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Attack on Yamamoto (Hardcover, New edition)
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Attack on Yamamoto (Hardcover, New edition)
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A diligent, often dramatic evaluation of a durable dispute from WW
II: Which American pilot deserves the credit for shooting Japan's
greatest admiral out of the sky? In evenhanded fashion, Glines (The
Doolittle Raid, etc.) examines the circumstances surrounding the
end of Isoroku Yamamoto, the man who masterminded Japan's sneak
attack on Pearl Harbor. His rendezvous with death was set in motion
when US forces in the Pacific theater intercepted and decoded an
incautious message that the punctual naval commander was to make an
inspection of front-line air bases. Early on the morning of April
18, 1943, an Army Air Corps squadron of P-38 fighters intercepted
the light bomber in which the admiral was flying and sent it
crashing into the Bougainville jungle, killing all aboard. Long
after the successful completion of this odds against operation,
which (owing to security considerations) was not publicized at the
time, a low-level controversy arose as to who actually destroyed
Yamamoto's plane. Intelligence officers conducted no formal
debriefings after the mission. Accordingly, the boldly asserted
claim by Thomas Lanphier, Jr., that he had done so was long
unchallenged, in public at least. Lanphier's wingman, Rex T.
Barber, and others who participated in the operation, however,
never accepted their comrade's claim. Over the years, evidence has
accumulated that their doubts were justified. Cases in point
include 1975 testimony from the only known surviving pilot of the
six Zero fighters flying escort for Yamamoto. Having reviewed a
wealth of archival material and interviewed available eyewitnesses
(excluding Lanphier, who died in 1987), Glines offers a tellingly
detailed account of an epic air operation and its contentious
aftermath. His research convinces him (as it will most readers)
that the credit for having shot down Yamamota is solely due Rex
Barber. A splendid reprise (complete with big-picture perspectives)
of a turning-point chapter in American military history. (Kirkus
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