Yoshida Mitsuru

Japan · Pacific War — Japanese naval memoir

About

Junior officer aboard the battleship Yamato and one of the few survivors of its final sortie in April 1945. Requiem for Battleship Yamato is his account.

Books in Database (1)

Requiem for Battleship Yamato 1952 · 152 pages

A young ensign survives the suicide sortie of the largest battleship ever built, sent to Okinawa with fuel for one way.

Memoir

Events Covered

1945 Battle of Okinawa