Hell from the Heavens: The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack

by John F. Wukovits

Book Overview

Looking toward the heavens, the destroyer crew saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese Air Force assembled directly above. Hell was about to be unleashed on them in the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.

On April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey were battle hardened and prepared. They had engaged in combat off the Normandy coast in June 1944. They had been involved in three prior assaults of enemy positions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030682454X
• ISBN13: 9780306824548
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Needs an editor

Poorly written and repetitious. Contains contradictory "facts." Look elsewhere for an account of the USS Laffey.