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Crewmen of USS Hancock assessing the damage caused by Japanese special attack aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945	Cruiser Yahagi listing heavily to port, East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945 at 1345 hours; note four American aircraft in flight on the left side of the photograph

Damaged USS Hancock hiding in smoke, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945	Explosion aboard the Yamato as she was sunk on 7 Apr 1945

Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki (front row, center) with members of his cabinet on his inaugural day of administration, Tokyo, Japan, 7 Apr 1945; note Mitsumasa Yonai (front row, first from right) and Korechika Anami (rear row, first from left)	Louisville off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States, 7 Apr 1945

Mark XIII torpedo with wooden drag ring being loaded into a United States Navy PV-2 Harpoon of Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-139 at Casco Field, Attu Island, Aleutians, Alaska, 7 Apr 1945. Note the Marsden Matting.	Polish destroyer Garland underway, 7 Apr 1945

United States Navy PV-2 Harpoon of Patrol Bombing Squadron VPB-139 at Casco Field, Attu Island, Aleutians, Alaska, 7 Apr 1945.	USS Hancock burning after being struck by a kamikaze special attack aircraft off Okinawa, 7 Apr 1945. Note fires burning fore and aft, and TBM Avenger flying over the carrier. Photographed from USS Pasadena.

USS Hancock burning after being struck by special attack aircraft, off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945; note USS Essex's flight deck in foreground	USS Hancock maneuvering to control fires after being hit by a Japanese special attack aircraft off Okinawa, Japan, 7 Apr 1945

Yahagi being straddled by near misses, East China Sea, 7 April 1945	Yamato and a destroyer in action, 7 Apr 1945

Yamato being attacked in the East China Sea, 7 Apr 1945. Note the Agano-class cruiser Yahagi in the upper left distance.	Yamato exploded, 7 Apr 1945

Yamato listing but still underway, 7 Apr 1945	Yamato maneuvering, 7 Apr 1945

Yamato with a destroyer, listing heavy to port, 7 Apr 1945	Americans attacked Japanese snipers in a cave with bazooka and small arms, northern coast of Iwo Jima, during mop up operations, 8 Apr 1945