Anonymous ID: 1475d6 May 3, 2024, 1:05 p.m. No.20815254   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5350 >>5357

#OTD in 1945, USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) was pummeled by six kamikaze strikes near Okinawa. The crew battled against raging fires and exploding ammunition to keep the ship afloat. A kamikaze propeller can be seen lodged in her superstructure, just forward of the 5"/38 guns.

 

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