Japanese Destroyer Captain by Capt Tameichi Hara Soft Cover

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Japanese Destroyer Captain by Capt Tameichi Hara

Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes

Soft Cover

310 pages

CONTENTS

Forewordix

Prologuexi

part one

BORN A SAMURAI1

part two

PEARL HARBOR TO GUADALCANAL35

part three

THE "TOKYO EXPRESS"85

part four

AGAINST THE ODDS166

part five

THE LAST SORTIE245

appendices

Appendix A: Sinking of PT-109 and Rescue of Survivors291

Appendix B: Nomenclature of Japanese Warships295

Appendix C: U.S.-Japan Statistics of World War II297

Index301

MAPS

Pacific Combat Theater62

Java Sea Battle, 27-28 February 194271

Battle of Guadalcanal, 12 November 1942135

Solomon Islands Battle Area173

Battle of Vella Gulf, 6 August 1943178

Destroyer Action, 17 August 1943187

Battle of Vella Lavella, 6-7 October 1943207

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, 2 November 1943222

Battleship Yamato's Track, 6-7 April 1945275

FOREWORD

As Japan began to get back on its feet after World War II, the Japanese public came to consider that war with detachment, and growing numbers of persons began to demand that the story be straightened out. Several excellent books were written by my colleagues in response to the demand. Most of these books, by former Imperial Navy flyers, are properly reflective of the authors' aerial background.

I was urged by many friends to tell the story from the surface side. It has not been an easy job, for destroyer men are trained in fighting not writing. This book, indeed, could not have been produced but for the all-out cooperation of friends too numerous for mention here. I can state, however, that all persons referred to by name in this book were either interviewed by me or voluntarily submitted their statements to me.

I am particularly grateful to my friend Ko Nagasawa who, as Commander in Chief of the new Japanese Navy, 1954-1958, not only gave me his own accounts willingly, but also instructed the Navy's Historical Section to cooperate with me. I am much indebted to all the naval historians who contributed so much to this work by allowing me to use the results of their research and study.

I trust this book will provide a comprehensive view of the Japanese side that will complement the many excellent American books which, in almost every case, are sadly lacking in accurate Japanese information. Accounts based solely on interrogations of Japanese survivors and veterans by the conquerors in the early days of the occupation were too often subjective.

In writing this book my greatest effort was to render as objective an account as possible. To do so, I had to be ruthlessly critical not only of myself, but also of friends who had helped me devotedly. It is a human trait, and the failing of every military officer, to try to cover up his friends' mistakes, if not his own. It has involved real pain, indeed, for me to avoid that failing.

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