YT-Y01 · Postwar witness interview through modern transcription

Miyamoto on Yamato’s final operation

Mission, attack sequence, air cover and the survivor’s perspective.

Author
USSBS / Commander T. Miyamoto
Date
25 October 1945
Passage
NAV 32 / USSBS 133, printed pp.136–140

What has been checked

Published transcript read; all seven images of the related typescript were inspected in the research audit.

How to read it

The transcript and typescript are the same testimony, not independent witnesses. Times, counts and identifications remain uncertain. Original typescript is separately accessible as YT-Y02; both preserve FUYUZUKI in the force list and FUKUZUKI in the rescue passage.

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