USS_New_Mexico_Flak_Kamikaze_Battle_of_Okinawa.jpg
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A.A. fire from New Mexico (BB-40) as the first kamikaze, a “George II” begins its dive on 12 May 1945. A five-inch shell burst underneath of it during descent and caused it to narrowly miss. (80-G-326638, NARA II, College Park, Md.)
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