During the Battle of Midway, a crippled U.S. Army B-26 bomber flew so close over Japan’s flagship Akagi that its crew ...

Following the devastating U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor and the fall of Wake Island, Japan sought to eliminate American carrier ...

HAWAII, USA — Deep-sea explorers say they have captured detailed images of three iconic shipwrecks from World War II's Battle of Midway, including the first up-close photos of a Japanese aircraft ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – World War II pilot James Muri, who saved his crippled B-26 bomber and crew by buzzing the flight deck of a Japanese aircraft carrier during the Battle of Midway, has died in ...

The Yamato, the most powerful battleship ever built, was the flagship of the Japanese fleet at the pivotal Battle of Midway. Yet, despite its overwhelming firepower, it played no role in the fighting ...

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 during ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – Six months after the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sent four aircraft carriers to the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway to draw out and destroy what remained of the ...

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the days ...

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Naval District Washington commemorated the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Midway with a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial, June 4. The Battle of Midway took place ...

"Rock 'em and sock 'em and don't lose your shirt," is how Naval District Washington Historic and Heritage Command historian Robert Cressman characterizes tactics of service-members who fought and ...