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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: DDH - Known But To G-d
Description: On February 21, Â 1945, the newly upgraded aircraft carrier USS Saratoga was supporting the landings on Iwo Jima. The night before she was detached with a small escort to bomb Japanese forces on Chichi Jima. The next day is overcast with very low cloud cover.
Out of the low clouds screamed six Japanese planes, who manage to hit the Sara's forward end, causing heavy damage and killing one hundred and twenty-three of her sailors. Another one hundred and ninety-two are injured.
Sara will survive the attack, but she will never serve in combat again. She is converted i...