Battle of Midway: 2017's Exploration for Sunken Aircraft
Author(s): Bert S. Ho; Kelly Gleason Keogh
Year: 2018
Summary
In May of 2017, the NPS' Submerged Resources Center and NOAA's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument conducted an exploratory survey for sunken aircraft from WWII's Battle of Midway in June of 1942. What was found spanned the centuries of maritime activity at the Atoll including the battle. It also displayed on the seafloor all aspects of the military's long use of the island as a base, and their lasting impact on the island landscape. Today multiple federal agencies manage Midway as a Wildlife Refuge, a National Monument within a National Marine Monument, and an active FAA aircraft runway. This paper will discuss the project's results highlighting how all of Midway's past and present were represented in the findings underwater.
Cite this Record
Battle of Midway: 2017's Exploration for Sunken Aircraft. Bert S. Ho, Kelly Gleason Keogh. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441522)
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Keywords
General
aircraft
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Underwater
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WWII
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
WWII, 20th Century, 19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 543