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Lexingtons Airmen Hit Japanese Carriers in Coral Sea Fight
Chicago Tribune correspondent recounts U S Navy air strikes that broke through Japanese defenses at the Coral Sea. Lexington and other carriers launched dives and torpedo runs against carrier groups, with heavy combat, heroic saves, and pilots reporting success despite damage to the Lexington and losses among crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Johnston
Chicarn Tribune Foreign
U. S
Coral Sea
Robert Dixon
Bill Ault
Jimmy Brett
No. 1
Brett
Lexington
Ault
Comm Ault
N. A. Sterrie
J. H. Jorgenson
W. QO
E. S. McCusky
United States
Ieader
George Leonard
Lietut
Leonard” McCusky
McCusky
John L. Powers
John