Oral History Interview with Kenji Yanagiya, April 15, 1988 transcript

Oral History Interview with Kenji Yanagiya, April 15, 1988

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenji Yanagiya. Yanagiya served as a warrant officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy and flew over 100 missions. He describes serving as a fighter escort for Admiral Yamamoto when the admiral’s plane was attacked. He observed the bomber carrying the admiral’s staff go down in the ocean and saw the plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto go down into the jungle. Yanagiya also mentions seeing a P-38 trailing smoke. The interviewer states the P-38 was flown by Lieutenant Raymond Hine. Yanagiya tells of the Japanese flight commander reporting the incident to the commanding officer after the attack.
Date: April 15, 1988
Creator: Yanagiya, Kenji
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Kenji Yanagiya, April 15, 1988 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Kenji Yanagiya, April 15, 1988

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Kenji Yanagiya. Yanagiya served as a warrant officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy and flew over 100 missions. He describes serving as a fighter escort for Admiral Yamamoto when the admiral’s plane was attacked. He observed the bomber carrying the admiral’s staff go down in the ocean and saw the plane carrying Admiral Yamamoto go down into the jungle. Yanagiya also mentions seeing a P-38 trailing smoke. The interviewer states the P-38 was flown by Lieutenant Raymond Hine. Yanagiya tells of the Japanese flight commander reporting the incident to the commanding officer after the attack.
Date: April 15, 1988
Creator: Yanagiya, Kenji
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Academic Panel, Part 1] captions transcript

[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Academic Panel, Part 1]

A recording of the Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Symposium academic panel, including Dr. Dean Allard as the moderator and panel speakers including Dr. Joseph Dawson III, Dr. Roger Beaumont, Capt. Roger Pineau, Dr. Paul Woodruff, and Dr. Manuel Davenport. The five speakers discuss the historical context to attacks upon senior military leaders, the planning of the Yamamoto mission, and the ethical issues involved in signalling out for attack.
Date: 1988-04-16/1988-04-17
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Academic Panel, Part 2] captions transcript

[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Academic Panel, Part 2]

A recording of the Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Symposium academic panel, including Dr. Dean Allard as the moderator and panel speakers including Dr. Joseph Dawson III, Dr. Roger Beaumont, Capt. Roger Pineau, Dr. Paul Woodruff, and Dr. Manuel Davenport. The five speakers discuss the historical context to attacks upon senior military leaders, the planning of the Yamamoto mission, and the ethical issues involved in signalling out for attack. The recording moves on to questions for the academic panels.
Date: 1988-04-16/1988-04-17
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Survival Panel, Part 1] captions transcript

[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Survival Panel, Part 1]

A recording of the Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Symposium survival panel. Moderated by R. Cargill Hall, the panelists include John Mitchell, Rex Barber, and Frank B. Holmes.
Date: 1988-04-16/1988-04-17
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Survival Panel, Part 2] captions transcript

[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Survival Panel, Part 2]

A recording of the Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Symposium survival panel. Moderated by R. Cargill Hall, the panelists include Frank B. Holmes, Kenji Yanagiya and his translator Mr. Makoto Shinagawa, Louis Kittel, Jack Jacobson, Delton Goerke, Douglas Canning, and Roger Ames. The panelists are then asked questions.
Date: 1988-04-16/1988-04-17
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Survival Panel, Part 3] captions transcript

[Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Survival Panel, Part 3]

A recording of the Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Symposium survival panel. Moderated by R. Cargill Hall, the panelists include John Mitchell, Rex Barber, Frank B. Holmes, Kenji Yanagiya and his translator Mr. Makoto Shinagawa, Louis Kittel, Jack Jacobson, Delton Goerke, Douglas Canning, and Roger Ames. The panelists are asked questions by the attendants.
Date: 1988-04-16/1988-04-17
Creator: National Museum of the Pacific War
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History