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The Yamamoto Mission, Sunday, April 18, 1943 , by John T. Wible. Published 1988 by the Admiral Nimitz Foundation. New, softcover, 50 pages, illustrated. This monograph was published by the Admiral Nimitz Foundation as part of its continuing series of historical treatises about significant military operations carried out by U.S. forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The authoritative, well-written work is based on the author's correspondence and conversations with the mission's leader, John W. Mitchell, the two pilots, Rex T. Barber and Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr., who attacked Yamamoto's flight, and on official U.S. and Japanese military records. It was the first publication to bring to light in detail the controversy about which pilot, Barber or Lanphier, shot down the admiral's Betty bomber. The research correspondence notebook consists of photocopies of original letters to the author from Mitchell, Barber, Lanphier, and Douglas S.Canning (who flew Mitchell's wing and who first spotted Yamamoto's flight), and copies of letters between Mitchell and Lanphier and between Barber and Lanphier in which they question each other's recollections and telling of their role in the mission. The exchanges are frank and, especially in the case of Barber's and Lanphier's writings, "testy," for want of a better word. Because of their nature and sensitivity, they were considered inappropriate for inclusion in the monograph, which was written as a historical record concentrating on formal documentation and facts. Details, including a sketch of the crash site, were related to Shingo Suzuki, a respected Japanese military historian, during a meeting with Mitsuyoshi Hamasuna, the army lieutenant who led the search party that found the wreckage. Suzuki's letter at Tab 7 in the notebook also includes interesting information about the questionable autopsies of Yamamoto's body, and whether or not he died in the crash or survived it and lived for a day or more waiting for rescue. The correspondence package is nicely presented in a three-ring binder with contents in eight tabbed sections. In addition to the letters t is a transcribed (not photocopied) copy of the official Fighter Interception Report (a controversial document in itself as related by Rex Barber) and a photocopy of the War Department telegram sent to 1st Lt. Raymond K. Hine's father on 22 Apr 43 notifying him of his son's missing in action status. Lieutenant Hine was a member of the four-plane attack element, flying Besby Holmes's wing, and was shot down during the combat. He was never found. As a matter of interest, Douglas Canning is, at this writing, the sole survivor of the 16 pilots who flew the mission. Mitchell died 15 Nov 95; Barber, 26 Jul 01; Lanphier, 26 Nov 87; Holmes, 23 Jul 06. U.S. shipping only, $2.81 via media mail . Please note I accept PayPal only, with no exceptions. EMail any questions. All inquiries will be fully and promptly answered. Excerpts from some of the letters:"In my opinion this whole thing is a question of (Lanphier) taking it upon himself to claim something happened and defying anyone to say it wasn't so. With his father, Col. Tom Lanphier, Sr., being in the intelligence department in the Pentagon it is understandable how a one sided version of such an account could develop. I am of the very strong opinion that Lanphier has no more than a fifty-fifty chance of having shot down Yamamoto and should Barber's account be correct (and t is no reason to doubt it other than Lanphier's statements to the contrary) then t is practically no chance that Lanphier shot down Yamamoto." (Mitchell, 12 May 61)"Upon landing at base I was met with great excitement and much chatter. It was quite evident the mission had been a success. As I recall, at that moment Lanphier was claiming he had shot down Yamamoto, though at that time he did not know which of the bombers he had shot down (if any), nor did he know in which Yamamoto was riding." (Mi...
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