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Photo #: 80-G-21694 Battle of Midway, June 1942 Destroyers stand by to pick up survivors as USS Yorktown (CV-5) is abandoned during the afternoon of 4 June 1942, following Japanese torpedo plane attacks. Destroyers at left are (left to right): Benham (DD-397), Russell (DD-414), and Balch (DD-363). Destroyer at right is Anderson (DD-411). Photographed from USS Pensacola (CA-24). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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25 March 1999