[What day is it today? | Tohoku Edition] What day is August 9th?

The day the second naval bombardment of Kamaishi took place (Iwate Prefecture)

twice bombarded the Nippon Steel Kamaishi Steel Works in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture

The first bombardment occurred on July 14, 1945 , by the battleships South Dakota, Indiana, and Massachusetts, the heavy cruisers Chicago and Quincy, and nine destroyers of Task Force 34.8.1, a division of the U.S. Navy's Task Force 38, resulting in the deaths of 431 civilians.

The second on August 9, 1945 , by the same US Navy Task Force 34.8.1 and the Royal Navy Task Force 37.1.8 (two light cruisers and three destroyers), resulting in the deaths of 283 civilians.

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