Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 15, Number 28, DeMotte, Jasper County, 25 May 1945 — Pilot Sank Yamato [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Pilot Sank Yamato

Lt. (jg) William E. Delaney of Detroit, Mich., navy carrier pilot who jtombed and sank the Jap super battleship Yamato. Delaney zoomed down and at 1,400 feet dropped four 500-pound bombs on the huge Jap warship, all of which were direct hits. Lieutenant Delaney was rescued by another plane after his own ship caught fire.