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U S S Pinkney Hit In Okinawa Evacuation Run
The Navy transport U S S Pinkney carrying 100 Okinawa veterans faced a Japanese air attack. Thirty six crew members died, including 19 wounded, as flames engulfed the ship and doctors performed an appendectomy under lantern light. Cmdr Arnold A Downing led the vessel toward recovery in Oakland.
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Oakland
Calif
U.S.S
Radio Shack
Pinkney
Cmdr
Arnold A. Downing
Broooklyn
N. Y