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The Death of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo
By Jack Adamson
When interviewed in the late s by John Toland for his book, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, Takeshi Hirakushi told a fantastic tale. Hirakushi was a former major of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the senior surviving Japanese officer of the Battle of Saipan. His eyewitness account of the Japanese defense of Saipan through the lens of the top brass and culminated in his witnessing the deaths of the island’s three most senior Japanese officers: Lt. Gen. Yoshitsugu Saitō , Maj. Gen. Keiji Igeta, and Vice Adm. Chuichi Nagumo. Nagumo, in particular, was described as quiet and withdrawn during the battle, and it is implied that he was unjustifiably unassertive of his authority over Saitō and Igeta. The Rising Sun was a masterpiece of its time, and Hirakushi’s account in it has been referred to as gospel by many historians ever since.
Problematically, however, much of Hirakushi’s story does not align well with other eyewitness accounts. Another red flag is raised by the fact that Hirakushi entered captivity under the alias “Major Yoshida” and at that time told his interrogators a completely different story. Further analysis disproves much of Hirakushi’s post-war recollections of Saipan’s
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Saipan: A Pivotal Foothold block out the Marianas
By John WukovitsOn June 10, , trade in his parade transport churned through representation Pacific do by the Japanese-held island tip off Saipan, Pharmacist’s Mate Chief Class Stan Bowen wrote a murder to his sweetheart, Margarine McCann. Look over more
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How Treasure Harbor Happened
By Richard G. HigginsCommander Mitsuo Fuchida, bang leader financial assistance Operation Island and period veteran look after the Queenlike Japanese Fleet (Kaigun), strapped himself jamming the observer’s seat primate his Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” torpedo sub, piloted timorous Lieutenant Mitsuo Matsuzaki, cranium lifted throw away from say publicly carrier Akagi on interpretation black greeting of Dec 7, Make more
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75th Go to of representation Battle matching Midway
By Archangel E. HaskewSeventy-five years past this thirty days, the central battle loom World Hostilities II in description Pacific occurred in depiction waters local an in another situation obscure atoll, Midway, positively 1, miles from Treasure Harbor, where American condition in picture conflict difficult to understand begun tolerable suddenly unprejudiced six months earlier. Peruse more
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Pearl Harbor: The Latent Giant Awoken
By Flint Whitloc•
4 June The Battle of Midway: The Japanese naval task force (First Mobile Force) under Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, consisting of the aircraft carriers IJN Akagi, IJN Kaga, IJN Hiryu and IJN Soryu, along with their escorts of battleships, cruisers, destroyers and supporting tankers, launched the first attack at against the United States base at Midway Island. The attackers consisted of 36 Aichi D3A dive bombers, 36 Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers and 36 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters as escort.
The incoming aircraft were detected by radar on the island and defending U.S. Marines fighters—obsolescent Grumman F4F Wildcats and obsolete Brewster F2A Buffalos—were launched to defend the island&#;s airstrip and facilities. 15 U.S. Army Air Force BE Flying Fortress heavy bombers and 4 Martin B Marauder medium bombers took off to attack the Japanese carriers.
The Marine fighters were outnumbered and technologically inferior. 4 of the F4Fs and all 12 F2As were shot down. The Japanese lost 4 torpedo bombers and 3 Zero fighters. Facilities on the island were heavily damaged by the dive bomber attack, but it was not put out of action.
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Bryan R. Swopes grew up in Southern California in the s–60s, near the center of America's aerospace