CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. During the battle of Midway, dive bomber Dusty Kleiss scored a direct hit on the Japanese carrier Hiryu by anticipating its next move: he aimed ...

It was June 4, 1942, and World War II in the Pacific was almost six months old. Pearl Harbor lay far behind, a symbol of heartbreaking disaster; Singapore had fallen, and so had Rangoon, and so had ...

Navy aircraft mechanic Kuniyoshi Takimoto watched as Japanese planes roared off the aircraft carrier Hiryu to attack Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. I wondered if such a poor country would be all ...

(CNN) -- A team of deep-sea explorers and historians have discovered a Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the historic Battle of Midway in World War II. The wreckage of Akagi, which was sunk ...

Kuniyoshi Takimoto talks about his experiences of war in Higashiyodogawa Ward, Osaka, on Aug. 9, 2016. (Mainichi) OSAKA -- Kuniyoshi Takimoto, now 94, was almost killed during the Battle of Midway in ...

CNN — A team of deep-sea explorers and historians have discovered a Japanese aircraft carrier that sank during the historic Battle of Midway in World War II. The wreckage of Akagi, which was sunk on ...