Yamamoto Isoroku (1884-1943) was Commander-in-chief of combined Japanese fleet, who was Japan's greatest naval strategist in World War II. Yamamoto Isoroku, "the Nelson of the Japanese navy," was originally born Takano Isoroku, sixth son of an...

(1884–1943), Japan's foremost World War II naval officer. Born in Niigata Prefecture, Yamamoto Isoruku graduated from the Japanese Naval Academy in time to see service in the Russo-Japanese War and was severely wounded at the Battle of...

Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku Imadu?) (4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and an alumnus of U.S....

In terms of lightning rod animosity, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was the Osama Bin Laden of World War II. Americans in 1943 hated the commander of the Combined Japanese Imperial Fleet as much as their descendants hated the al Qaeda terrorist leader. Yamamoto...

Raleigh "Dusty" Rhodes, an early leader of the Blue Angels flight demonstration team who flew combat missions in two wars and was a prisoner of war, has died. He was 89.Rhodes died Nov. 26 of lung cancer in San Jose, his daughter Debra Rhodes said...

John Besson readied himself Monday to return to the remote Pacific atoll where 65 years ago, as a 29-year-old assistant engineer on the USS Pensacola, he took part in a turning point in World War II.As part of a wounded U.S. Navy _ this was...

Holding their hands over their hearts, six veterans of the Battle of Midway stood as a Navy band played the national anthem to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the fight that marked a turning point in World War II.About 1,800 people ventured to this remote...