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    Takeo Kurita (Japanese: 栗田 健男, Hepburn: Kurita Takeo, 28 April 1889 – 19 December 1977) was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World...
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    Imperial Japanese Navy's First Mobile Striking Force, under the command of Takeo Kurita, had suffered significant damage and appeared to be retreating westward...
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  • Taijiro Kurita (born 1975), Japanese footballer Takeo Kurita (1889–1977), vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II Toyomichi Kurita (born...
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    filmmaker Takeo Kurita (健男, 1889–1977), vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy Takeo Miki (武夫, 1907–1988), 66th Prime Minister of Japan Takeo Miratsu...
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    landing area via the Surigao Strait. The "Center Force" under Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita—by far the most powerful of the attacking forces—would pass through the...
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    ('Force A') (sortied from Brunei Bay 22 Oct) 1st Section Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita Battleship Division 1 (Vice Adm. Matome Ugaki) 2 battleships Yamato (9...
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    aircraft, Yamamoto sent the 3rd Battleship Division, under the command of Takeo Kurita, from Truk to bombard Henderson Field. At 01:33 on 14 October, Kongō...
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    Sortied 12 June from Batjan anchorage off SW Halmahera Island Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita in heavy cruiser Atago Carrier Division 3 (Rear Adm. Sueo Obayashi) 3...
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    a naval force from Truk—commanded by Vice-Admiral Takeo Kurita—to bombard Henderson Field. Kurita's force—consisting of the battleships Kongō and Haruna...
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    Admiral Kenzaburo Hara, and the 7th Cruiser Division, under Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita. Light cruiser Natori (with Admiral Hara aboard), with the destroyers...
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