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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-701897

Battle of Midway, June 1942


Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by SBD dive bombers from USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) on the Japanese cruisers Mogami and Mikuma and two destroyers, on 6 June 1942.
Mikuma, the ship shown trailing oil at the right, was sunk as a result of these attacks.

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

Online Image: 93KB; 600 x 765 pixels

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12 March 1999