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NH 98264 USS Biloxi (CL-80)

Photo #: NH 98264 USS Biloxi (CL-80)
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Title: USS Biloxi (CL-80)
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98264
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