At Okinawa, the USS Laffey absorbed an epic amount of suicidal punishment. On Friday, April 13, 1945, the USS Laffey sailed 20 miles west from Okinawa to Kerama Retto, a mountainous island cluster that was home to Wiseman’s Cove, a repair anchorage. Sailors aboard the battered ships there called it the “Bone Yard.” Among the …
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