The Twilight Warriors (57 page)

2
Lieutenant Seki’s unconventional weapons: ibid., 57–60.

3
The kamikaze attacks of November 25, 1944, are drawn in part from the excellent online study at
www.dayofthekamikaze.com
.

4
Intrepid
’s hangar deck is a scene of horror: Ray Stone,
My Ship!
167–79; White and Gandt,
Intrepid
, 113–20.

5
Intrepid
is headed back to San Francisco:
USS
Intrepid
War Diary
, November–December, 1944.

4
Tiny Tim

1
Holy shit:
Interviews with VBF-10 pilots.

2
The war news [for Japan] is all bad: Vice Adm. Matome Ugaki,
Fading Victory: The Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki 1941–1945
, 536.

3
the “Golden Mask,” label for Ugaki, from Evan Thomas,
Sea of Thunder
, 9.

4
“My thoughts ran wild seeking ways to save the empire”: Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, 531.

5
Your Favorite Enemy

1
From the lavatories come a steady litany of gagging and retching: Erickson,
Tail End Charlies!
71–72.

2
Description of kamikaze attack on USS
Randolph:
interview with Radioman 2/c V. J. Verdolini,
Randolph
crewman.

3
The Frances bomber plunges straight into the uninhabited islet: David Sears,
At War with the Wind
, 284.