Yes and how foolish of me .... we must remember this other important event this month. Source NMNA archives








Painting depicting a TBD Devastator torpedo plane making an attack against a Japanese aircraft carrier at the Battle of Midway.

Print- Battle of Midway- "Go And Get a Hit" by Artist Jim Griffiths

Depicts a Navy Aircraft (TBD Devastator) making low-level attack on the Japanese carrier Kaga.

"Midway the Turning Point" by R. l. Rusmussen

Painting "USS Pensacola Battle of Midway"

Map of Midway Atoll showing Eastern and Sand Islands and the coral reef surrounding them. The map contains handwritten navigation notes by Lieutenant Howard P. Ady noting approach distances and landing areas for PBY Catalina flying boats. On the morning of June 4, 1942, Ady made the first sighting of Japanese carriers approaching Midway. 1942

SBN-1 of Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) in flight. The aircraft served as a trainer for pilots and aircrewmen of the squadron, which was decimated during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 while flying TBD-1 Devastators off USS Hornet (CV-8).

SBD-3, possibly of Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5), pictured on the flight deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) during the Battle of Midway.

SBD-2 or 3s of Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) and Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) are spotted forward on board USS Enterprise (CV-6).

SBD-2 or 3s of Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) and Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) are spotted forward on board USS Enterprise (CV-6).

SBD-2 or 3 of either Bombing Squadron Six (VB-6) or Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard USS Enterprise (CV-6).

SBD-3 of Bombing Squadron Three (VB-3) pictured in flight with LT H.S. Bottomley, Jr., and AMM2c Daniel F. Johnson aboard. It is the same aircraft they flew during the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

SBD-2 Dauntless (Bureau Number 2106) after its return to Midway Atoll following an attack against Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway.

SBD-2 Dauntless (Bureau Number 2106) after its return to Midway Atoll following an attack against Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway.

TBF-1 Avenger of (VT) 8 piloted by Ensign Albert K. Earnest in an attack against the Japanese Fleet during the Battle of Midway forced landing on the atoll due to battle damage.

Sailors inspect the TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8 piloted by Ensign Albert K. Earnest in an attack against the Japanese Fleet during the Battle of Midway

Close-up view of the battle damaged gunner and radioman positions on the TBF-1 Avenger of Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8 6-5-1942

Lieutenant George Gay, sole survivor of (VT) 8 Battle of Midway, speaks on the occasion of the christening ceremony of the carrier Midway (CVB 41) at Newport News, Virginia, 20 March 1945.