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The first Murphy's petrel (Pterodroma ultima) ever recorded on Midway Atoll—which I spotted!

An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) peers through tall grass

A spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) swims in Midway's lagoon

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

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A bullethead parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus) swims through Midway's fringing reef

A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

Looking west towards historic buildings on Midway Atoll: torpedo shop with parachute tower, machine shop, carpentry shop, storage buildings, and the transportation building

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A mother white tern (Gygis alba) and her chick, conveniently located on my walk to the Clipper House dining hall

USS Smith (DD-378) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 12 June 1944 (19-N-67559)

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Aerial view of Sand Island, Midway Atoll, on 2 August 1942 (80-G-451089)

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USS Harrison (DD-573) underway near Ulithi, Caroline Islands, on 5 March 1945 (80-G-309053)

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SC 139928 - Pfc. Alden A. Fisher, Morganton, Ga., fires a bazooka, Pfc. William Miller, Oceanside, Long Island, is the loader

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USS Smith (DD-378) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), on 12 June 1944 (19-N-67558)

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USS San Diego (CL-53) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 10 April 1944 (19-N-64793)

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USS Hovey (DMS-11) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 7 June 1942 (19-N-30499)

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There's desperation in the face of this Marine as he summo…

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Aerial view of Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, on 2 August 1942 (80-G-451090)

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NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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NOAA/USFWS field staff on Laysan and Lisianski Islands and Pearl & Hermes Reef, facing two hurricanes and a supertyphoon, are evacuated to Midway Atoll by two MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from U.S. Marine Corps Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163.

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American troops, their landing boat 50 yards from the water's edge, wade ashore, rifles and other weapons carried overhead, joining the assault as reinforcements on beaches of Saipan, 1st day of the attack.

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USS Missouri. Pearl Harbour.

USS Bowfin Submarine.

Cpl. William B. Johnson, 20, (866706), 1419 Galveston St., Laredo, Texas; Pfc. Derwood E. Pelton, 24, (476099), 814 So. Gevers St., San Antonio, Texas.

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Plumeria (Frangipani)

SC 184757 - 41st Div. fire their 105mm gun from emplacement under a native hut in New Guinea, on Jap frontlines.

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SC 171588 - At the fighting front two soldiers string wire for communications between the 127th Regiment Command Post and the 5th Portable Hospital of the 32nd Division.

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SC 166668 - A hospital unit treks along the front after landing from transport plane in New Guinea. 15 December, 1942.

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Corporal James F. Allen, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence H. Allen, RFD 1, South Windham, Maine, holds a bleating kid found on Saipan. 7 August, 1944.

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SC 171592-R - Jap prisoners leaving temporary encampment for permanent prison camp just completed. First Island Command. 7 January, 1943.

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USS Pensacola (CA-24) in Massacre Bay, Attu Island, on 9 June 1944 (NH 97839)

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USS Bush (DD-529) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 11 June 1944 (80-G-187954)

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Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat ready for launch from USS Long Island (ACV-1) on 6 March 1943 (80-G-66753)

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USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 10 May 1943 (19-N-47574)

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USS Minneapolis (CA-36) refueling at sea from a fleet oiler, in January 1944 (80-G-K-109)

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A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

NOAA's marine debris ship, the Hi'ialakai, docked at Midway's cargo pier

A Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) rests on the beach. Photo taken from a distance of at least 50 feet.

Melissodes lustra, F, Face, CA, Santa Barbara County 2014-06-17-15.43.30 ZS PMax

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A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) pokes its head just above the gentle waves in Midway's shallow lagoon

Size difference between adult male and female Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis) and the vagrant female northern pintail

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An adult female Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) forages in front of the Chugach office among the fallen nuts

The sun sets over the western part of North Beach

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Looking north, toward the Finger Piers, from the north side of the harbor entrance

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Marine debris, largely composed of plastic, washes up on Midway's south shore

Full moon in the sunset as seen from the cargo pier

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Marines give first aid treatment to a wounded comrade as a…

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Aboard a Coast Guard-manned landing barge, Marines and the…

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Pacific Fleet Battleships - NH 45052

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B-17F over Bougainville Nov 1942

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USS Hovey (DMS-11) - 19-N-30499

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Seneca Station (Illinois)

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USS Wake Island (CVE-65) underway on 5 January 1945 (80-G-301306)

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SC 171590 - First Island Command, New Caledonia. Jap prisoners enter new prison camp built for them while they were being temporarily housed in a warehouse. 7 January, 1945.

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SC 334995 - Capt. Cecil Bayless, CO of M Company mortar, 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry, left, and Gen. J. Lawton Collins, CG of the 25th Division...

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SC 270781 - Tanks deploy alongside road awaiting further orders while men of 7th Div. look for scattered snipers after all organized resistance is over. Kwajalein Island.

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SC 171586 - Telephone operator makes use of a captured Japanese bunker for protection against enemy fire, at triangle point, while maintaining communications with the advanced forces.

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SC 364497 - Pvt. Jack Hunting, Texarkana, Texas, and Pfc. Alfred Livingston, of Company "D", 128th Infantry Regiment, at their 81mm mortar position on the front line.

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U.S. Marines started using two-wheeled oxen-drawn native carts to haul ammo and supplies into the hills and wounded back, over roads where even modern trucks and jeeps could not go.

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