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USS BUNKER HILL hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds on 11 May 1945 off Kyushu. Dead-372. Wounded-264.
Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. (12/1/1959 - ca. 1998) (Most Recent)
TJIDENG INTERNMENT CAMP, BATAVIA, JAVA. 1945.
TJIDENG INTERNMENT CAMP, BATAVIA, JAVA. 1945. EXTERIOR OF SOME OF THE HOUSES OF THE CAMP, PART OF A FENCED OFF BATAVIAN SLUM. EACH HOUSE ACCOMMODATED AS MANY AS TWENTY WOMEN AND CHILDREN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
The Shipwreck of the USS Indianapolis, 3:55
A sailor's sister remembers the lasting impact of the USS Indianapolis disaster on her brother during WWII and beyond.
Okinawa in WWII, 3:48
A WWII Navy veteran recounts the complexity of fending off Kamikaze attacks through Operation Big Blue Blanket.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
A man remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Devastation of Pearl Harbor
A 15 year old girl named Lucille lived in Indianapolis who experienced Pearl Harbor and the FDR Infamy speech.
Under the Waves
A daughter remembers the story about the the loss of her father, Joesph Hunt Bourland a submarine commander during World War 2 and the impact of his death across his family, his wife, and children.