From TheHistoryNet Newsletter:

* USS Laffey’s Pacific Ordeal **
Picket duty some 30 miles north of Okinawa proved to be a
harrowing experience for the crew of USS Laffey. On April 16,
1945, her third day on station, the American destroyer was
attacked by 22 Japanese planes.

http://thehistorynet.com/WorldWarII/articles/1998/0398_cover.htm

Tom Robison
Ossian, Indiana
tcrobi@adamswells.com
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