
Caption | Â Â Â | The launching of battlecruiser Kirishima at the Mitsubishi Naval Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, 1 Dec 1913 ww2dbase | |||||||
Source | Â Â Â | ww2dbaseMaritime History and Science Museum, Kure, Japan | |||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Â | Nagasaki, Japan | |||||||
Added By | Â | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Added Date | Â | 17 Oct 2010 | |||||||
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Licensing | Â | Public Domain |
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"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943
8 Oct 2020 10:07:24 PM
My Grandfather Kanekoto Iwamura was CO on this ship and previously the Tatsuta. I still have pictures of him (including on the deck of the Kirishima) handed down to me by my mother Shinako Iwamura.
Thank you for posting this history.
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