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Coral Sea

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Coral Sea, southwest arm of the Pacific Ocean, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu. The Great Barrier Reef lies along its western edge. During World War II it was the scene of a major U.S. victory against the Japanese in 1942; the battle, fought by aircraft near the Louisiade Archipelago, checked the southward expansion of the Japanese.

Coral Sea

Part of the South Pacific Ocean. It is located between Queensland, Australia, on the west and Vanuatu and New Caledonia on the east, and bordered on the north by Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Occupying an area of 1,849,800 sq mi (4,791,000 sq km), it merges with the Tasman Sea and Solomon Sea and is connected to the Arafura Sea via the Torres Strait. It was named for its many coral formations, including the Great Barrier Reef. During World War II it was the scene of a strategic U.S. naval and air victory over the Japanese (1942).


Coral Sea
the SW arm of the Pacific, between Australia, New Guinea, and Vanuatu

Coral Sea
first naval engagement exclusively involving planes versus ships (1942). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 488]
See : Battle


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That same year, Richard was declared missing in action during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Dunlop was flying an A-7E Corsair II from Coral Sea (CVB 43) on a bombing mission in North Vietnam when he was shot down by a surface to air missile.
 
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