During the last weeks of the Pacific War in 1945, warships of the United States Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy bombarded industrial and military facilities in Japan. Most of these
USS Indiana bombarding Kamaishi, Japan on 14 July 1945
Ships of Task Unit 34.8.1 approaching Kamaishi on 14 July 1945
USS Massachusetts firing at Kamaishi on 9 August 1945
The members of USS Barb's crew who were landed in Japan on 23 July 1945 posing with the submarine's battle flag. It includes symbols marking the destruction of a train in this operation, shown in the middle bottom, as well as the submarine's shore bombardments.
John F. Shafroth Jr.
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John Franklin Shafroth Jr. was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of Vice Admiral. He distinguished himself as Commander of destroyer USS Terry during World War I and r
VADM John F. Shafroth Jr., USN
Shafroth's parents during his father's tenure as governor of Colorado
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Shafroth as Captain, USN in 1936.