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My dad was there, manning an antiaircraft position at the base of the Maryland’s #3 turret, when a Kamikaze penetrated the air defenses and struck the top of that turret.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

My dad was there, manning an antiaircraft position at the base of the Maryland’s #3 turret, when a Kamikaze penetrated the air defenses and struck the top of that turret.

That was back on April 7, during the battle in which Yamato was sunk. You can read about it on our April 8 post . Maryland would be the "heavy unit" reported as damaged.