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Kamikazes, Corsairs, and Picket Ships: Okinawa, 1945.

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Kamikazes, Corsairs, and Picket Ships: Okinawa, 1945.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Kamikazes, Corsairs, and Picket Ships: Okinawa, 1945. By Robin L. Rielly. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2008. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 435 $34.95. ISBN: 1-93203386-1

Those steeped in the many World War II movies dealing with the Pacific, have seen plenty of scenes about Kamikaze attacks on the fleet off Okinawa. Often they show destroyers on radar picket duty and give an idea of the punishment inflicted on these ships and their crews.

It turns out that is only part of the story. Rielly spent years researching this little reported facet of...

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