Again, using the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor 2009 calendar.
The May poster features a painting of Dorie Miller who received a Navy Cross at Pearly Harbor May 27, 1942 with the words "above and beyond the call of duty".
The inset picture was of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho under attack by US Navy carrier aircraft in the late morning of 7 May 1942. Photographed from a USS Lexington (CV-2) plane. There is also a map detailing the Battle of Coral Sea.
Dates from May:
May 4, 5 and 6, 1942-- Battle of Coral Sea
May 6, 1942-- Americans surrender in he Philippines.
May 8, 1942-- Japan suffers its first defeat of the war at he Battle of the Coral Sea.
May 8, 1945-- Victory in Europe Day.
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