Los Angeles Times

Herbert Houck, 86; Ace Helped Sink Yamato

Herbert Houck, a Navy pilot who led the final assault that sank Japan’s behemoth battleship Yamato in the World War II struggle for Okinawa, has died. He was 86. Houck, an ace who shot down six ...
The National Interest

Japan's Monster Battleships Were the Biggest Ever. This Is What It Took to Sink Them.

Japan's Monster Battleships Were the Biggest Ever. This Is What It Took to Sink Them. The destruction of Yamato was inevitable even as far back as the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was clear that the age ...
Denton Record-Chronicle

Landmarks & Legacies: Hal Jackson helped sink Yamato, the largest battleship ever

Lifelong Denton resident Hal Jackson, a highly decorated World War II veteran, served three tours of duty in the South Pacific, starting with the “Jolly Rogers skull and crossbones” Navy Fighter ...
The National Interest

Japan’s Monster Battleships Were the Biggest Ever. This Is What It Took to Sink Them.

At 14:23, it happened. Yamato’s forward internal magazines detonated in a spectacular fireball. It was like a tactical nuclear weapon going off. Later, a navigation officer on one of Japan’s surviving ...