re: If you had to fight in WW2- Europe or Pacific

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Although kamikaze attacks occurred in both operations against support vessels, it was much more prominent at Okinawa. Iwo Jima had 318 casualties attributed to Kamikaze, while Okinawa was staggering. 36 ships sunk, almost 5,000 men killed as a direct result of Kamikaze attacks.

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My grandfather was a torpedo pilot in the Pacific. The father in law of the guy above probably knew him, it sounds like they could have been on the same carrier at some time. He was hit by a kamikaze and captured by the Japanese navy. Spent 2 years in a prison on or near Chichi Jima where the book Flyboys took place. He said he went in prison 6'1" and around 200 lbs at 22-23 years old, came out with no teeth and weighing 95 lbs