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Japanese Special Operations Suicide Attack on Yontan Airfield Okinawa

By Steve Balestrieri | May 24, 2017 Admin, Air Force, Army, History, Navy, SOF, SpecOps, USMC

In the closing days of World War II, the US and the rest of the allies had defeated Germany and Hitler was dead, Italy had capitulated, and Mussolini was executed by partisans. Only Japan was left and the US was tightening the noose around the Japanese homeland. A successful but bloody island hopping campaign had More »