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    Publication Fact Sheet On the Verge of Breaking Down Completely – Surviving the Kamikaze Off Okinawa, 1945 [Image 1 of 2]

    Publication Fact Sheet On the Verge of Breaking Down Completely – Surviving the Kamikaze Off Okinawa, 1945

    WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC, UNITED STATES

    09.21.2023

    Photo by Monica Mccoy 

    Naval History and Heritage Command

    Publication fact sheet to support Naval History and Heritage Command's, "On the Verge of Breaking Down Completely – Surviving the Kamikaze Off Okinawa, 1945," by NHHC Historian Guy J. Nausti.

    https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/publication-508-pdf/verge_breaking_down_508_080323.pdf

    Published by Naval History and Heritage Command 805 Kidder Breese Street SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060 www.history.navy.mil

    Cover image: Battleship Missouri (BB-63) about to be struck by a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M “Zeke” fighter while operating off Okinawa on 11 April 1945. The kamikaze hit the ship below the main deck, causing minor damage and no casualties. A 40-mm quad gun mount’s crew is in action in the lower foreground. (Naval History and Heritage Command [NHHC], NH 62696)

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 09.21.2023
    Date Posted: 09.25.2023 08:08
    Photo ID: 8040110
    VIRIN: 230921-N-MF696-1004
    Resolution: 8662x11209
    Size: 4.21 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC, US
    Hometown: WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, DC, US

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    Downloads: 2

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