Postby Rev. Doc » Sat Apr 16, 2005 7:12 pm
My son and I went to Patriot's Point down near Charleston, SC today. Patriot's Point is a maritime museum where a number of navel vessels are docked including the USS Yorktown and the destroyer USS Laffey. On April 16, 1945, the Laffey was targeted by a squadron of Japanese aircraft off of Okinawa. It was recorded as the worst kamikaze attack of WWII. 22 planes attempted to hit the ship. 8 succeeded. 32 men lost their lives during the morning attack. Heavily damaged the ship was still able to makes it's way back for repairs in Seattle, WA. Today marked the 60th anniversary of that attack. My father served aboard the Laffey on that day but was unable to attend the observance so we had the honor of representing him there.
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