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Kakuji Kakuta (角田 覚治, Kakuta Kakuji, 23 September 1890 – 2 August 1944), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He is noted for his role in commanding Japanese naval aviation units in the Pacific War.
Apr 5, 2018 · In May 1942, a Japanese carrier task force composed of two carriers and three cruisers set sail for the Aleutians under Adm. Kakuji Kakuta. He was tasked with knocking out U.S. naval forces...
On Guadalcanal, Marine commander Major General Alexander A. Vandegrift listened to the broadcasts every night before bed, and they were also staples on board the flagships of the Combined Fleet, the Kido Butai, and Rear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta’s Carrier Division 2.
Aug 7, 2019 · Steaming into the Philippine Sea, Ozawa counted on support from Vice Admiral Kakuji Kakuta's land-based planes in the Marianas which he hoped would destroy a third of the American carriers before his fleet arrived.
Leading the attack would be the Second Mobile Force, Rear Adm. Kakuji Kakuta commanding, built around the two small carriers Junyo and Ryujo, and including two heavy cruisers and three...
Kakuji Kakuta (23 September 1890 – 2 August 1944) was a Vice-Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Kakuji Kakuta was born on 23 September 1890 in Minamikanbara, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1911.
Jun 12, 2006 · But in an amazing display of ineptness, the commander of the decimated land squadrons, Vice Adm. Kakuji Kakuta, failed to relay that vital information to Ozawa. The Japanese admiral sailed on to meet Task Force 58, blissfully ignorant that one of his offensive arms had been hacked off.
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