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June 05, 1942

Japanese forces suffer heavy damage at Midway

HONOLULU, June 5, 1942 (UP) - Japanese naval forces in the Midway area "appeared to have suffered very heavy damage" and are withdrawing, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, said in a communiqu

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