Kokura
Americannoun
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Three days later the city of Kokura would have suffered the same destruction, but smoke obscured the bomb drop, so Nagasaki, the backup target, was annihilated instead.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2020
The Pentagon later released a video that it said showed a crew from an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from the hull of the Kokura Courageous.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2019
Operators from the Kokura Courageous and the Norwegian-owned MT Front Altair said the ships were freshly loaded with Saudi and Emirati petroleum products.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2019
An American bomber was headed to bomb Kokura, in the south of Japan.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018
Sweeney reached his target, the city of Kokura, at about ten-thirty.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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