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Author of book about WWII Battle on Okinowa — Guy Nasuti

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Echoes from a long-ago war, animate this Navy historian

A book by a historian from the Naval History and Heritage Command recalls a bizarre episode from a long-ago war. In the great WWII battle for Okinawa, Japan resorted to suicide missions known as kamikaze. The book's title says it all, "On The Verge Of Breaking Down Completely, Surviving The Kamikaze Off Okinawa, 1945. To talk about the book, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin was joined in studio by author Guy Nasuti.

Facilities/Construction

Military installations are also sites of American cultural heritage

Federal Report

Veterans Day: Holiday for some

Tom Temin Commentary

For D-Day: Ugly-duckling tech helped victory

Federal Report

A Veterans Day must-read

Federal Drive

Steven Barber: Putting the forgotten stories of WWII on the big screen

Defense

Photos: 29th Bataan Memorial Death March sees record numbers

This Nov. 20, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows opening ceremonies of the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon at Soldier's Summit, Alaska. Nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers helped build the highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP)

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The Greatest Generation remembered

A rose is visible on a seat before President Barack Obama speaks at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016, during a Memorial Day ceremony. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Tom Temin Commentary

On Memorial Day, the old ones remember the young ones

Mike Causey

D-Day plus 70

Defense

Replica Flying Fortress offers peek into WWII history

Mike Causey

D-Day plus 69 years

Mike Causey

D-Day plus 68 years

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Educating students about war

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Iraq war could cost as much as WWII