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In june 1942 , us and Japanese naval forces engaged in a five day battle in the middle of the pacific
ocean that changed the course of the war in the pacific .
The battle of midway was a major naval battle in the pacific theater of world war 2 that took place
from 4-7 june 1942 , six months after japans attack on pearl harbor and one month after the battle
of coral sea .
The midway islands were claimed for the united states on july 5 , 1859 , by capt . N . C brooks . the coral
atoll – consisting of eastern island and the larger sand island to the west has a total land area .