Saturday, July 16, 2005
Old enemies surface
It’s odd in today’s modern age to read a story of an enemy kamikaze (suicide bomber).
The U.S. warships were so close that Toshio Yoshitake could see the black puffs of anti-aircraft-gun smoke wafting up from the blue sea below. Flying over the Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, he figured that in another 20 minutes he would be upon them and, in a ball of fire, fulfil his duty.
What’s even more odd is that he was involved in a battle where my grandfather’s ship was sunk.
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