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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 80-G-451086

Midway Atoll


Aerial photograph, looking just south of west across the southern side of the atoll, 24 November 1941. Eastern Island, then the site of Midway's airfield, is in the foreground. Sand Island, location of most other base facilities, is across the entrance channel.

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

Online Image: 127KB; 680 x 765 pixels

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11 March 1999