Requiem for Battleship Yamato /
Yoshida Mitsuru ; translation and introduction by Richard H. Minear.
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Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Japanese Names and Terms; Translator's Introduction; Battleships and Battleship Yamato; Photos; Requiem for Battleship Yamato; At Anchor; Leaving Kure Harbor; Waiting; The Night Before the Mission; The Morning of the Sortie; The Operation Commences; Entering Hostile Waters; Morning on the High Seas; The Battle Begins; The Radar Compartment Takes a Bomb; The Fierce Assault: Second Wave; Unrelenting Fierce Assault; A Sudden Turn for the Worse; The Bitter Struggles of Our Escort Ships; A Brief Respite; The Rush to the Kill; Death Agonies. The Breakup of the Task ForceThe Fateful Moment; Last Dispositions; Escape from the Bridge; The Great Whale Sinks; Explosion; Adrift; Rescue; The Remnants of the Task Force; Tales Told by Some of Those Rescued; Safe Return; Some Reflections.
A young ensign on the bridge of the fabled battleship Yamato during her final battle, recounts his experience.
English.
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Yoshida, Mitsuru. Yoshida, Mitsuru
Yamato (Battleship) Yamato (Battleship)
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese. HISTORY--Western.--Europe Military operations, Naval--Japanese
Personal narratives Personal narratives--Japanese Personal narratives. R�ecits personnels.