Willow Bark. Scientific names: Salix alba, Salix purpurea, Salix fragilis, and other species. Common names: Willow also is known as weidenrinde, white willow (S. alba), purple osier willow/basket willow (S. purpurea), and crack willow (S. fragilis).
Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allied forces. Share this: On this day in 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, ostensibly the greatest battleship in the world, is sunk in Japanâs first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa. Weighing 72,800 tons and outfitted with nine 18.1-inch guns, the battleship Yamato was Japanâs only hope of destroying the Allied fleet off the coast of Okinawa.
Not all the sailors could accept the idea that their mighty Yamato could sink or that they could die. Heiji Tsuboi, who had been a petty officer 2nd class and manned the battleshipâs No. 5 anti-aircraft battery, recalled: âWe were told [by] our Senior Chief that we were not able to return alive from the mission.â¦