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5 Jun 1942: Japanese submarine I-25 attacked a merchant ship estimated at 12,000 tons off Seattle, Washington. Two torpedoes were fired but ...
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5 Jun 1942: Tamon Yamaguchi went down with the sinking carrier Hiryu. He was promoted to the rank of vice admiral posthumously. Read More
5 Jun 1945: More than 30 American ships were damaged by a typhoon near Okinawa, Japan.
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