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Photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor - Shigeaki Mori, a Japanese historian and a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, shows two .50 Caliber shell casings recovered from a B-24 Liberator during a memorial event, Yanai, Japan, July 28, 2025. Mr. Mori is a prominent historian, and his work was critical in documenting the fate of the Lonesome Lady and her crew. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)

Tethered by Tragedy. United by Memory

On July 28, 1945, the B‑24 Liberator the “Lonesome Lady” launched from the Yontan Airfield in Okinawa on a mission targeting the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Haruna at Kure Harbor. During their mission in Kure, the aircraft was struck by retaliatory anti-aircraft fire from the battleship Haruna after dropping her bombs, later crashing in the

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