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They brought what was left of Mineichi Koga to Tokyo in a special train. He had done no great deeds, but he had died (they said) in action-and he was the Commander in Chief of Japan's Fleet. They enshrined him as a minor Shinto god; the Emperor granted him two decorations and a promotion to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet; the radio implored Japanese to "live the Koga...
...might be on the way. Identification of enemy naval types by U.S. aviators occasionally leaves something to be desired; and last week's communiques on the reconnaissance reports may very well have duplicated each other. But it was clear that the commander of Japan's Combined Fleet, Mineichi Koga, had been stung into action. He sent forward to Rabaul substantial cruiser forces in support of troop and supply ships, still did not commit battleships or carriers so far as U.S. reconnaissance could determine...
...Japanese Navy was busy with its traditional mission of building and maintaining supply lines, 2) attrition of Japanese strength and additions to U.S. strength, in both naval and merchant vessels, had finally clamped caution on to Japanese helms, 3) the new Commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Admiral Mineichi Koga, was a careful man, and 4) the flexibility of Allied strategy had the Japs guessing about the best way of defending their home islands...
...Mineichi Koga knows that he cannot commit large forces to one sector of Japan's huge defensive perimeter until he is sure that a heavier blow will not fall on another sector. He has to hold back until he is sure. He has been holding back quite a bit lately. But some day soon he will have to strike. If he does not, the rest of what Admiral Nimitz said will come explosively true...
With his four stars, Tommy Hart outranks his opposite number in the Japanese Navy, Vice Admiral Mineichi Koga. Only Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, and Admiral Osami Nagano, Chief of the Naval General Staff, boast equal status...
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