Courtesy U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. The USS Missouri at the moment it was about to be hit by a Japanese A6M Zero Kamikaze while operating off Okinawa on April 11, 1945.

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.