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根据福莱斯特部长的命令，4月15日星期天，所有军舰都要举行特别纪念仪式。按照典型的流程，全体舰员默哀五分钟，然后排枪齐射三响，为老总统送别。
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哈里·杜鲁门从1933年起就一直是罗斯福的第三副总统。许多美国人甚至不知道他的名字。CBS广播电台驻马尼拉麦克阿瑟司令部的通讯员威廉·邓恩不好意思地承认他记不住现任副总统的名字。听到罗斯福的死讯，“我似乎被打上了标签，成了连这个大国的掌舵人是谁都不知道的美国播音员！”。[98]尤金·斯莱奇记录说，他和陆战队的战友对杜鲁门“感到好奇，有一点担忧”：“我们当然不希望白宫里的什么人来把战争不必要地延长哪怕只有一天。”[99]
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与此相反，日军第三十二军指挥地堡里的气氛却是一片欢腾。据八原大佐回忆：“许多人看上去好像确信这场战争我们赢定了！”[100]有些人牵强附会地说，肯定是4月12日冲绳的地面进攻和大规模“菊水特攻”促使罗斯福中风而死。一份散发给岛上美军部队的日本传单宣称，每10艘美军航空母舰中有7艘或沉或伤，舰队伤亡15万人。“不仅是前任总统，任何人听说这一毁灭性的重创后都会因过度忧虑而死。吓死你们前领袖的可怕损失将会让你们成为这个岛上的孤儿。日本的特攻部队将会击沉你们所有的舰船，连最后一艘驱逐舰都不放过。你们在不远的将来就会目睹这一切成为现实。”[101]
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当天，罗斯福的死讯传遍了全世界，东京也宣布了重大的政治变动。小矶首相及其大部分内阁成员被罢免。77岁的退役海军大将，枢密院议长铃木贯太郎被任命为新任首相。最高战争指导会议的“六巨头”也被换掉了五个，唯一留下来的是主和派领袖米内光政海军大将。宇垣将军在日记中或许语带讽刺地写道，最近的大规模“神风”攻击和冲绳岛上的地面进攻“就这么推翻了内阁，坑死了罗斯福，带来了各种各样的反应”。[102]
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[1]Clark and Reynolds,Carrier Admiral, p.213; USSRandolph, CV—15, “Action Report, Attack by Enemy Plane at Ulithi, 11—12 March 1945,” CV—15 A6—3 Serial: 004; Fifth Fleet War Diary,March 11, 1945, p.10; CORandolphto Com5thFlt, March 14, 1945, CINCPAC Gray Book, Book 6, green pages, p.2793.
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[2]5th Air Fleet War Diary (Japanese Monograph No.86), entry dated March 11, 1945, p.18.
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[3]Clark and Reynolds,Carrier Admiral, pp.213—14.
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[4]Commander Task Force 58 to CINCPAC, Report of Operations of Task Force 58 in support of landings at Okinawa, 14 March Through 28 May, 1945, A16—3 Serial: 00222, 18 June 1945.
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[5]Combined Fleet Telegram Order No.564—B, reproduced in Ugaki,Fading Victory, p.553.
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[6]IGHQ Navy Directive No.510, dated March 1, 1945, p.157, NARA, RG 38, Imperial Gen.HQ Navy Directives, in “Records of Japanese Navy & Related Documents,” Vol.2, No.316, Box 42.
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[7]5th Air Fleet War Diary (Japanese Monograph No.86) entry dated March 18, 1945, p.23; Ugaki,Fading Victory, p.527.
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[8]Commander Task Force 58 to CINCPAC, “Report of Operations of Task Force 58 in Support of Landings at Okinawa, 14 March through 28 May, 1945,” A16—3 Serial: 00222, 18 June 1945.
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[9]Ibid.
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[10]“富兰克林号”全称是“本杰明·富兰克林号”，昵称“大本”。——译者注
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[11]Commander Joe Taylor, Executive Oficer, “Narrative of Action 19 March 1945,” Enclosure C,USSFranklin(CV—13) Action Report, Serial 00212, 11 April 1945, FDR Library Map Room,Box 191.
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[12]Radford and Jurika,From Pearl Harbor to Vietnam, p.46.
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[13]J.Bryan III diary, March 19, 1945, Bryan,Aircraft Carrier, p.78.
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[14]Commander Fifth Fleet War Diary, March 19, 1945, p.18.
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[15]Potter and Nimitz,The Great Sea War, p.449.
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[16]COM5THFLT to CINCPAC, March 21, 1945, CINCPAC Gray Book, Book 6, green pages, p.2797.
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[17]J.Bryan III diary, April 2, 1945, Bryan,Aircraft Carrier, p.105.
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[18]Dyer,The Amphibians Came to Conquer, p.1078.
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[19]CTF 58 to CTF 51, March 25, 1945, CINCPAC Gray Book, Book 6, green pages, p.2801.
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[20]1英寻≈1.8米。——编者注
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[21]Charles F.Barber, oral history, p.6, Interview by Evelyn M.Cherpak, March 1, 1996, U.S.Naval War College Archives.
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