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	The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		was Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura, and the battleships Fuso and Yamashiro.
		As the Nishimura’s force transitioned from the Sulu Sea to the Mindanao Sea on the way to Surigao Strait, they came under attack from squadrons of PT boats hidden among the Philippine Islands.
		Nishimura’s force was down to the lone destroyer Shigure, the cruiser Mogami, and the battleship Fuso.
	www.battleship.org /html/Articles/History/Leyte3.htm (1234 words)

	Pacific War Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		The Southern pincer force under Admiral Shoji Nishimura, which was centered on the two least-modernized battleships in the Japanese inventory (Fuso and Yamashiro) had thus far proceeded without nearly the same difficulties being suffered by Kurita.
		They, too, were subjected to air attacks on the afternoon of the 24th, but had received no crippling blows.
		Nishimura's ships first underwent several torpedo attacks, initially from PT boats and then from American destroyers.
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_sur.htm (255 words)

	WW2DB: Shoji Nishimura
		Shoji Nishimura gained much fame early in the Pacific War as the commander of the 4th Destroyer Squadron after taking on and defeating Allied fleets at Java Sea.
		Near the end of the war, Nishimura was named the commander of the Southern Force in Operation Sho-Go as Tokyo sought a final and decisive naval battle against the Americans in the Philippines.
		Oldendorf crossed Nishimura's "T", and the Japanese fleet was crushed under the might of the American naval guns.
	www.ww2db.com /person_bio.php?person_id=46 (257 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf at AllExperts
		When Kurita turned around the American pilots thought he was retreating, but he turned again and made his way through the San Bernardino Strait in the night, to appear off Samar in the morning.#Nishimura's force headed for the Surigao Strait to the south, where at 03:00 on 25 October it ran into an American battlegroup.
		In the Battle of Surigao Strait the Japanese battleships Fuso and Yamashiro were sunk, Nishimura was killed, and his surviving force retreated west.#Halsey learned of the approach of Ozawa and took the bait, taking his carriers in pursuit on 25 October.
		Nishimura's "Southern Force" consisted of the battleships Yamashiro and Fuso, the cruiser Mogami, and four destroyers.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_leyte_gulf.htm (3217 words)

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		Nishimura's force headed for the Surigao Strait to the south, where at 03:00 on 25 October it ran into an American battlegroup.
		Nishimura's "Southern Force" consisted of the battleships Yamashiro and Fusō, the cruiser Mogami, and four destroyers.
		Seeing what they thought were the wrecks of both Nishimura's battleships (actually the two halves of Fusō), he realized the hopelessness of passing the strait and ordered a retreat.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-32361.aspx (3069 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		After sunset, Vice Adm. Nishimura’s force of battleships and cruisers advanced through a series of torpedo attacks launched by PT boats that had been sent down the strait to track his progress.
		From the north, Destroyer Squadron 54 quietly filtered down the strait in two columns to the port and starboard of Nishimura’s column of four destroyers, two battleships and a heavy cruiser.
		Follow-on torpedo and gunfire attacks reduced Nishimura’s force to his flagship, the battleship Yamashiro, the cruiser Mogami and a destroyer.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/oct_04_38.php (851 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Naval Battles \| Battle of Balikpapan: Japanese Naval Nightmare
		The invasion force was to be protected by Admiral Shoji Nishimura's support force, which consisted of the light cruiser Naka and seven ships of Destroyer Squadron 4.
		Nishimura anchored his transports in two lines and placed his covering force in a line abreast of Balikpapan Bay.
		Nishimura, however, believed he was being attacked by submarines and ordered his destroyers into the strait to look for nonexistent subs, leaving the transports at the mercy of the American destroyers.
	www.historynet.com /air_sea/naval_battles/3786687.html (1295 words)

	Avalanche Press
		Admiral Shoji Nishimura’s Group C would come around Leyte’s southern end, through the Surigao Strait between Leyte and Mindanao.
		They were to meet in Leyte Gulf on the afternoon of the 25th and destroy whatever American transports remained.
		Nishimura ran into the old battleships of Seventh Fleet, while Kurita made it into the gulf.
	www.avalanchepress.com /LeyteJapaneseStrategy.php (1016 words)

	Shoji Nishimura - wiceadmirał
		Nishimura pozwolił się zaskoczyć nocnym atakiem amerykańskich niszczycieli, które zatopiły kilka powierzonych jego opiece statków kotwiczących pod Balikpapanem.
		W bitwie pod Midway ("Operacja MI") Nishimura dowodził swoją flotyllą (przydzieloną do Sił Inwazyjnych Midway wiceadm.
		Nishimura wyszedł w morze na czele Sił Południowych - jednego z zespołów floty mających za zadanie przedrzeć się do amerykańskiej armady desantowej w Zatoce Leyte.
	www.dws.xip.pl /flota/bio10.html (463 words)

	The conquest of Java Island, March 1942
		Shoji Detachment, under command of the 38th Division on 5 January, began its operational preparations at Kowloon, Hong-Kong.
		The Shoji Detachment in the meantime decided to destroy immediately the Allied forces concentrated at Poerwakarta and Tjikampek and sever the road between Batavia and Bandoeng as quickly as possible.
		Having decided to continue its penetration of the region to the north of Bandoeng, the Shoji Detachment ordered the Wakamatsu Unit to attack and pursue the Allied forces stationed to thewest of the main highway, while the Egashira Unit was to attack and pursue the Allied forces stationed along the main highway.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/java.html (19697 words)

	Exordio - Segunda Guerra Mundial - Batalla del Golfo de Leyte
		Dejaron al desdichado Shima solo, sin subordinarle ni a Kurita ni a Nishimura, sin saber nada de los movimientos de las demás unidades de la Fuerza Móvil, pero obligándole a cooperar con ellas.
		Nishimura salió del estrecho en una perfecta línea de fila, con el crucero Mogami en cabeza, seguido de los acorazados Fuso y Yamashiro, con los destructores Asagumo y Mishishio cerrando la retaguardia, y los otros dos, Yamagumo y Shigure, en las amuras.
		Pero no era solamente la abrumadora línea de batalla de Oldendorf quien esperaba a Nishimura; debía, además, aceptar el desafío de los ataques de destructores y lanchas rápidas, apostadas a ambos lados de la boca del estrecho, dispuestas a echársele encima.
	exordio.com /1939-1945/militaris/batallas/leyte.html (2854 words)

	Imperial Cruisers
		The NAKA is the flagship of Rear Admiral (later Vice Admiral) Nishimura Shoji's (former CO of HARUNA) DesRon 4.
		Nishimura moves his covering force eastwards to carry out antisubmarine sweeps.
		Aboard the NAKA, Rear Admiral Nishimura, alerted to the ABDA surface forces attacking the transports, abandons the antisubmarine sweep and heads west at high speed in an unsuccessful pursuit of the American destroyers.
	www.combinedfleet.com /naka_t.htm (2631 words)

	UVa Statistics: The Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Nishimura proceeded, unaware of the overwhelming forced ahead of him; Shima with the rest of Southern Forced steamed 40 miles to his rear.
		Nishimura bravely steamed through PT boat and destroyer attacks to near annihilation by cruisers and battleships.
		While Nishimura steamed to defeat, Kurita pushed on to what should have been a glorious victory.
	www.stat.virginia.edu /leyte.html (1032 words)

	Shoji Nishimura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Rear-Admiral Shoji Nishimura was appointed as a commander 4th Destroyer Squadron in November 1940 (previously he had commanded first a cruiser and then a battleship in late '30's).
		As such he participated in operations at Balikpapan, Borneo and Battle of Java Sea during Dutch East Indies Campaign (December 1941-March 1942).
		He led "Southern Force" in battle of Leyte Gulf and died aboard his flagship, battleship Yamashiro trying to force Surigao Strait in October 1944.
	www.futura-dtp.dk /SLAG/Personer/NavneN/NishimuraShoji.htm (97 words)

	Family History - Nishimura, Sannomiya, Kobe, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		On the first pages of the old photograph ablum of my grandfather, Howard W. West, and his time in the Marines and military, much of which was spent on the USS Arizona during the 1920s, I found a lovely signed photograph or postcard of an oriental woman.
		The first hunt for Nishimura on the web came up with a Shoji Nishimura (1889-1944), a Vice Admiral with the Japanese Navy.
		Nishimura, Sannomiya, Kobe, Japan is Issue Number 213 published October 3, 2006, by Lorelle VanFossen.
	www.cameraontheroad.com /family/nishimura-sannomiya-kobe-japan (1174 words)

	Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura
		Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura was what might be called a “hard luck” officer.
		A war torn veteran of the Pacific war, he was the commander of the escorts of the Japanese naval force that had decisively beaten the Dutch and Americans in the 1942 battles around the Netherlands East Indies.
		Although he knew his command was doomed, he did his duty and sacrificed himself and his command in true Samurai tradition, thus keeping his honor.
	www.battle-of-leyte-gulf.com /Leaders/Japanese/Nishimura/nishimura.html (220 words)

	Chapter 3 - Copyright © 2001 Robert Jon Cox
		She was armed to the teeth with six 5-inch, 50 caliber guns, twenty-eight 25mm AA guns, four 13mm machine guns, eighteen depth charges, and fifteen 24-inch torpedo tubes.
		In addition, he was also directed to "cooperate" with VADM Nishimura's Striking Force "C." This poor, last minute planning by the Staff at General Headquarters in Tokyo only complicated matters.
		In contrast, VADM Nishimura was a salty "sailor’s admiral," gaining his flag rank through the command of sea-going ships and squadrons.
	www.bosamar.com /book/bosc3.html (2939 words)

	GOPUSA - World War II Remembered
		On the 19th, the Eastern Attack Force, under the command of Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura, weighed anchor from Jolo in the Sulu Archipelago.
		Nishimura commanded a fleet consisting of 41 transports and six destroyers.
		These forces would be joined by others, ultimately consisting of an invasion force of 97 troopships.
	www.gopusa.com /ww2/2002/ww2_0301p.shtml (1533 words)

	Diphy - Digital Philately - View Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Nishimura's fleet headed for theSurigao Strait to the south, where at 03:00 on 25 October it ran into an American battlegroup.
		In the Battle of Surigao Strait the Japanese battleships Fusō and Yamashiro were sunk, Nishimura was killed, and his surviving ships retreated west.
		Shima's flotilla arrived shortly after Nishimura's force was devastated, and after finding the still floating wreckage of theFusō, ordered a retreat, during which Shima's two cruisers collided.
	www.diphy.com /stamp/US1994.043 (4933 words)

	CHAPTER FROM HISTORY: The battle of Leyte Gulf -DAWN Magazine; November 30, 2003
		A task force of five battleships, 10 heavy cruisers and four destroyers under Vice Admiral Takio Kurita was to block the Sibyan sea passage and to assault from the north through San Bernardino Strait.
		Two carrier forces under Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimara and Vice Admiral Kiyoyama were to sail through the Sulu Sea from the south to Leyte Gulf to entrap the 7th Fleet.
		On the night of October 24 and 25, a battle of torpedo boats developed against Nishimura’s force in Surigao Strait in which the battleship, Yamashiro, was sunk with the loss of its Admiral on board.
	www.dawn.com /weekly/dmag/archive/031130/dmag15.htm (1254 words)

	Battle of Leyte Gulf
		Meanwhile, on October 24th, Rear Admiral Shoji Nishimura's southern forces failed to synchronize with other Japanese central forces (Vice Admirals Shima and Kurita) because of strict radio silence that had been imposed.
		When Nishimura entered the narrow Surigao Strait, Shima was about 25 miles behind him, and Kurita was still in the Sibuyan Sea.
		In order for Nishimura to pass the strait and reach the Leyte landings, he would have to run a gauntlet of torpedoes from PT boats, evade two groups of destroyers, proceed up the strait under close-range fire from six battleships and then break through a screen of cruisers and destroyers.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1757.html (1964 words)

	Print version
		When the first of the task forces to reach the area, commanded by Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura aboard the battleship Yamashiro, entered Surigao Strait, American forces were waiting.
		She came under heavy fire from American battleships, four of which had been sunk at Pearl Harbor.
		A week later, the Killen was in a picket line, providing anti-aircraft cover for American troop transports when she was hit by a bomb.
	www.bedfordbulletin.com /articles/2005/09/28/news/news07.prt (1229 words)

	USA Wado Ryu Karate-Do Renmei
		USA Wado-Ryu's Master instructor is Sensei Shoji Nishimura.
		Sensei Nishimura is a 7th Degree fl belt with over 35 years of experience.
		USA Wado-Ryu has three locations in Southern California and is officialy recognised by I.F.W.F.O. In addition to Wado-Ryu style Karate, Judo, Akido and Shinkendo are offered at the main dojo, located at Laguna Niguel, CA.
	www.usawadoryu.com (236 words)

	USS West Virginia BB-48
		Shima's forces obediently followed Nishimura's, heading for Leyte Gulf as the southern jaw of a pincer designed to hit the assemblage of amphibious ships and transports unloading off the Leyte beachhead.
		At 03:52, West Virginia unleashed her eight 16 inch (406 mm) guns of the main battery at a range of 22,800 yards (25 km), striking the leading Japanese battleship with her first salvo.
		Of the first six salvos West Virginia fired, five had struck the target and in all she fired 16 salvoes in the direction of Nishimura's ships as Oldendorf crossed the T of the Japanese fleet and thus achieved the tactical mastery of a situation that almost every surface admiral dreams of.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/usn/BB-48.html (5286 words)

	Bell II
		That night, Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura's Force "C," the van of the Southern Force, attempted to force Surigao Strait but met a line of battleships commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf.
		Vice Admiral Kiyohide Shima, whose Second Striking Force steamed in Nishimura's wake, soon perceived the disaster that had befallen Nishimura and withdrew.
		Meanwhile, late in the afternoon of the 24th--after Kurita's Center Force had turned away from San Bernardino Strait in apparent retreat--American scout planes located Ozawa's carrier force a bit less than 200 miles north of TF 38.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b4/bell-ii.htm (6363 words)

	Wikinfo \| USS West Virginia (BB-48)
		The smaller of the two forces, under Admiral Shoji Nishimura, turned south of Palawan and transited the Sulu Sea to pass between the islands of Mindanao and Leyte.
		At 2236 on 24 October 1944, the American PT boats deployed in the strait and its approaches made radar contact with Nishimura's force, conducting a harassing attack that annoyed, but did not stop, the oncoming enemy.
		Well into the strait by 0300 on 25 October, Nishimura took up battle formation when five American destroyers launched a well-planned torpedo attack.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48) (5991 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE BATTLE OFF SAMAR
		The third prong, the Center Force, was the most potent of the Nipponese units, and was to deliver the knockout blow.
		Once inside Leyte Gulf, Shima’s and Nishimura’s Southern Force and Kurita’s Center Force were to pool their firepower to disrupt the American invasion.
		Prepared to have to fight their way through to Leyte Gulf, the Japanese sailors were pleasantly’ surprised when dawn revealed nothing on the southern horizon but open water.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1966/1/1966_1_20_print.shtml (6619 words)

	Sun.Star Cebu - Speak Out: ‘I shall return’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Within a few hours of fierce fighting at sea, Nishimura was destroyed.
		Of the two Japanese battleships—a heavy cruiser and four destroyers—that entered Surigao Strait, only a badly damaged cruiser and destroyer managed to escape.
		A much smaller force under Vice Adm. Shoji Nishimura moved through the Sulu Sea towards Surigao Strait, the southern entrance to Leyte Gulf.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ceb/2003/10/19/oped/alejandrino.v..suarez.fatima.hills.guadalupecebu.city.html (536 words)

	Pacific War Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Two battleship forces, one under Admiral Takeo Kurita, the other under Admiral Shoji Nishimura, left Borneo separately on October 22nd.
		Kurita's force headed for the Palawan Passage, a narrow strip of dangerous, reef-infested waters.
		Big fat zero, although Darter ran aground and had to be abandoned shortly afterwards.
	www.combinedfleet.com /btl_pal.htm (175 words)

	THE ANTIBODY-FORMATION BY POLYSACCHARIDS -- Nishimura 50 (4): 419 -- The Journal of Experimental Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		THE ANTIBODY-FORMATION BY POLYSACCHARIDS -- Nishimura 50 (4): 419 -- The Journal of Experimental Medicine
		Articles by Nishimura, S. Articles citing this Article
		Articles by Nishimura, S. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 50, 419-430, Copyright, 1929, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
	www.jem.org /cgi/content/abstract/50/4/419 (193 words)

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