At dawn on May 8, 1942, the Japanese fleet launched a search mission to locate the U.S. carriers, with aircraft deployed from various bases and accompanied by additional screening forces. By midmorning, both fleets had launched strikes against each other, with the U.S. carriers Yorktown and Lexington, aiming to neutralize the Japanese forces.

Amid heavy cloud cover, the Yorktown dive bombers managed to locate the Japanese Aircraft Carrier Shōkaku...

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