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    Ryūnosuke Kusaka (草鹿 龍之介, Kusaka Ryūnosuke, 25 September 1893 – 23 November 1971), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II who...
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  • American politician Ryūnosuke Kusaka (草鹿 龍之介) (1893–1971), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral Shin Kusaka (日下 慎), Japanese actor Takeshi Kusaka (日下 武史) (born 1931)...
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  • screenwriter Ryūnosuke Kusaka (草鹿 龍之介, 1893–1971), Imperial Japanese Navy admiral Ryunosuke Mochida (持田 龍之介, born 1993), Japanese weightlifter Ryūnosuke Tsukigata...
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    Navy during World War II. Fellow Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka was his cousin. A native of Ishikawa Prefecture, Kusaka graduated from the 37th class of the Imperial...
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    the sitcom M*A*S*H (1973, 1974). He was also cast as Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka in the war film Midway (1976). Morita had a recurring role in the mid-1970's...
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    Vice Admiral Shigeyoshi Miwa (3rd Submarine Squadron) Vice Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka (Chief of staff, 1st Air Fleet) Rear Admiral Tomeo Kaku [ja] (2nd Carrier...
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    muttering, “It's not time yet”. Nagumo's chief of staff, Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, was able to persuade him; Nagumo nodded, with tears in his eyes. Nagumo...
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    enemy air power was left to Toyoda's Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka. Kusaka correctly saw these strikes as a precursor to U.S. troop landings...
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    windows of the bridge by rope. Nagumo's chief of staff, Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, badly sprained both ankles and was burned during the evacuation. At...
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  • December 1913, ranking 90 out of 118 Cadets. His classmates included Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Masatomi Kimura and Raizō Tanaka. Aoki was promoted to captain in...
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  • James Shigeta Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo Pat Morita Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka John Fujioka Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi Lloyd Kino Captain Takijirō...
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    hospital and rejoin the crew. Meanwhile, IJN representative Vice-Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka arrives and briefs the admiral-in-charge of Yamato, Vice-Admiral Seiichi...
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    respected? Who cares about their glory? Damn fools!". Vice Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka flew from Tokyo to Tokuyama on 5 April in a final attempt to convince...
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    could be sunk and to use its artillery to defend the island. After Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, also volunteered to go, Prime...
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    planning was underway by early spring 1941, primarily by Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, with assistance from Commander Minoru Genda and Yamamoto's Deputy...
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    could be sunk and to use its artillery to defend the island. After Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet, also volunteered to go, Prime...
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  • Yamaguchi Commander, Second Carrier Division Ichiro Reuzaki Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka Chief of Staff, 1st Air Fleet Kan Nihonyanagi Rear Admiral Chuichi...
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    All Time". airpowerasia.com. Retrieved July 13, 2022. pp. 127–136, Ryūnosuke Kusaka, IJN Grand Fleet ch. 9, Gregory Boyington, BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP The...
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    armed and fueled aircraft in the vicinity. Nagumo's chief of staff, Ryūnosuke Kusaka, recorded "a terrific fire ... bodies all over the place ... Planes...
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  • Chūichi Nagumo (Commander-in-Chief of the First Air Fleet) Rear Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka (Chief-of-Staff of the First Air Fleet) Vice Admiral Shirō Takasu (Commander-in-Chief...
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  • received from the supposedly radio silent Kido Butai. Vice Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka stated, "It is needless to say that the strictest radio silence was...
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  • Kurita (1889–1977) Kameto Kuroshima (1893–1965) Jinichi Kusaka (1889–1972) Ryūnosuke Kusaka (1892–1971) Gunichi Mikawa (1888–1981) Osami Nagano (1880–1947)...
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    to defeat the US fleet. The Imperial Navy's Chief of Staff, Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, believed Biak represented the Allies' main effort, and a counterattack...
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  • Zakariás, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1924) November 23 – Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Japanese admiral (b. 1893) November 25 – Hank Mann, American comedic...
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    attack on Pearl Harbor written with the assistance of Vice Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, who Rosendahl had first met and befriended on the Graf Zeppelin circumnavigation...
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  • 18 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (d. 1960) September 25 – Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Japanese admiral (d. 1971) October 1 – Marianne Brandt, German industrial...
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  • Admiral Yamamoto. He relied heavily on his chief of staff, Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka, for decisions. At Midway, according to historian John Toland, Yamamoto...
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    done, the attack plan itself was written primarily by Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka with assistance from Captain Genda and Deputy Chief of Staff, Captain...
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    the planning to Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka, who was very worried about the area's air defenses. Yamamoto encouraged Kusaka by telling him, "Pearl Harbor...
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  • November 1943 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet 4 Rear-Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka 29 November 1943 Chief of staff of the Southeast Area Fleet 5 Rear-Admiral...
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