Netherlands / Japan / Australia / Philippines / New Caledonia / Guam / New Zealand / Fiji / Guinea / United States / Wake Island / /
Currency
SBD / /
Facility
Wake Island complex / Pearl Harbor / /
Holiday
Christmas / /
IndustryTerm
enemy carrier / carrier time / transportation / carrier squadrons / escort carrier / oil slick / carrier air groups / carrier pilots / carrier types / /
Movie
The Battle of Midway / /
NaturalFeature
Alliesheld islands / Wilkes Island / Indies / Coral Sea / Bismarck Archipelago / Efate / West Coast / Midway Island / /
Organization
Army Air Corps / Grumman F4F Wildcat / Army’s Americal Division / Army / Navy / Japanese air force / Japanese task force / Strike Command / Marine Scout Bomber Squadron / 4th Defense Battalion / First Marine Division / United States Marine Corps / Marine / Marine Aviation mission / Fighter Command / Strike / Cactus Air Force / /
Person
Tharin / Chester W. Nimitz / Carl / Carey / Leo R. Smith / Larkin / Pat Moret / J. S. McCain / Louis Woods / Ben Robertshaw / Cunningham / John L. Smith / Al Cooley / Kinney / Joe Foss / A. A. Vandegrift / Freuler / Marshall Tyler / John Hart / Richard C. Mangrum / Pat Mulcahy / Richard Fleming / Norris / Air Cactus / Davidson / Roy Stanley Geiger / Oscar Brice / L. K. Davis / Bob Galer / Canfield / Harold W. Bauer / Ernest J. King / Honor / Joe Bauer / Bill Wallace / Paul Fontana / Robert E. Galer / Armistead / Kitty Hawk / Dick Mangrum / Bob Richard / Joe Renner / /
Position
Executive Officer / Captain / General / King / Brigadier General / task group commander / skipper / Major / Admiral / Lieutenant Colonel / Lieutenant / Commander and Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel / Commander / Marshall / Brigadier / /
force arrived off the southern tip of the island and prepared to land. Shore batteries, in a 45-minute action, scored many hits and sank one destroyer (the first Japanese surface warship to be sunk by U.S. naval forces i