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Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
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Prequel To Midway moreCast
(Credited cast)| Cliff Robertson | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Jeff Conway | |
| Gia Scala | ... | Karen Philips | |
| Teru Shimada | ... | Comm. Mori | |
| Patricia Cutts | ... | Lt. Peg Whitcomb | |
| Gene Blakely | ... | Lt. Len Ross | |
| Rian Garrick | ... | Al Schechter | |
| L.Q. Jones | ... | Yeoman Halliday | |
| Robin Hughes | ... | Maj. Jammy Harris | |
| Gordon Jones | ... | Torpedoman Bates | |
| Tom Laughlin | ... | Ens. Franklin |
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This movie is the prequel to the 1976 movie Midway. On May 8, 1942, the Allies won the first major battle of the Pacific War. The Battle of the Coral Sea was technically a draw but it saw a number of firsts_____for example_____it was the first battle fought in
which both sides never saw each other. It was a carrier battle. The first carrier battle actually. Japan lost the carrier Junyo and a destroyer. The United States, surprisingly enough, lost only one carrier, the converted battle cruiser Lexington, and one severely damaged. The Yorktown, which will go down a month later at Midway.