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Tamon Yamaguchi (山口 多聞, Yamaguchi Tamon, 17 August 1892 – 5 June 1942) was a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who served during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and in the Pacific War during World War II. Yamaguchi′s carrier force was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Yamaguchi Tamon: 5 June 1942* Inagaki Ayao: 15 September 1942* Gotō Aritomo: 12 October 1942* Abe Hiroaki: 1 November 1942 Abe Kasuke: 1 November 1942 Abe Katsuo: 1 November 1942 Fukudome Shigeru: 1 November 1942 Hara Chūichi: 1 November 1942 Hara Kenzaburō: 1 November 1942 Horiuchi Shigenori: 1 November 1942 Kakuta Kakuji: 1 November 1942 ...
Rank is assumed to be admiral unless stated otherwise. Post-Restoration War ... Tamon Yamaguchi (1892–1942) Isoroku Yamamoto (1884–1943) See also.
Last Moments of Admiral Yamaguchi by war artist Kita Renzo, 1942. Japanese official war artists were commissioned to create artwork in the context of a specific war. [1] The artists were creating sensō sakusen kirokuga, 戦争作戦記録画 ("war campaign documentary painting") for the government of Japan.
June 5, 1942: Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, on board the aircraft carrier Hiryū, insisted on staying with the stricken ship during the Battle of Midway. The ship's commander, Captain Tomeo Kaku, followed his example. Yamaguchi refused to allow his staff officers to stay with them. Yamaguchi and Kaku were last seen on the bridge waving to the ...
Two months later, the 2nd Carrier Division, commanded by Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, was assigned to the First Air Fleet, or Kido Butai, on 10 April. [20] Hiryū returned to Japan on 7 August and began a short refit that was completed on 15 September.
This mobile task force was created for the attack on Pearl Harbor under Vice-Admiral Chūichi Nagumo in 1941. [24] For the attack, the Kidō Butai consisted of six aircraft carriers (commanded by Chūichi Nagumo, Tamon Yamaguchi and Chūichi Hara ) with 414 airplanes, two battleships , three cruisers , nine destroyers, eight tankers , 23 ...
After the unsuccessful first attempt at Invasion of Wake Island, in second half of December CruDiv6 was assigned to support the second invasion, which also included the carrier strike force of the 2nd Carrier Division under Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi consisting of carriers Hiryū and Sōryū.