tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post1549787562339662364..comments2024-03-16T13:05:52.650-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Home for Christmas? Maybe, Maybe NotJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-82927291060294877532011-11-23T14:00:20.983-08:002011-11-23T14:00:20.983-08:00Helpful list, Iggy. Thanks! And yes, quite a sober...Helpful list, Iggy. Thanks! And yes, quite a sobering thought. We owe these people quite a bit of gratitude for their heroic service.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-60421504649385658282011-11-23T07:53:37.804-08:002011-11-23T07:53:37.804-08:00The Japanese also used Kamikaze boats during the b...The Japanese also used Kamikaze boats during the battle of Okinawa. It must have been a truely vicious battle.<br /><br />Here is a list of ships sunk by kamikaze aircraft at Okinawa up to May 4th.<br /><br />Apr. 6 Bush (DD-529) (destroyer) <br />Apr. 6 Colhoun (DD-801) (destroyer) <br />Apr. 6 Emmons (DMS-22) (high-speed minesweeper) <br />Apr. 6 Hobbs Victory (cargo ship) <br />Apr. 6 Logan Victory (cargo ship) <br />Apr. 7 LST-447 (landing ship, tank) [9] <br />Apr. 12 Mannert L. Abele (DD-733) (destroyer) <br />Apr. 12 LCS(L)(3)-33 (landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III)) [10] <br />Apr. 16 Pringle (DD-477) (destroyer) <br />Apr. 22 Swallow (AM-65) (minesweeper) <br />Apr. 22 LCS(L)(3)-15 (landing craft, support (large) (Mk. III)) <br />Apr. 27 Canada Victory (cargo ship) <br />May 3 Little (DD-803) (destroyer) <br />May 3 LSM(R)-195 (landing ship, medium (rocket)) <br />May 4 Morrison (DD-560) (destroyer) <br />May 4 Luce (DD-522) (destroyer) <br />May 4 LSM(R)-190 (landing ship, medium (rocket)) <br />May 4 LSM(R)-194 (landing ship, medium (rocket)) <br /><br />This doesn't include ships sunk by other means - and ship that were "only" damaged. Frank must have had an eyeful.<br /><br />I'm so glad to see Frank got a ton of letters from home (even if they all came at once!)Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-25847440421510121672011-11-23T06:02:35.502-08:002011-11-23T06:02:35.502-08:00It sounds like he was chatty this letter. Perhaps,...It sounds like he was chatty this letter. Perhaps, excited or lonely...who knows. His letters are getting more censored than usual so the war is getting worse?The Path Traveledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17931107657755324419noreply@blogger.com