-401)
		Maury operated with Enterprise during the Battle of Midway in early June, the invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi in early August 1942, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons later in that month, and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October.
		She continued to serve in the Solomons until August 1943, taking part in escort missions and two night surface fights: the battle of Kolombangara on 12-13 July 1943 and the highly successful torpedo action in Vella Gulf on 6-7 August.
		She screened aircraft carriers during raids throughout the central Pacific over the next several months, in the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June and the associated operations to capture islands in the Marianas.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/dd401.htm (611 words)

	Rhodes
		Reporting for duty in that vessel 10 January 1942, he served in her during the Battle of Midway, the landing on Guadalcanal, and the Battle of the Eastern Solomons.
		Lieutenant (junior grade) Rhodes was killed in action as his ship fought her last battle, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942.
		USS Rhodes (DE-384) was laid down by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex., 19 April 1943; launched 29 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/WEBCUTTERS/Rhodes.html (673 words)

	Japanese destroyer Amagiri - Enpsychlopedia
		Later in the spring of 1942, it was assigned to Admiral Yamamoto 's main body at the Battle of Midway.
		On the night of 24-25 November 1943, the Amagiri was on a reinforcement mission to Bougainville when it became involved in the Battle of Cape St. George.
		It was very active during the Battle of Guadalcanal and the Central Solomons Campaign and participated in the Battle of Kula Gulf.
	www.grohol.com /wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amagiri (673 words)

	Pacific War - Iridis Encyclopedia
		The crucial Battle of Midway followed in June: the fortunes of war could easily have given either side the victory, but Japanese naval aviation suffered a devastating defeat from which it never recovered.
		1943 -11-20 – 1943 -11-24 Battle of Makin
		At the Battle of the Java Sea, in late February and early March, the Japanese Navy inflicted a resounding defeat on the main ABDA naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman.
	www.iridis.com /Pacific_War (673 words)

	Timeline 1942
		From Aug. to Feb. 1943, The Battle of Stalingrad, 600 miles southeast of Moscow, was fought and ended with the encirclement and destruction of the German 6th Army Group.
		1942 Jun 3, Japanese carrier-based planes strafed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway island.
		1942 Aug 24, In the battle of the Eastern Solomons, the third carrier-versus-carrier battle of the war, U.S. naval forces defeated a Japanese force attempting to screen reinforcements for the Guadalcanal fighting.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1942.HTML (14974 words)

	USSBS: Interrogations of Japanese Officials -- Biographies of Interrogated Officials
		Wounded during the Battle of MIDWAY, he was hospitalized for approximately one year, then in June 1943 senior staff officer, 1st Air Fleet at KANOYA, and, subsequently, when 1st Air Fleet moved to the MARIANAS, at TINIAN.
		SUGITA was on the Staff, 8th Area Army at RABAUL, and embarked in an escort vessel of the convoy engaged in the so-called Battle of BISMARK SEA, 3 March 1943.
		During this period he was present at the occupation of WAKE Island, GUAM, RABAUL, Battle of the CoRAL SEA and the Battle of Cape ESPERANCE.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/IJO/IJO-Bio.html (14974 words)

	Timeline 1942
		From Aug. to Feb. 1943, The Battle of Stalingrad, 600 miles southeast of Moscow, was fought and ended with the encirclement and destruction of the German 6th Army Group.
		1942 Jun 3, Japanese carrier-based planes strafed Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands as a diversion of the attack on Midway island.
		1942 Aug 24, In the battle of the Eastern Solomons, the third carrier-versus-carrier battle of the war, U.S. naval forces defeated a Japanese force attempting to screen reinforcements for the Guadalcanal fighting.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1942.HTML (14974 words)

	Victory at sea (in MARION)
		Design for war: the battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1941 ; The Pacific boils over: Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 ; Sealing the breach: anti-submarine warfare, 1941-1943 ; Midway is east: Japanese victories and the battle of Midway -- v.
		The turkey shoot: conquest of the Marianas ; Two if by sea: Peleliu and Angaur ; The battle for Leyte Gulf ; Return of the Allies: liberation of the Philippines; Full fathom five: U.S. submarines, 1941-1945 -- v.
		Mediterranean mosaic: Gibraltar, Allied and enemy fleets, Malta ; Guadalcanal; Rings around Rabaul: struggle for the Solomon Islands ; Mare nostrum: command of the Mediterranean, 1940-1942 -- v.
	catalog.evanston.lib.il.us /MARION/ABZ-3763 (14974 words)

	Battle of the Aleutian Islands detailed account - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Aleutian attack was a sideshow, yet it would reduce Yamamoto's overall available strength in carrier aircraft during the fight for Midway on 4-5 June, one of the decisive battles of all time and the turning point of the Pacific war.
		This is a detailed account of the Battle of the Aleutian Islands of World War II, from 3 June 1942 through 24 August 1943.
		Map of the capture of Attu in the Aleutian Islands, 1943.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_War_II:_Aleutian_Islands (7007 words)

	USS Anderson DD-411
		She accompanied the carrier Yorktown in the south Pacific in March and April, was part of USS Lexington's screen during the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May and was back with Yorktown a month later for the Battle of Midway.
		When the carrier Hornet was sent to join in the Guadalcanal campaign, Anderson went along and generally operated with Hornet until her loss in the late October 1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.
		The destroyer's next assignments were to support the invasions of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943 and the Marshalls in early 1944.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/usn/DD-411.html (399 words)

	bally midway
		Pac-Man Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1943 The Battle Of Midway Atari Logo Centipede About this Site...
		What is a Bally /Astrocade A short history Â In 1977 Bally / Midway introduced a home video game system called the " Bally Home Library Computer" Available only through JSandA by mail order.(...
		design are registered trademarks of Williams Electronic Games, Inc. Sellers of Williams, Bally and Midway merchandise.
	www.second-world-war.org /articles/bally-midway.html (399 words)

	Yorktown
		The third Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1937, and a major combatant in World War II until she was sunk at the Battle of Midway in 1942.
		At least five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Yorktown, to commemorate of the decisive Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolutionary War; most famous among them is the was the aircraft carrier that served during World War II.
		Yorktown, Virginia - site of the Battle of Yorktown
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Y/Yorktown.htm (302 words)

	Operation Galvanic (1): The Battle for Tarawa November 1943
		However, as 1942 progressed, the tide started to turn in the Allies favour with the Battle of the Coral Sea (losses were even but the battle forced the Japanese task force bound for Port Moresby to turn back), the Battle for Midway and the conquest of Guadalcanal (in early 1943).
		At a conference in Hawaii in September 1943, the decision was taken to attack Tarawa, Makin (Operation Kourbash) and the small island of Apamama (Operation Boxcloth) in an operation, the overall codename of which was Galvanic.
		Colonel Raymond Murray's 2/6 hopped from island to island along the rest of the Tarawa atoll and finally fought a decisive engagement with the remaining Japanese on Buariki at which 175 Japanese were killed and the Marines suffered 91 casualties.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_tarawa.html (6130 words)

	Empire of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Japan defeated at the Battle of Midway (June 6).
		Allied victory in the Battle of Milne Bay (September 5).
		Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4 - 8).
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Empire_of_Japan (1129 words)

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		On July 13, 1943, at the Battle of Kolombangara, she was hit by a torpedo and lost with 61 of her men.
		Came to the aid of damaged Yorktown in Battle of Midway June 5-6, 1942.
		Also took part in the landings at Guadalcanal and the action which sank Japanese battleship Kirishima, Nov 13, 1941.
	www.kymuseum.org /gwin.htm (79 words)

	History for LKA-116 ST.LOU CAN DO
		Two months later, she sailed west with other cruisers of the Battle Force, patrolled between Wake, Midway, and Guam, then, proceeded to Manila, whence she returned to Hawaii at the end of September.
		She commenced operations there in January 1943 with bombardments of Japanese air facilities at Munda and Kolombangara and, during the next five months, repeated those raids and patrolled the "Slot" in the Central Solomons in an effort to halt the "Tokyo Express"--reinforcement and supply shipping that sought, almost nightly, to bolster Japanese garrisons.
		Six nights later, the force, TF 18, reinforced by DesRon 12, moved back up the "Slot" from Tulagi and soon after 0100 on the 13th, engaged an enemy force of one light cruiser, JINTSU, and five destroyers in the Battle of Kolombangara.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,732264793029,00.html (2290 words)

	The Sullivan brothers and loss of USS Juneau
		This action was only the beginning of a long land, sea, and air battle for control of this strategic island that would not be resolved until the last Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943.
		After Midway, the Japanese turned their attention back toward Port Moresby, landing on the north coast of New Guinea to attack overland, and began to build an air base on Guadalcanal, in the eastern end of the Solomon Islands chain, to support their drive attack on Port Moresby.
		One of naval battles was the cruiser night action, fought during the night of 12-13 November 1942, that made up part of what came to be called the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq72-2.htm (1380 words)

	The Price of Freedom: Printable Exhibition
		Bombing of USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway, June 4, 1942
		In June 1942, the Japanese attacked the Midway Islands as a step toward taking Hawaii.
		In 1943, the U.S. Army and Navy jointly began a two-pronged attack through the central Pacific and across New Guinea to the Philippines.
	americanhistory.si.edu /militaryhistory/printable/section.asp?id=9&sub=8 (1380 words)

	USS Midway Art Work: A Powerful Force For Freedom
		Her keel was laid 27 October 1943, she was commissioned 10 September 1945 and she takes her name from the Battle of Midway.
		In September 1973, the men of Midway and Air Wing Five moved with their families to Yokosuka, Japan, setting a historical precedent as the first carrier team to be homeported overseas.
		First carrier with an armored flight deck, and the first ship too large to pass through the Panama Canal, USS Midway is one of three carriers started near the end of World War II.
	homepage.mac.com /internik/pff/midway.html (210 words)

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		USS Lexington burning in the Coral Sea after the battle 8 May 1942
		USS Shubrick (DD - 639) STBD Stern Qtr view 23 MAR 1943
		USS Kearsarge and USS Kentucky in Sydney Harbor with caption
	www.doubledelta.com /6ships2.htm (2923 words)

	United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Interrogations of Japanese Officials
		Aleutian Campaign, the Japanese Historical Account of the Naval Battle fought off the Komandorski Islands, March 1943
		Battle of the Philippines Sea; Battle for Leyte Gulf
		Transports and Midway; Transports and Battle of Eastern Solomons, 25 August 1942; Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/AAF/USSBS/IJO (2923 words)

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