Matome Ugaki
1890
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1945
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Japan
educated at: Naval War College, Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
occupation: military personnel, aircraft pilot, kamikaze
award received: Order of the Rising Sun, 1st class
Matome Ugaki (宇垣 纏, Ugaki Matome, 15 February 1890 – 15 August 1945) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, remembered for his extensive and revealing war diary, role at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and kamikaze suicide hours after the announced surrender of Japan at the end of the war. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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