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Perfect Trap: Meet the godfather of Navy and Marine Corps aviation
Vice Adm. Frederick “Trap” Trapnell's Navy career encompassed biplanes, airships, World War II fighters, research planes and early carrier jets.
By Mark Carlson, Aviation History
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Deep-sea explorers find Japanese ship that sank during WWII
Hundreds of miles off Midway Atoll, nearly halfway between the United States and Japan, a research vessel is launching underwater robots miles into the abyss to look for warships from the famed Battle of Midway.
Aircraft carrier: Ship of fear
The author believes one well-placed cruise missile or even a World War II torpedo could take out a modern aircraft carrier, but 90 years of success suggest these uniquely American weapons are here to stay.
By Geoffrey Norman, Military History Magazine
Miracle at Midway?
At 10 o’clock on the morning of June 4, 1942, the Japanese were winning the Pacific War; an hour later, three Japanese aircraft carriers were on fire and sinking.
By Craig L. Symonds, World War II Magazine
Trial by fire in the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a tactical defeat for the U.S. Navy that also proved to be a significant strategic victory.
By Joseph H. Alexander, Military History Quarterly
The lessons we learned from the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942
In geostrategic matters, hubris is often a fatal character flaw.
By Joseph F. Callo, Military History Magazine