On April 16, 1945, Commander Julian Becton was informed that a large formation of more than 100 enemy aircraft was approaching his ship. For 80 minutes, the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Laffey ...
USS Laffey faced the most intense kamikaze assault ever directed at a single US warship. Hit repeatedly by bombs and crashing aircraft, fires raged and systems failed. Yet her captain refused to ...