Posted by Ultradog MN on April 07, 2018 at 02:04:40 from (172.58.83.130):
Good read about the decision to send the battleship Yamato to take on the huge American fleet at Okinawa. I have read in other sources that the US public was rather indifferent about her sinking as we had sunk so many of Japan's ships by that stage of the war that sinking even their biggest ship was barely a newsworthy event. By the way, the captain of the light cruiser Yahagi which was sunk along with Yamato was Tameichi Hara who was an outstanding destroyer captain and pretty much "wrote the book" on night time torpedo tactics. He survived the sinking and was one of just a handful of his peers to survive the war. If you've never read his book 'Japanese Destroyer Captain' I suggest you do. It is simply written and very good. As the Yahagi was going down, Hara was being pulled under with it and knew he would not survive. Then he remembered he had told his young son he would return and that promise gave him the extra ounce of strength to claw his way to the surface. It was a humanizing glimpse into the heart of a fearless enemy.
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