The Raiders of Taffy 3: Abridged Translation of the IJN Action Reports
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Dimensions: 6 x 1.17 x 9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1521484425
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1521484422
Print length: 466 pages
Publication date: June 16, 2017
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review: Editorial Reviews From the Author When I found the IJN action reports of Takeo Kurita's First Raiding Force on the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records website it became apparent this was a treasure of information too valuable to leave undocumented. With the actual Japanese documents in hand I then turned to the task of translating them myself. After exploring the available computer language translation software available I discovered Google's on-line translation tools. So for a year I did nothing but translate documents. What I ended up with was a translation of the parts of the documents related to the tactical aspects of the battle. This was substantially a minute to minute account. The result is a view of the Battle for Taffy 3 from the Japanese commander's perspective. Along with the American action reports these documents provide a more accurate understanding of what really happened that day, Wednesday, October 25th, 1944. About the Author Byron was born and raised in Louisiana, educated at Louisiana State University and is currently living in Baton Rouge.