Midway Islands

At the water workshop, Cameron Helman, 18, and Daniele Diruggiero, 17, of Port Washington, heard John-Michael Kostallas, who owns Kostal Paddle in Port Washington, narrate a video shot on the Pacific's Midway Island, where plastic refuse is lethal. “Right now, the mother bird is feeding the baby bird ...

How is it that Midway island's reef or the Great Barrier reef suffers the same damage as Oahu, but without the population and sunscreens? There is no question that organic and inorganic compounds associated with sunscreens will reach coastal waters either directly from people who have applied ...

The raid had frightful consequences for the Chinese civilians caught under Japan's rule — over 250,000 were killed by the Japanese in retaliation. American POWs held by Japan were also in for a rough time. The raid also prompted Japan to move to take Midway Island — leading to the Battle of Midway, ...

After graduation he served in the U.S. Navy at the submarine base on Midway Island during WWII and took part in early sonar research. He returned to Carbondale following the war and went to work for Carbondale Power & Light with his mother. The Company was later sold to Public Service of Colorado ...

Though Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto planned on drawing U.S. carriers into a decisive battle around Midway Island in June 1942, he first authorized Operation Mo in April to isolate Australia by dispatching two separate invasion fleets to seize Tulagi (part of the Solomon Islands) and Port Moresby, a key supply ...

Centrally sited between two other American possessions, Guam and Midway islands, Wake made a convenient way station for the newly established Pan-American Airways, and the Philippine Clipper passenger flying boat regularly landed in the lagoon for refueling. After 1935, travelers could also check ...

Decades later, they hold pieces of paper they never thought they'd have: their honorary high school diplomas. "I was at Midway Island the night I should have got it, but I didn't get it," said Hearon. Blount County Veteran Services helped these local veterans mark the milestone they missed. "Education is very ...

"Education is very important to me. Took a long time to get this, but I made it eventually," added WWII veteran Sterling Hearon. Both 95-year-olds waited more than 70 years for this moment and that piece of paper. "I was at Midway Island the night I should've got it," said Hearon. "I appreciate this diploma.

... the study said, citing U.S. military radioactive waste left during the Cold War at Johnston Atoll and the Marshall Islands. Other toxic materials can be found at additional sites, including Orote Point on Guam, Ulithi Atoll on the Caroline Islands, the Solomon Islands and Midway Island, according to the study.

Michael "Tank" E. Swartz, 66, of North Baltimore, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio following an unexpected illness. He was born January 26, 1952 to Eugene and Maxine (Houk) Swartz. He married Debra K Johnson on April 7, 1973.

Though Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto planned on drawing U.S. carriers into a decisive battle around Midway Island in June 1942, he first authorized Operation Mo in April to isolate Australia by dispatching two separate invasion fleets to seize Tulagi (part of the Solomon Islands) and Port Moresby, a key supply ...

That's encouraging for conservationists who have been monitoring the population, which is at about 2.5 million with the majority of breeding pairs on Midway Island — a total of about 400,000 pairs. On Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, 67-year-old Wisdom is raising her ninth chick currently.

Lexington escaped the attack on Pearl Harbor, having been dispatched to ferry aircraft to Midway Island. The first few months of the war were taken up by patrols and minor raids. In March and April, U.S. and British intelligence revealed a major Japanese operation in the South Pacific. U.S. commanders ...

Consider the world premiere of photographer Chris Jordan's conscience-raising Albatross, shot over a period of years on Midway Island in the vast North Pacific. Charting a course for the environmental documentary that transcends both nature travelogue and advocacy film, Albatross touches a part of us ...

Fate allowed the carrier Lexington to escape the destruction its sister ships suffered at Pearl Harbor. She was at sea, ferrying fighter aircraft to Midway Island in December 1941. Not long after, the Lexington was given orders to block any Japanese advances in the Coral Sea, which it did alongside the ...

Heather's husband Michael Billings owned both Fantasy Island and Midway Island and transferred ownership to her following his sentencing on federal charges in December 2016. Court records show that undercover officers visited Midway Island, 5215 NW 10, over the course of over two years. During that time, the officers ...

News 4 was there when the Oklahoma City Police Vice Enforcement Unit raided the Midway Island strip club, located at 5215 NW 10th Street, on the evening of October 27, 2017. At the time, police told News 4 the vice unit was working an undercover narcotics operation and officers were serving a search ...

Following sell-out screenings in Melbourne and Sydney, The Transitions Film Festival 2018 runs from this Friday night at Luna Outdoor in Leederville with a trio of films about the possibilities for a better world. The festival has been around Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Darwin since 2012, ...