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Tokunobu Mizuki
Historical Figure
Nationality: Japan
Year of Birth: 20th century
Year of Death: ?
Occupation: Radio Operator
Military Branch: Imperial Japanese Navy (World War II)
Fictional Appearances:
Days of Infamy
POD: March, 1941;
Relevant POD: December 7, 1941
Appearance(s): Both volumes
Type of Appearance: Direct
Date of Death: 1943
Cause of Death: Shot down in aerial combat
Military Branch: Imperial Japanese Navy
(World War II)

Tokunobu Mizuki was a radio operator in the air corps of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. He is best known for transmitting the command code Tora! Tora! Tora! during the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941.

Tokunobu Mizuki in Days of Infamy[]

Tokunobu Mizuki (d. 1943) was the radio operator in Mitsuo Fuchida's plane. Mizuki was by Fuchida's side during the invasion of Hawaii (during which he transmitted the notorious Tora! Tora! Tora! command), the First Battle of the North Pacific, and the Second Battle of the North Pacific, dying together with his commander.

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