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People gather around a car used by a suicide bomber following an explosion in a church compound in Bauchi, Nigeria, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Shehu Saulawa)
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Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as a judge reads the verdict on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power, in Cairo on Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)
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Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves from a vehicle to cheering Karen refugees as she tours Mae La refugee camp in Tha Song Yang district, Tak province, northern Thailand, Saturday, June 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)
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In this video image taken from Egyptian State Television, 84-year-old former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is seen in the defendant's cage as a judge reads the verdict in on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, June 2, 2012. Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison after a court convicted him on charges of complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising that forced him from power. (AP Photo/Egyptian State TV)
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President Franklin Roosevelt bestowed the nation's highest decoration posthumously upon Captain Richard E. Fleming, Marine pilot cited for heroic action in the Battle of Midway, when he handed the Congressional Medal of Honor to the flier's mother, Mrs. Michael E. Fleming, of St. Paul, Minn., in a ceremony at Washington, D.C. on Nov. 24, 1942. Standing between them at the White House is Lieut. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, commandant of the Marine Corps. (AP Photo/George R. Skadding)
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President Franklin Roosevelt shakes hands Oct 1, 1942, with the chief petty officer at the Naval Hospital in San Diego while on his tour of the nation's war plants and defense facilities during World War II. More seriously wounded seamen looked on from wheelchairs. The men were wounded in the Battles of Carol Sea and Midway. At right stood Gov. Culbert L. Olson of California. (Associated Press/U.S. Navy)
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The USS Yorktown lists heavily to port after being struck by Japanese bombers and torpedo planes in the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1942, during World War II. A destroyer stands by at right to assist as a salvage crew on the flight deck tries to right the stricken aircraft carrier. A few hours later, the Yorktown was hit with Japanese torpedoes and sank. (Associated Press/U.S. Navy)
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Crewmen picking their way along the sloping flight deck of the aircraft carrier Yorktown as the ship listed, head for damaged sections to see if they can patch up the crippled ship on June 8, 1942. Later they has to abandon the carrier and two torpedo hits from a Japanese submarine's torpedoes sent the ship down to the bottom after the battle of Midway. (Associated Press/U.S. Navy)
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Smoke rises from the U.S. aircraft carrier Yorktown after it is bombed by Japanese carrier Hiryu in the Battle of Midway during World War II on June 4, 1942. Later, the carrier was sunk by torpedoes from a Japanese submarine after the crew had abandoned ship. Ultimately, the U.S. victory in the naval battle ended the Japanese advance in the Pacific Ocean. (Associated Press/U.S. Navy)
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Retired Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers, 92, looks at medals he received while on active duty during World War II at his home in Arlington, Va. on May 3, 2012. Showers is one of the remaining survivors that helped lead the effort to break the Japanese code which resulted in a victory at battle of Midway in 1942. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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An American code-breaking machine known as an Enigma sits on display at the Cryptology Museum near Fort Meade, Maryland. This machine was used to send and receive encrypted messages to military forces during World War II. (The Washington Times/File)
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Retired Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers, 92, shows his 1942 military registration card, or identification card, at his home in Arlington, Va., on November 22, 2011. Showers is one of the remaining survivors that helped lead the effort to break the Japanese code which resulted in a victory at battle of Midway in 1942. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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A Mogami class Japanese cruiser is the flaming target of carrier-based U.S. naval aircraft in the historic battle of Midway which raged for three days in June 1942. In this battle, the Japanese navy was dealt a paralyzing blow from which it never recovered, and turned the tide of the Pacific war. The Japanese cruiser's superstructure is shown twisted and flaming white-hot, her big guns pointing helter-skelter and her port holes awash. (Associated Press)
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Two U.S. dive bombers fly over a burning Japanese ship during the battle of Midway on June 7, 1942. Under the incessant pounding of American fliers, 20 ships of the enemy armada of 80 were sunk or damaged and the others put to flight. (Associated Press)
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Black smoke rises from a burning U.S oil tank, set afire during a Japanese air raid on Midway Atoll on June 4, 1942. (Associated Press)
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Smoke rises from the USS Yorktown after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near the Midway Islands in June 1942 during World War II. Bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air. (Associated Press/U.S. Navy)
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Retired Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers, 92, sits in his office as he stares at a portrait of himself from the 1940s at his home in Arlington, Va., on May 3, 2012. Showers is one of the remaining survivors that helped lead the effort to break the Japanese code which resulted in a victory at battle of Midway. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
