Selasa, 06 Maret 2018

Red Sky over Big Ben

Horror and heroism grip a badly damaged American aircraft carrier. At 7:05 on the morning of March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Hancock broadcast a sighting of an unidentified twin-engine aircraft to the ships of Task Force 58, positioned for attack southwest of Japan. A minute later the Hancock reported again to the group,  …

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