987 51 601  FT-A Unit Locomotive
100 50 089  36' Steel Sided Caboose
Commemorative Pin / Certificate

Micro-Trains proudly presents these two items which are designed to complement the Battle of Midway Freight Car Set. The Battle of Midway is regarded by many historians as the most important operation of the Pacific Campaign of World War II taking place on June 4, 1942 approximately one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.  This was the first time that aircraft carriers from opposing sides launched strikes against each other.  The Japanese deployed 4 large Carriers; the Kaga, Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu in an effort to sink three American carriers; the Enterprise, Hornet and the damaged Yorktown defending Midway Island.  Although outnumbered, the US Navy decisively defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against the Midway Atoll, infllicting irreparable damage to the Japaneses carrier force and seizing the strategic initiative.