Isoroku Yamamoto

== Bio ==
Isoroku Yamamoto (山本五十六), is a Japanese Marshal Admiral and Naval commander in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). He is most notably known for his actions in Pearl Harbor. He was almost killed in 1943 when American P-51 Mustang pilot Davis G. White shot down his plane. Yamamoto is also commander of the Japanese flagship Yamato. 
=== Battle for Midway ===
Yamamoto was in Battleship Yamato, near the IJN Kongo and the aircraft carrier IJN Shinano, along with her sister ship Musashi. The USS Enterprise's Torpedo bombers nearly sunk the Musashi during the battle, and sunk Kongo, but also damaged Yamato with torpedoes to the stern, disabling their propellers in the back. after nearly 3 hours, both Yamato and Musashi were towed back to a naval base in Tokyo, and Admiral Yamamoto's wounds as well as Admiral Nagumo's wounds were treated. 
=== Near Death Experience at Bougainville Island ===
Yamamoto was almost killed at Bougainville Island near Papua New Guinea, when a young Davis G. White, shot down his Mitsubishi G4M1 Bomber headed to Tokyo. The plane crash nearly killed him, when the plane started hitting the trees, but was immediately stopped when the plane hit the water. Yamamoto went swimming to the shore, where some Japanese soldiers found him and took him to a nearby military base where Japanese medics helped him with his wounds, and shrapnel wounds.
Category:Japanese Commanders
Category:Imperial Navy Admirals