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Uss Yorktown was a Leech
aircraft carrier commissioned

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into the US Navy in 1937. Notably, it

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played a vital role in the
Battle of the Coral Sea.

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Although Yorktown was damaged,
she managed to return to Pearl

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Harbor for emergency repairs.
Yorktown sailed to take part in

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the crucial Battle of Midway in
June of nineteen forty-two. Her

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air squadrons helped sink
several Japanese carriers and

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turn the tide of the Pacific WAr.
However, Yorktown herself was

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struck by three bombs and two
torpedoes during the battle.

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Yorktown sank the next morning.
This is June 7th, 1942, becoming

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a symbol of sacrifice and also
resilience. But many of the

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battle's mysteries went down
with the ship and as we

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continue to explore, more
question rise.

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For the third time in
twenty-seven years that people

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have been to this site.

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Can we get a glimpse of this
potential piece of aircraft?

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Alright, video. Come on in.
That looks familiar, huh? It

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looks like a wing. It is. It
is. Fantastic.

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That's the national insignia
right there. Oh, but if only

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we could get inside there but.
That's really something. We're

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just setting up for a maneuver here to to

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drop down inside the hangar
deck through this number two

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elevator shaft. There is a
painted mural that we have only

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seen like a partial image of it
in photograph. Wow that's a

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great shot, guys. Oh such good
piloting. This is the first

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time we're seeing this whole image.
This is pretty amazing. Bravo

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Zulu, guys. Warships tend to be a
very stark utilitarian space

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and this is something that the
crew used to personalize it. Did

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you guys zoom in on that
deliberately? Maybe just a

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little bit. Maybe. You are
here. Coming up to the roll-up

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doors which is right where we
saw the car. Oh, wow. That's

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such a good view. Now, that's
just amazing. Here we go.

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Alright, let's come in there
video. It kind of does look a

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Woody. Certainly the window
pattern to the top match. Now,

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we just need a license plate.
There's your license plate. It looks

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like ship service. I think it's
very important that we keep

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recognizing the fact as we move
through this ship as we've seen

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in other spots that these are
places where incredible acts of

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valor, service, and sacrifice
did take place.

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That's a plane. That's a plane.
That's definitely a plane.

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There's a tire there. Yeah, so
I think this is actually two

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different aircraft. It's a
overturned aircraft. This is the

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first time we have actually
seen aircraft associated with

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the Battle in Midway on any of
these wreck sites. This is game

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changing in terms of our
understanding of the sites and

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in terms of the level of
discovery. It speaks again to

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the aspects of this battle
which was not only between

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ships but aircraft. So thank
you. This is really important.