Navy pilot John Leppla was credited with shooting down five Japanese aircraft in aerial combat before he was shot down and ...
Fate has a surprise for Vejtasa and his rear gunner, Radioman 3rd Class Frank B Wood, as they are forced to face off in battle against the deadly Zero. Not one, but 3 of them. The chances of the ...
Sailors aboard the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan held a wreath-laying ceremony in commemoration of the WWII Battle of the Coral Sea on July 26, a year after the wreckage ...
Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...
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View on the flight deck of carrier Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea. (U.S. Navy/National Archives) The next day, on May 8, 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea reached its crescendo.