The Twilight Warriors (60 page)

3
“We are ready to launch the attack, sir”: Millot,
Divine Thunder
, 142–43.

4
“All right, you little gods, you’ve had the balls to come this far”: Hatsuho Naito,
Thunder Gods: The Kamikaze Pilots Tell Their Story
, 44.

5
“Is it, sir, that you lack confidence in me?”: Inoguchi and Nakajima,
The Divine Wind
, 144.

6
Dick Mason disappears after air-to-air action:
Air Group Ten Action Report
, March 21, 1945.

7
“I am going to ram a carrier”: Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, 559–60.

11
Three Seconds to Die

1
Loss of Al Hasse recalled by Erickson in
Tail End Charlies!
101.

2
Ziggy South ditches after midair collision: interview with James “Ziggy” South.

3
Silently they toss Al Hasse’s love letters into the Pacific: recalled by Lt. (jg) Fred Meyer in Erickson’s
Tail End Charlies!
101.

4
Windy Hill goes down off Kyushu: ibid., 106.

12
And Where Is the Navy?

1
Hirohito description, his reign called “Showa”: Max Hastings,
Retribution
, 39.

2
Adm. Oikawa and his staff have only a few days to decide: Russell Spurr,
A Glorious Way to Die
, 86–87.