Tag: kamikaze
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Louis Veesenmeyer S1/c KIA by kamikaze 11 May 1945
Louis J. Veesenmeyer S2/c – Louis was born on 5 February 1923. He grew up in Chicago with 6 brothers and 4 sisters. The depression years were especially hard for a family with 11 children. During the war, Louis and four of his brothers joined the armed services. Elmer – Navy, Ray – Coast Guard,…
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Leo A. Nicholas GM2/c – Service # 2020619.
Story also posted on Fold3.com Leo Nicholas survived one sinking but was KIA by a kamikaze on the USS Hadley. Leo Arnold Nicholas was among the thousands of young men who enlisted in the Navy after the attack at Pearl Harbor. He was born February 20, 1917, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was 24 when he…
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Kamikaze pilot’s documents have been translated
This document was found on the Kamikaze pilot who crashed into the Hadley. The translation printed alongside document is in quotes below. On 25 May 1945 a work party was sent down into flooded engine room of the Hadley. They were to recover the bodies of five shipmates. It had taken two weeks to…