Battleship Musashi: Sistership of Yamato

A personal account of Japanese battleship Musashi’s sinking from a surviving crewmember.

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[vicmclaglen]

That guy looks really good for having been on Musashi over 70 years ago

[Miokomata]

The look of his eyes when he's revisiting the Musashi's death. The feels ;_;

[santiago]

Thanks war gaming for interweing a japanese veteran, this is such a good thing since they get so little attention, so again thanks you : )

[firefightergoggie]

For my money, the Musashi and Yamato were the most beautiful of the capital ships of WW2. They looked wonderful.

[johnrettig]

This was really good and straight forward .
Not bad since History Channel doesn't show history anymore .

[hansmagne]

let us all thank Mr. Tsukada Yoshiaki for speaking, Its obvious some of that was hard to say but it was good to hear from someone who served on Musashi to speak about Musashi.

[rickb]

Poor guy. Reminds me of my Grandpa whenever asked about the Battle of the Bulge. He couldn't say much with his mouth that his face didn't say already :/

[leftdeadian]

Musashi is now resting underwater in the Philippines.

[demoncleaner]

My favorite PC game does better history documentaries in 8 minutes than The History Channel.

[BuzzSargent]

Thank you for the wonderful interview with Tsukada Yoshiaki. It is so rare and important to have visits with actual veterans of World War II because they are dying off in great numbers now. I was amazed by the detail he has of the events. What a good man, doing his job for his nation. We can respect each other now time has moved on. Happy Trails

[linaslinas]

What an amazing veteran. How lucky I’m I to know his story. We should all pay our respects to elders who gave their life in such a horrific way.
My respects to him.

[stevenfu]

Respect to all soldiers who served their country, also those who gave their life.

[markmcdermott]

That Japanese sailor is a very brave man. Think of flying in a prop plane without missiles, and attack a ship around 4 city blocks long and hundreds of guns shooting at you out at sea!!
Then think of the men below decks who have no idea what is going on outside, they get thrown to their feet with crazy emergency turns of the ship and then the bulkhead rips open from a torpedo and the engineering space you are in immediately floods!! as scary as it gets!! Wait untill they lock down the hatch so you cannot get out to save the ship, then see how brave you are.
I salute all sailors from all nations.

[allfredo]

As an American in the Philippines as my wife is Filipina we once sailed from the city of Siragao to Leyte on a big inter island ship as everything looked normal and calm. But, I knew that was the exact waterway the Mussahi had last sailed up in the battle of Leyte Golf.

Today we talk about Leyte Golf as a great American victory and it was, but really- The Japanese walked right into their Custard's Last Stand where they were out matched, out gunned and the American Navy- there, outside of Siargao were waiting for them complete with the latest radar detection equipment of their time- The Mussashi never had a chance!

[Havok]

Thank you for your service Mr. Yoshiaki.

[TheManFromWaco]

IJN: We built the largest battleship ever.
USN: You built the largest target ever.

[davidliou]

"Musashi" was hit by a total of 19 torpedoes and 17 aerial bombs.
A large group of tiger bees can kill a cow

[davids]

No one at the beginning of the Pacific War in 1941 could imagine the U.S. Navy sending over 300 airplanes to attack a single battleship. Even U.S. Naval officers during WW2 wanted to bring U.S. battleships out front to meet Japanese battleships one on one. Capital ships take a long time to build. A lot of American warships took so long to build, that by the time they were finished, they weren't needed any longer. Many ended up being put into storage and eventually scrapped. Iowa class battleships may have seen their day in 1945. But they were still in use until the 1990's.

[manuel_the_q]

Dang dude. No matter how much time passes, wars just never change. Young men have to fight, and die, for the sake of old men who are, most likely, safe in some reinforced building. It seems no country is free from this curse.