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Battle Of Midway Anniversary Observed
June 5, 2018
The National Naval Aviation Museum held a commemoration ceremony Monday for the 76th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway.
An icebox was dedicated to the museum that the VF-34 squadron had with them in their ready room during World War II. It is adorned with a roster of squadron personnel and the squadron’s combat record.
The epic naval engagement at Midway Atoll occured six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor in which U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces turned back a planned invasion of Midway, sinking four Japanese aircraft carriers and creating a turning point in World War II.
Courtesy photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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Never in American History has a naval battle meant more for this country. The genius of the code breakers and the luck of not having our carriers discovered before we found the Japanese carriers was such a close call. Avalon-Hill back in the sixties had the military game Midway where players could see how close we came to being discovered and how lucky we were to find them first. The Museum and their carrier displays and midway display is the best in the nation, and 76 years later with technology what it is this type of battle can never happen again, and scout planes have been replaced by satellites which can track every ship on the seas, however never has a battle meant so much in our history.