Photo #: NH 98264
USS Biloxi (CL-80)
"On the morning of March 27, 1945 during Okinawa preparations
four suicide planes attacked the light cruiser USS Biloxi.
Three were shot down in flames but the fourth broke through the
umbrella of ack-ack to smash itself against the cruiser's side.
Later investigation revealed a 500-kilogram bomb which failed
to explode. Rendered harmless, the bomb became the prized possession
of the quarterdeck where it is shown being examined by Major
Anthony V. Ragusin (right) of Biloxi, Miss., and Ensign Jack
Fisher, USNR, of Natchitoches, La., both of whom are attached
to the staff of the Commander in Chief Pacific Ocean Areas."
(Quoted from the original caption released with this photograph
on 7 September 1945.)
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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