Read Ranch & Coast Virtually Anywhere
Issue link: http://ranchandcoast.uberflip.com/i/1527102
military | philanthropy | family | pets Focus group of tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific, roughly midway between North America and Asia, where the United States had an airbase. e loss of four carriers ended Japan's expansion in the Pacific, and never again would the Japanese come close to attacking Americans on American soil as they had at Pearl Harbor. Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States sank four Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway, losing only one of its own. Although less infamous than the events of December 7, 1941, the Battle of Midway, which took place over three days during the first week of June 1942, was even more decisive. Midway is a USS Midway CELEBRATING 20 YEARS IN SAN DIEGO BY BILL ABRAMS | PHOTO BY BOB STEFANKO Rear Admiral Terry Kraft, U.S. Navy (Ret.), president and CEO of the USS Midway Museum >> @ranchandcoast RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2024 63