Article: LOCAL WORLD WAR II VETERAN'S DOCUMENTATION OF BATTLE OF MIDWAY TO BE SHOWN AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WWII IN NEW ORLEANS

Article: -US NAVY: USS Yorktown found in South Pacific Ocean
M2 Presswire;  June 11, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... 11 June 1998-US NAVY: USS Yorktown found in South Pacific Ocean ... WASHINGTON -- The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was found May 19, resting ... control of the Pacific Ocean in World War II. "Our expedition to Midway ...

Article: Ballard team finds and explores USS Yorktown (CV-5) ...
Sea Classics;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The wreck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS YORKTOWN was found 19 May, resting at ... control of the Pacific Ocean in World War II. "Our expedition to Midway ... ships lost during the battle. "USS YORKTOWN is in the best shape of all ...

Article: DISCOVERY OF USS YORKTOWN HELPS PRESERVE MEMORY OF ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  June 10, 1998 ;     457 words ... ... VIEWS A brass plaque on the deck of the USS Yorktown marks the site of one of the pivotal battles of World War II, but to see it, you will have to ... bottom of the ocean as was the carrier USS Yorktown. For 56 years, the Yorktown's resting ...

Transcript: USS YORKTOWN FOUND
ABC Good Morning America;  June 5, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Lusitania left from in World War I. It, of course, was ... was based for the Second World War. And one of those ships was the USS Yorktown. Now, that ship had a ... has now just located the USS Yorktown at the bottom of the Pacific ...

Article: The hunt for the USS Yorktown
Honolulu Star - Bulletin;  April 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... for four Japanese carriers and one U.S. carrier -- the USS Yorktown -- which now rest three miles down, at the bottom of the ... Lusitania and the German battleship Bismarck, surveying the World War II Guadalcanal naval battle site, and mapping ancient trading ...

Article: National Geographic expedition finds wreckage of USS ...
AP Online;  May 20, 1998 ;     477 words ... ... being torpedoed during the decisive Battle of Midway, the USS Yorktown was found on Tuesday more than three miles down on the Pacific ... June 3-6, 1942, and was a key victory for the Allies in World War II. The Yorktown, built in Newport News, Va., was 809 ...

Article: USS YORKTOWN: THE FIGHTING LADY
Sea Classics;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... groups downed more than 1100 Japanese planes and sank more than 100 ships BY RUBEN KITCHEN As the United States was drawn into World War II, it had only five attack carriers - Lexington, Saratoga, Yorktown, Enterprise, and Wasp. The Navy's first carrier ...