The Twilight Warriors (64 page)

5
Floatplanes catapult from
Yamato:
Spurr,
A Glorious Way to Die
, 203.

19
Race for Glory

1
Mitscher profile: Taylor,
The Magnificent Mitscher
, 189; Tuohy,
America’s Fighting Admirals
.

2
Asashimo
falls behind task force: Yoshida,
Requiem for Battleship
Yamato, 54.

3
“He looked like hell”: Burke’s appraisal of Mitscher’s condition drawn from Potter,
Admiral Arleigh Burke
, 250.

4
“You take them”: ibid., 250.

20
First Wave

1
Scenes of preparation for
Yamato
strike based on interviews with Felix Novelli and Wesley Hays, and recollections of Roy Erickson in
Tail End Charlies!

2
More than 250 American warplanes spotted heading north: Yoshida,
Requiem for Battleship
Yamato, 61.

3
“We hope you will bring back a nice fish for breakfast”: Turner to Deyo, as quoted by Morison in
Victory in the Pacific
, 204.

4
“Commence firing!” Yoshida,
Requiem for Battleship
Yamato, 64.

5
Downing of Bill Delaney from
http://www.ussbelleauwood.com/air_group_30.htm
, and Spurr,
A Glorious Way to Die
, 249–51.

21
Ducks in a Gallery