180127-N-DX349-067 FLANDREAU, S.D. (Jan. 27, 2018) Mrs. Iona Vigness speaks about her husband, Sylvan Vigness, at a ceremony in his honor, as Lt. Cmdr. Julian Carswell, commanding officer, Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Sioux Falls, looks on. Mr. 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. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Phil Ladouceur/Released)