U.S. NAVY RESTRICTED COMBAT BULLETIN #6 KAMIKAZES BAKA BOMB BATTLE OF NAHA POST V-E DAY 28004

This black & white, restricted film was made by the U.S. Navy in 1945. It presents news from the Pacific Theater including the use of kamikaze attacks, the Battle of Naha, the Borneo Invasion and, in the European Theater, the end of the Nazi regime in Germany/Norway. Copyright 1945. Opening titles: U.S. Navy Combat Bulletin No. 6. Kamikaze Attack (:07-:28). Map shows the country of Japan. Kamikaze planes perform suicide attacks against the U.S. fleet in the Pacific. A kamikaze plane misses the ship and crashes into the water. Other Japanese planes crash into the or near the ships (:29-1:51). Japan uses all types of planes for suicide attacks. Kamikaze planes being shot at during the night. Kamikaze planes attack a U.S. task force but most miss their targets and hit the water. The aircraft carrier Bunker Hill is hit on the morning of May 11, 1945, while supporting the invasion of Okinawa. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) was struck and severely damaged by two Japanese kamikaze planes. Huge fires on board. Men use hos
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