The damage inflicted on the US aircraft carrier Yorktown during the Battle of Midway in June 1942 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). The Yorktown was ultimately sunk in the battle. Photograph by 2rd Class William G. Roy, 4 June, 1942.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.
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