USS Midway Museum’s 20th Anniversary Series: Operations Department This year, the USS Midway Museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary. To help observe this milestone, we will profile a specific Museum department every month, looking back at the department's early... March 28, 2024 20th Anniversary, Karl’s Korner read more
The USS Midway Museum at Twenty When the USS Midway Museum first opened its doors to the public in 2004, many still doubted if the experiment of creating a floating naval ship museum in San Diego would be a success. Two decades... February 12, 2024 20th Anniversary, Karl’s Korner read more
1965: USS Midway’s Deployment to Remember In March 1965, the USS Midway (CV-41) departed her Bay Area homeport of Naval Air Station Alameda for her first combat deployment. However, no strangers to waters off Southeast Asia, the carrier and... August 31, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
Korean-era Hollywood on the Flight Deck The Hollywood Take on the Korean War USS Midway Museum commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Korea War Armistice on July 21 with a showing of the recently-released motion... July 21, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
NAVY FLIGHT NURSES IN WORLD WAR II Advances in Aviation and the Emergence of Air Evacuation Advances in aviation by the 1940s offered an opportunity to expedite the transport of wounded personnel from the battlefield to established... June 23, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
The USS Midway Museum Welcomes “Top Gun: Maverick” on the Flight Deck This year, the USS Midway Museum is showing the international blockbuster film “Top Gun: Maverick” at its annual Top Gun Movie Night as part of a series of Legacy Week events over Memorial Day... May 15, 2023 Announcements, Karl’s Korner read more
The Navy’s Seawolves in Vietnam The Vietnam War involved fighting communist forces that infiltrated neutral Laos and Cambodia and were sustained by a stream of supplies from North Vietnam transported down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The... April 17, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
The Vietnam War Draws to a Close The eventual disengagement of American military forces in South Vietnam began shortly after Richard Nixon's election to the presidency in 1968 with a determination to preserve South Vietnam's... March 22, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
Pioneering African American Women in Naval Aviation Naval aviation is the most variegated form of flying in the world, with fixed and rotary-winged aircraft operating from land and an array of ship platforms. For officers, naval aviation has two... February 16, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
Major Military Anniversaries to be Commemorated in 2023 This new year of 2023 heralds a pair of milestone anniversaries for the Korean and Vietnam wars and the golden anniversary of women in naval aviation. This year’s blogs will feature a monthly... January 26, 2023 Karl’s Korner read more
