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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 | |||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Kure, Hiroshima, Japan | |||||||||||
Date | 10 Feb 1942 | |||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
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Licensing | This work originating in Japan is in the public domain. According to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970, a work is in the public domain if it was created or published before 1 Jan 1957. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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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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