Okinawa Typhoon “Louise” – World War II
March 17, 2011
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With the recent natural disaster in Japan still very much on everyone’s heart, a monster World War II storm came to mind. In October 1945, a typhoon hit off the coast of Okinawa. It became known as “Typhoon Louise.” Seaman Dalles King was out to sea, aboard LST 133. “We had 80-foot swells—mountains of water!” [...]