
On this day in history, Oct. 25, 1944, first kamikaze suicide pilots attack US Navy in World War II
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Imperial Japan sent its first wave of kamikaze suicide planes to the U.S. Navy off the coast of the Philippines on Oct. 25, 1944. Thousands were killed in the attacks by war's end.
By the end of World War II in the summer of 1945, about 130 American warships were sunk or damaged by kamikazes, according to several military history sources. "The Americans who witnessed these first kamikaze attacks were horrified and shaken." — James P. Duffy "The fanatical resolve of Japanese pilots turned their aircraft into human guided missiles." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
As many as 3,000 U.S. servicemen and women were killed, with thousands more wounded, in the suicide attacks.
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