For the Empire of the Rising Sun, the end was looming large. By April 1945, US forces had relentlessly driven Japan’s once-expansive empire back to its home islands. Perched on the doorstep of Japan, ...

Relive the dramatic events of May 4th, 1945, when F6F Hellcat pilot Don McFerson and Fighter Squadron 83 faced waves of Japanese kamikaze float planes threatening the U.S. fleet off Okinawa. With ...