Despite heavy damage, Frank Fletcher's Yorktown survived this battle and played a crucial role in the ensuing Battle of Midway.
After this engagement, TIME speculated that Herbert Leary had actually been in command due to its location, while Milton Ricketts earned a medal of honor here for turning on a fire hose before expiring from shrapnel. Near mastery of the Ro code aided the winning side, while the losing commander was forced to take a position at a war college after his side was forced into the Kokoda Track campaign. Shigeyoshi (*) Inoue was unable to launch a naval invasion against Port Moresby in the wake of this battle, which saw the Shoho sunk and kept the light carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku from another clash a month later. Despite heavy damage, Frank Fletcher's Yorktown survived this battle and played a crucial role in the ensuing Battle of Midway. Seeing the sinking of the Lexington, for 10 points, name this May, 1942 battle, the first major carrier engagement, fought in a namesake body of water off Australia.
After this engagement, TIME speculated that Herbert Leary had actually been in command due to its location, while Milton Ricketts earned a medal of honor here for turning on a fire hose before expiring from shrapnel.
Battle of {Coral Sea}