One chance in a million!

[A. F Medic]

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[Bill Hollinger]

I think they both will still shoot!!! What are the odds?

[A. F Medic]

Ship is the USS Missouri...

[frankderrico]

Thanks Medic, I have herd of all kinds of oddities concerning Kamakazees. Such as finding remains weeks and months after the attack. One of my uncles was a Sailor on an LST and survived two attacks. One when the plane hit on a bounce and didn't expode, and one when two planes coming in for an attack veered off over the island (maybe had second thoughts?) He said that every ship and boat would have every gun firing at the incoming plane, that his LST had extra 50's mounted were they could, and they would weld stops on the sides so as not to swing into one of their other gun batteries. He was on one of the 50's and said he had the HMG bouncing off the stop but kept firing even though he couldn't hit the plane. That is how intense the moment was. He said they were totally exhausted after the battles.....Frank