Bush mentions battleship “Yamamato” in speech
Sankei/MSN report that President George W. Bush mentioned the battleship “Yamamoto” in the Veterans Day speech he gave at the USS Intrepid museum yesterday, apparently referring to the famous battleship Yamato.
The official transcript on WhiteHouse.gov acknowledges that Bush made an error, but both the text and video of the speech clearly show that Bush actually said “Yamamato” instead of the Sankei article’s “Yamamoto”:
In that massive engagement, American forces faced some of the most formidable elements of the Japanese Navy. The Japanese fleet included the Yamamato* and the Musashi — these were the heaviest and the largest battleships ever constructed. The Imperial Navy approached the coast of the Philippines from three different directions, and it was a fearsome challenge — but the men of this ship were ready. The Intrepid’s Air Group fought courageously and without rest. By the time the battle ended three days later, the United States Navy had sunk the Musashi to the ocean floor, and lifted hopes for victory in the Pacific.
The asterisk at the bottom of the transcript let’s us know he meant to say Yamato.
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