About this episode

This episode explores the story of the first Kamikaze attack during World War II led by Lieutenant Yukio Seki.

This program follows the extraordinary story of the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II. At 7:25 am on 25 October 1944, just five days after the Kamikaze Corps was formed, Lieutenant Yukio Seki took off from this very location on the first official Kamikaze attack mission. Three hours and twenty minutes later, at 10:45 am, his unit reached enemy targets in the Gulf of Leyte. Seki was the first to strike. He deliberately dive-bombed his plane into the American aircraft carrier USS St. Lo...

People in this episode

Host: Gary Kent

Topics covered

• World War II
• Kamikaze pilots
• Japanese history
• military strategy
• aircraft carriers

Keywords

• Kamikaze
• World War II
• Japanese pilots
• USS St. Lo
• Gulf of Leyte
• military history
• dive-bombing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: USS St. Lo

Places: Gulf of Leyte

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