Oral Histories from the Crew of USS Yorktown in Battle of Midway

In interviews with The National WWII Museum, the crew describe the demise of the USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway.

[@Dennis-dn4wt]

I am getting to see what my Dad never talked about as he was on the Yorktown, wish he was here to watch this with me here in 2024 82 yrs later

[@dllahr]

Thank you for sharing these stories and putting this together and thank you to these sailors for their service

[@Prfdt3]

Dad was on Yorktown at Coral Sea and midway.Rip Dad.

[@mark-ib7sz]

I read somewhere that some men were trapped below decks and went down with the ship.

[@gordonbickel7182]

I knew a sailor's that served on York Town then abandoned ship when the ship sunk and he got served injured when a explosion accord

[@gordonbickel7182]

Hey ww2 museum how is the ww2 Germany howitzer during and 1 million watt flood light during
I delivered both of to your museum over 10 years ago