On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...

Friday marked 80 years since a powerful moment of humanity occurred during World War II, when a Japanese Kamikaze pilot was ...

Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...

Eighty years ago, on April 11, 1945, the USS Missouri was involved with the Battle of Okinawa when kamikaze pilot Setsuo Ishino slammed his plane into the Mighty Mo’s side. The Mighty Mo was ...

A commemoration ceremony will be held Friday at the USS Kidd Veterans Museum to honor the 38 crew members who died in a kamikaze attack on the ship on April 11, 1945.

The Battle of Okinawa lasted 82 todays, with fierce fighting on land and sea. On April 11 the Missouri fended off aerial assaults from multiple directions and already had downed one kamikaze plane ...