Mitsuru Yoshida

Mitsuru Yoshida (吉田 満 Yoshida Mitsuru January 6, 1923 – September 17, 1979) was a Japanese author and naval officer. He was born in Tokyo. He was the senior surviving officer on the battleship Yamato when it was sunk on 7 April 1945 during Operation Ten-Go, an attempt to support the defenders of Okinawa.

His best known work is Senkan Yamato-no Saigo (戦艦大和ノ最期, The Last Days of Battleship Yamato), based on his personal experiences as a junior officer on Yamato's final voyage. It was made into a movie Senkan Yamato ("Battleship Yamato" Shin-Toho. Dir.: Yutaka Abe) in 1953. Another movie Otoko-tachi no Yamato was released in 2005.

Selected bibliography

• Requiem for Battleship Yamato (Senkan Yamato-no Saigo translated by Richard H. Minear) ISBN 0-295-96216-X ISBN 0-295-96216-X ISBN 1-55750-544-6

External links

• Requiem for Battleship Yamato book review

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Name	Yoshida, Mitsuru
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Date of birth	January 6, 1923
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Date of death	September 17, 1979
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