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Bow Sheared Off By Suicide Attacks -- Twisted and jagged steel was all that was left of the bow and forward hull section of the USS Lindsey, after ship was hit by twin suicide plane attacks while operating near Mae Shima off Okinawa. Explosion of forward Magazine added to the destruction that did everything but send the courageous vessel to the bottom. Fifty men were killed and 57 wounded in action which occurred on April 12, 1945. July 9, 1945. (Photo by ACME).
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Bow Sheared Off By Suicide Attacks -- Twisted and jagged steel was all that was left of the bow and forward hull section of the USS Lindsey, after ship was hit by twin suicide plane attacks while operating near Mae Shima off Okinawa. Explosion of forward Magazine added to the destruction that did everything but send the courageous vessel to the bottom. Fifty men were killed and 57 wounded in action which occurred on April 12, 1945. July 9, 1945. (Photo by ACME).
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Album / SuperStock / Sydney Morning Herald
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Image size:
1395 x 1810 px | 7.2 MB
Print size:
11.8 x 15.3 cm | 4.7 x 6.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
20TH CENTURY • AMERICAN DESTROYERS & AIRCRAFT CARRIERS • ARCHIVAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • ARMIES ARMY • ARMIES • ARMY • ATTACKED BY JAPANESE SUICIDE PLANES • BATTLE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • COMBAT • EDITORIAL • HEIMWEHR (AUSTRIAN MILITIA) • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOMESICKNESS • INFANTRY • LONGING (NOSTALGIA) • MILITARY • NEWSPAPER • NOSTALGIA • NOSTALGIC • PAST, THE • PEOPLE • PHOTOGRAPHY • PRINT • RETRO • SECOND WORLD WAR • SOLDIER • VINTAGE • WANDERLUST • WAR • WISTFULNESS • WOEFULNESS • WW2
