Talk:Shigure/@comment-26488074-20150615195413/@comment-76.167.67.201-20150616092019

"Japanese Destroyer Captain" by Tameichi Hara is a great read. Technically, he was not Shigure's commanding officer. There was a commander onboard Shigure in that role already. Captain Hara was a Division Commander and he planted his flag aboard Shigure. The book is a great read on Shigure's best bulk of her service while Hara was aboard, as well as the rise and fall of the IJN from before the war to the end.

Hara was the only surviving Pre-War IJN DD Captain that survived the WWII. That should be good credentials in reading about his experience in the war. Most especially since it is coming from an actual Japanese serviceman.

He was literally there from the beginning to the bitter end in the grandest, worst ways possible.