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Hell From the Heavens : The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack by Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.;Wukovits, John F is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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The destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724), second in World War Two to bear that name, was attacked by twenty-two kamikaze pilots and survived severe damage in April 1945 during the invasion of Okinawa.Drawing extensively on letters written by crew members, as well as interviews with and memoirs of survivors, this narrative for general readers, history buffs, and scholars describes the April 16, 1945, battle at sea, when the USS Laffey was attacked by 22 Japanese aircraft. The book includes a complete list of the crew, a list of crew members killed, and a list of crew members who received medals for their actions during the attack. --Publisher's description. Read more... Abstract: Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force assembled directly above. Hell was about to be unleashed on them in the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.On April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey were battle hardened and prepared. They had engaged in combat off the Normandy coast in June 1944. They had been involved in three prior assaults of enemy positions in the Pacific,at Leyte and Lingayen in the Philippines and at Iwo Jima. They had
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- Author
- Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai.;Wukovits, John F
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780306823244
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.41 / 5 (50 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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