| Location |
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| Item Call Number |
D 777 .F5 1947 |
| Status |
Available |
| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 777
- Item number - .F5 1947
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Field, James A.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Japanese at Leyte Gulf :
- Remainder of title - the Sho Operation
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Field, James A.
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| Varying Form Of Title |
- Title proper/short title - ShÅ operation.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Princeton] :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Princeton University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1947
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xiv, 162 p. :
- Other physical details - plates, maps, plans. ;
- Dimensions - 23 cm.
- Extent - 2 microfiches
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
- Media type term - microform
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| Carrier Type |
- Carrier type term - microfiche
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| General Note |
- General note - "A note on source materials": p. 149-150.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - The October situation -- The activation of the Sho plan -- The approach -- Y-Day : the air strikes -- X-Day : the high tide -- The end of a Navy -- Illustrations: Nishimura shows his hand, The BAttle in the Sibuyan Sea, Daylight in Surigao Strait, The first strike in the nort, Zuiho maneuvers under attack, Crisis off Samar, Bombs on Chikuma, The beginnings of organized Kamikaze, A suicide hit on Kitkun Bay, Saint Lo exploding after a suicide attack, The third strike in the north, The end of the road for Zuikaku
- Formatted contents note - Maps and charts: The Philippines -- Combined fleet, organization prior to activation of the Sho operation -- Combined fleet, organization as of October 25 -- Approach of the Japanese forces -- Man body, mobile fleet, united cruising disposition -- First Diversion Attack Force, cruising disposition at time of submarine attack, October 23 -- First Section, First Diversion Attack Force, anti-aircraft disposition, morning of October 24 -- The Battle in the Sibuyan Sea : track of Yamato, October 24 -- Advance guard, cruising disposition, night of October 24-25 -- Dispositions of the Third Section, Battle of Surigao Strait -- Track of the Third Section, Battle of Surigao Strait -- Dispositions of the Second Diversion Attack Force, Battle of Surigao Strait -- Main body, mobile fleet, anti-aircraft disposition of the Second Group, October 25 -- First Diversion Attack Force, night search disposition -- Blind man's buff : night in the Philippine Sea -- The battle off Samar : 0700, Kurita opens fire -- The battle off Samar : 0730, the first torpedo attack -- The battle off Samar : 0800, the second torpedo attack -- The battle off Samar : 0830, the end of the Gambier Bay -- The battle off Samar : 0900, the air attack -- The battle off Samar : 0922, extreme dispersion -- The battle off Samar, track chart -- The First Diversion Attack Force after reforming, October 25
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Naval operations, Japanese.
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