Download or read book Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 written by Merriam Press and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Coral Sea fought during 4-8 May 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other. Contents: (1) Battle of the Coral Sea (2) A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battle of the Coral Sea (3) The Battle of the Coral Sea: Combat Narrative (4) Battle of the Coral Sea: An Australian View (5) Coral Sea Battle: Interrogation of Commanders H. Sekino and Masatake Okumiya, IJN (6) U.S.S. Neosho Detail (7) Personal Observations of SIMS #409 Disaster. 171 photos and illustrations. A Merriam Press World War II History.