Rhode Island native John DeLeo served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is one of the last living witnesses to the ...

3 /6 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.

On April 11, 1945, a Kamikaze attack left the USS Missouri scorched but intact - along with the broken body of the pilot who struck her. In a gesture that shocked even the crew, Captain Callahan chose ...

Kamikaze sank their first ship on Oct. 25, 1944, when a navy Zero pilot smashed into the USS St. Lo in the Philippine Sea while carrying a pair of 550-pound (250-kilogram) bombs.

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

Japan Coast Guard Cmdr. Yuichi Kajiya and his son drop flower pedals off the side of the USS Missoui during a ceremony Friday honoring the 80th anniversary of the kamikaze attack on the ship and ...

U.S. Marines perform a rifle salute on board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Missouri and subsequent burial ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- A Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball on April 11, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa. The suicide attack instantly ...