The Twilight Warriors (63 page)

17
Divine Wind

1
Ugaki is opposed to the
Yamato
mission: Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, 575.

2
Bush
and
Colhoun
under kamikaze attack: Morison,
Victory in the Pacific
, 187.

3
Ordeal of survivors from
Bush:
Spurr,
A Glorious Way to Die
, 146.

4
Leutze
and
Newcomb
heavily damaged but still afloat: Morison,
Victory in the Pacific
, 185, and article by John B. Penfold,
Our Navy
magazine, January 1, 1946.

5
Emmons
ordered sunk by friendly gunfire: Morison,
Victory in the Pacific
, 195.

6
U.S. losses in
kikusui
No. 1 and ordeal of survivors: Sears,
At War with the Wind
, 326.

7
Kikusui
No. 1 regarded as a resounding success: Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, 573–74.

18
Breakout

1
Scenes of
Yamato
under way:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/novasupership
.

2
Yamato
’s passage through the Bungo Strait: Yoshida,
Requiem for Battleship
Yamato, 45–47.

3
Threadfin
and
Hackleback
tracking
Yamato
task force: Spurr,
A Glorious Way to Die
, 185.

4
“I do believe we learn about our position faster from their side than from ours”:
Yamato
’s navigation officer, quoted in Yoshida’s
Requiem for Battleship
Yamato, 43.