Photos Taken on 06 Jun 1942 | World War II Database


Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Adolf Hitler, and Risto Ryti in Finland, 6 Jun 1942; note Wilhelm Keitel directly behind Mannerheim	Crew of Yorktown prepared to jettison a TBD-1 Devastator bomber, 6 Jun 1942	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown	Destroyer USS Hammann sinking, 6 Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2, seen from USS Yorktown

Map of the Pacific prepared by the United States Military Academy showing the movements of the Japanese and United States battle forces for the Battle of Midway, 6 Jun 1942.	Mikuma burning after being bombed by Enterprise's aircraft, 6 Jun 1942	Mikuma burning and sinking, 6 Jun 1942	Mikuma burning, 6 Jun 1942, taken by the gunner of a US plane, DD Asashio or Arashio is nearby

Mikuma burning, with midships structure shattered and torpedo dangling from tube, 6 Jun 1942	Mogami with damaged bow, Pacific Ocean, 6 Jun 1942; note Japanese national flag on top of turret (which helped identify Mogami in this photograph) and tanker Nichiei Maru in background	Portrait of Colonel General Erwin Rommel, 6 Jun 1942; note Knight's Cross and Pour le Mérite medals	SBDs from Hornet over the burning Mikuma, early afternoon, 6 Jun 1942

Survivors of USS Hammann arriving at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after Battle of Midway, 6 Jun 1942	Track of the Battle of Midway, 3 to 6 Jun 1942, prepared for the United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence Combat Narrative report.	Troops of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Force raising the Japanese naval ensign on Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, 6 Jun 1942	US Navy Lieutenant Commanders Joe Taylor (left) and William O. Burch, Jr. (right) standing beside a Torpedo Squadron 5 TBD-1 Devastator aircraft, Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 6 Jun 1942

USS Saratoga arriving at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 6 Jun 1942