The Twilight Warriors (36 page)

Okinawa invasion beach viewed from inland. (
NHHC
)

TBM Avengers over Okinawa. (
NMNA
)

The invasion beach at Okinawa. The first objective, the Japanese air base at Yontan, is at left. (
NARA
)

The superbattleship
Yamato
under way. (
NARA
)

The brass aboard USS
Eldorado (left to right):
Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman, Adm. Raymond Spruance, Adm. Chester Nimitz, Vice Adm. R. K. Turner. (
NARA
)

USS
Laffey
(DD-724) suffered more kamikaze attacks than any other ship without being sunk. (
NHHC
)

VB-10 SB-2C Helldiver approaching
Intrepid.
(
U.S. NAVY
)

VBF-10 Corsair in the barricade after a carrier landing mishap. (
U.S. NAVY
)

VBF-10 squadron insignia designed by Ens. Eric Erickson. (
U.S. NAVY
)

The black shoe and the brown shoe: Cmdre. Arleigh Burke and Vice Adm. Marc Mitscher. (
NARA
)

Intrepid
ablaze after kamikaze strike, April 16, 1945. (
INTREPID
SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
)

Yamato
under attack by U.S. Navy planes, April 7, 1945. (
NARA
)

Vice Adm. Matome Ugaki posing without medals in front of the Judy dive-bomber in which he flew on the last kamikaze mission of the war. (
CHIRAN KAMIKAZE PEACE MUSEUM
)