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Operation Iceberg: My Dad’s Ship During the Battle of Okinawa
April 1st, 1945 was the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. It was an Easter Sunday, just like today. It was the day that my dad, Floyd Whiteman, was injured in World War II, earning him the Purple Heart. A kamikaze plane dropped a 20mm tracer shell on the auxiliary engine room escape hatch cover. Dad was a radio man on the ship, repeating the captain’s orders over the horn for his shipmates to hear. Of the four men and one dog wounded, Dad took the brunt of it. Five men tried to hold him down while they took… Read More