70th Anniversary of the Turning Point in the Pacific

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the turning point in the War in the Pacific during World War II: the Battle of Midway.  

Associated Press reporter Audrey McAvoy has a pretty good article up on the battle, via Stars & Stripes.  An excerpt:

The U.S. lost one carrier, 145 planes and 307 men. Japan lost four aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, 291 planes and 4,800 men, according to the U.S. Navy and to an account by former Japanese naval officers in "Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story."

The defeat was so overwhelming that the Japanese navy kept the details a closely guarded secret and most Japanese never heard of the battle until after the war.