Hell from the heavens
Subtitle: the epic story of the USS Laffey and World War II's greatest kamikaze attack
By: John F. Wukovits
Publisher: Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780306823244
Subjects: Japanese Aerial operations; Campaigns; Laffey (Ship); American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Japan; Kamikaze pilots; Japan. Kaigun. Kamikaze Tokubetsu Kōgekitai
Description: The destroyer USS Laffey (DD-724), second in World War Two to bear that name, was attacked by twenty-two kamikaze pilots and survived severe damage in April 1945 during the invasion of Okinawa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The Normandy training ground; title: The formation of a crew; title: Off Normandy's shores; title: To the Pacific; title: Part II. Into Pacific combat; title: Kamikazes stage a terrifying introduction; title: North from the Philippines; title: Part III. Hell from the heavens; title: First days at Okinawa; title: The triumph of Laffey's gunners; title: Agony on the afterdeck; title: Defying the odds; title: A lasting legacy.