Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...

Just six months after the catastrophic Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. crushed the Imperial Japanese Navy off Midway Island (about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu), sinking ...

On June 4, 1942, at nearly the same time the Japanese bombed Dutch Harbor, American and Japanese forces converged on Midway Island to fight the battle which would be seen later as the turning ...

The sun shimmered on Midway Islands, a remote speck of reef halfway between California and China. A rainbow of colors from shallow mounds of coral rippled in the clear water. The sea’s usual ...

South Vietnamese Air Force Maj. Buang-Ly knew his life and the lives of his wife, and their five young children, ages 1 ...

Commanding Officer, MAG-22, “Report of Battle of Midway Islands”; Executive Officer, MAG-22, “The Battle of Midway”; both in Naval Air Station Midway WD, May and June 1942. 44. Assuming visibility of ...

2021: A new plan dubbed Midway Crossing is submitted featuring a hotel, convention center, indoor and outdoor sports and entertainment arenas and a new Long Island MacArthur Airport terminal.