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    The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United...
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    Commanders The Battle of the Coral Sea, a major engagement of the Pacific Theatre of World War II, was fought 4–8 May 1942 in the waters east of New Guinea...
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  • Battle of the Coral Sea is a 1959 American war film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala and Patricia Cutts. It was distributed...
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    Coral Sea (French: Parc Naturel de la Mer de Corail) and the Australian Coral Sea Marine Park. The sea was the location for the Battle of the Coral Sea...
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    Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea....
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  • Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Coral Sea, commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea during World War II. All three were aircraft...
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    months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea. The U.S. Navy under Admirals Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher...
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    USS Hammann (DD-412) (category Ships of the Battle of Midway)
    down the night of 8 May, scuttled by a torpedoed from the destroyer Phelps. The Battle of the Coral Sea, which checked the Japanese advance to the southeast...
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    Japanese cruiser Myōkō (category Cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
    resulted in the Tulagi invasion force and subsequently the Battle of the Coral Sea. She served as a flagship of Vice Admiral Takagi, who was in the overall...
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    Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier (category World War II aircraft carriers of Japan)
    the Indian Ocean Raid, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Guadalcanal Campaign, the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the Battle of Leyte Gulf (Zuikaku only)...
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    Japanese cruiser Kako (category World War II cruisers of Japan)
    but was not damaged. At the Battle of the Coral Sea, Cruiser Division 6 departed Shortland and effected a rendezvous at sea with light aircraft carrier...
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    USS Minneapolis (CA-36) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    garrisons. Minneapolis took part in the Battle of the Coral Sea from 4–8 May 1942, screening Lexington through the great air engagement and shooting down...
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  • children. Coral Sea Park is an off-leash dog area. Coral Sea Park references the Battle of the Coral Sea of 1942, considered a turning point of World War...
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    The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct...
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    Japanese cruiser Furutaka (category World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean)
    but was not damaged. At the Battle of the Coral Sea, Cruiser Division 6 departed Shortland and effected a rendezvous at sea with light aircraft carrier...
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    May 1942 in the Battle of the Coral Sea.Imperial lattops Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū were lost in the Battle of Midway. Each Kōkū Sentai of First Air...
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    USS Astoria (CA-34) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    The second USS Astoria (CL/CA-34) was a New Orleans-class cruiser of the United States Navy that participated in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and...
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  • Coral Sea may refer to: Coral Sea, a region of the north-east coast of Australia with a namesake chain of islands Coral Sea, Queensland, a locality in...
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    in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He led Aichi D3A dive bombers from the carrier Zuikaku during the Battle of the Coral Sea that...
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    for certain assignments, most notably the Battle of the Coral Sea and Midway. By 1943, however, large numbers of fleet and light carriers became available...
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  • Zuihō-class aircraft carrier (category World War II aircraft carriers of Japan)
    carrier aircraft on her first combat operation during the Battle of the Coral Sea on 7 May. Shōhō was the first Japanese aircraft carrier to be sunk during...
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    United States Navy during the Battle of the Coral Sea, where they sank the carrier Lexington, the oiler Neosho and the destroyer Sims, and damaged Yorktown...
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    USS Yorktown (CV-5) (category Ships of the Battle of Midway)
    They sank the light aircraft carrier Shōhō on 7 May during the Battle of the Coral Sea, but did not encounter the main Japanese force of the carriers Shōkaku...
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  • William B. Ault (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    Lexington's air group in the Battle of the Coral Sea earned him the posthumous award of the Navy Cross. The citation reads: The President of the United States takes...
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    Operation Mo (category South West Pacific theatre of World War II)
    leading to the Battle of the Coral Sea (see Central Bureau). The Tulagi assault force, led by Rear Admiral Kiyohide Shima, was composed of the following...
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    between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Guadalcanal campaign. As at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway...
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    Donald J. Young, The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History (2009) Hodge, Carl Cavanagh (2015). "The Key to Midway: Coral Sea and a Culture of Learning". Naval...
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    The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Japanese: レイテ沖海戦, romanized: Reite oki Kaisen, lit. 'Leyte Open Sea Naval Battle', Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the...
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    States by advancing through the South Pacific. This offensive was abandoned following the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway in May and June...
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    Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku (category World War II shipwrecks in the Philippine Sea)
    several key naval battles during the war, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands...
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