Hell from the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:030682454X
ISBN13:9780306824548
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Da Capo Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.92 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"
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1 rating
Needs an editor
Published by Tebel Shaw , 6 months ago
Poorly written and repetitious.
Contains contradictory "facts."
Look elsewhere for an account of the
USS Laffey.
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