The United States Navy fleet oiler Neosho is left burning and slowly sinking after an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers on May 7, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

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The United States Navy fleet oiler Neosho is left burning and slowly sinking after an attack by Imperial Japanese Navy dive bombers on May 7, 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

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