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These survivors of an October 1944 kamikaze attack on USS Intrepid in the Philippines were awarded Bronze Stars for valor. As combat volunteers manning an antiaircraft gun tub, they shot off the enemy plane’s left wing and kept firing until it crashed into the tub, killing 10 men.

These survivors of an October 1944 kamikaze attack on USS Intrepid in the Philippines were awarded Bronze Stars for valor. As combat volunteers manning an antiaircraft gun tub, they shot off the enemy plane’s left wing and kept firing until it crashed into the tub, killing 10 men. (U.S. Navy/National Archives)