Title: Gunichi Mikawa Description: Gunichi Mikawa (August 29, 1888-February 25, 1961), vice admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, who led the battleship division screening the six carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, and commanded the 8th Fleet in the South Pacific, 1942-1943, in charge of the "Tokyo Express," sending reinforcements and supplies to Guadalcanal; he directed the disastrous attempt to reinforce Lae in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, February 27-March 2, 1943, where four Japanese destroyers and many transports were sunk by U.S. aircraft, with a loss of almost 3.000 Japanese soldiers and sailors; Mikawa also participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, another Japanese naval defeat, and was sidelined for the remainder of the war; Category: World War II Keywords: admirals, air attacks, aircraft carriers, airplanes, aviation, Imperial Japanese Navy, Japan, Japanese attack, Japanese naval officers, military leaders, Second World War, World War II, WWII Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 660 x 984 (1.49) Print Size: 5.6 x 8.3 cm; 2.2 x 3.3 inches File Size: 1.86 MB (1,950,514 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010470 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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