Dixie Kiefer

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Dixie Kiefer was the captain of the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14). On January 21, 1945 the ship was attacked by two Japanese kamikaze pilots resulting in 144 men killed and 200 injured including Captain Kiefer. He suffered from 65 different wounds and a broken arm. He was raised to the rank of honorary commodore in a ceremony at Rockefeller Center.


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