Word: henrico
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...days before the Okinawa invasion, a kamikaze fireballed into the troopship Henrico, killing or wounding 225 members of the regiment. Rockefeller was the senior surviving army officer, and though seriously burned about the face and hands-it cost him his mustache and six weeks in hospital-he assumed command until help arrived the next day. He came out of service in 1946 wearing a lieutenant colonel's silver leaves and a bronze star with oakleaf cluster...