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Coral Sea Battle Commemorated In Canberra Weekend
Commemoration of the Coral Sea battle recalls May 1942 actions that halted a southward Japanese advance and highlighted the Lexington crisis. Allied forces, led by Rear Admiral Fletcher and Australian Rear Admiral Grace, fought air battles over a wide area from May 4 to May 8, with ships damaged, carriers sunk, and Japanese air losses.
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Canberra
United States
Lexington
South-West Pacific
Port Moresby
The
Coral Sea
Tulagi Harbour
Solomon Islands
Frank Fletcher
Louisiade Archipelago
Rykoku
Australia
J. G. Grace
Hmas Australia
Hobart
Fletcher