Self-destruction
Tuesday, December 2, 2003
ON October 12, 1944, a squadron of two dozen Japanese bombers took off from Mabalacat Airfield in the Philip-pines heading for the Leyte Gulf where the US fleet was anchored. Bombs from the planes rained down on their targets sinking the cargo ship Santa Lo and wrecking half a dozen other vessels.
This type of attackthe brainchild of Vice Admiral Onishi Takejirowas used until January 1945. Then a new term was added to the World
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