Word: mikuma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because of overconfidence and heavy cloud cover, the Japanese failed to spot and strike the carriers Hornet and Enterprise, whose planes ultimately hit and sank the Hiryu and the cruiser Mikuma. Though a Japanese submarine later finished off the York town, Yamamoto knew that he had lost and called off the invasion. Japan's main fleet never again sortied in full force...
...Corps defender of Wake, did not send the famed message: SEND US MORE JAPS. The message was idly tapped out by an unknown signalman. Nor did the U.S.S. Houston sink four Japanese transports off Java's Bantam Bay. They were actually torpedoed in error by the Japanese cruiser Mikuma, Toland reveals. General Imamura assumed that the Houston was responsible, and his chief of staff was too embarrassed to contradict...
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