180127-N-DX349-037 FLANDREAU, S.D. (January 27, 2018) Retired Navy personnel look on during a ceremony in honor of Sylvan Vigness. Vigness a U.S. Navy World War II veteran was awarded the Purple Heart at the ceremony for injuries he received on April 1, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, when a kamikaze attack struck his ship, USS Hinsdale (APA 120), a Haskell-class attack transport.when a kamikaze attack struck the ship. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Phil Ladouceur/Released)