
Caption | Combined Fleet Headquarters staff on board battleship Yamato, Kure, Japan, 10 Feb 1942; note Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki and Commander-in-Chief Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto at center ww2dbase | |||||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan | |||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
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Bill says:
1 Jun 2016 04:49:16 PM
OFFICERS ON DECK:
Admiral Yamamoto front row, sixth from left and his staff, early 1942. Photograph taken aboard Yamato early 1942. Did you know Yamamoto
didn't learn to fly until later in his naval career.
He understood the power of the aircraft carrier, and naval aviation.

1 Jun 2016 04:49:16 PM
OFFICERS ON DECK:
Admiral Yamamoto front row, sixth from left and his staff, early 1942. Photograph taken aboard Yamato early 1942. Did you know Yamamoto
didn't learn to fly until later in his naval career.
He understood the power of the aircraft carrier, and naval aviation.
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