Labels:newspaper | text | newsprint | news | publication | black and white OCR: ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO DIES WHILE DIRECTING OPERATIONS; DAI TOA MOURNS LOSS TOKYO, May 21 .- Dai Honyei announced at 3 p.m .: " Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, met a gallant death in a warplane in battle with the enemy while directing general strategic operations on the frontlines in April this year. " Aumiral Mineichi Koga, who has been appointed his successor, is now commanding the Combined Fleet." According to an announce- ment made by the Cabinet, Tenno Heika has graciously granted a posthumous pro- motion of Fleet Admiral and grand honours to the late Admiral Yamamoto, former Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet. Admiral Yamamoto was State funeral. granted Admiral Yamamoto first gradu- ated from a military school During his participation in Bat- tic of Nippon Sca, he was severely wounded. Later, he was dis- patched to the United States after graduating from the Naval College, and then sent to various countries in Europe before he was promoted to the rank of captain. Later. he became an Air Force instructor. and was attache at the Nippon Embassy in Washington. After holding the position as captain of two warships, he was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in November 2589. Next year, he became the Chief of the Technical Department in the ADMIRAL ISOROKU Headquarters of the Air Force, YAMAMOTO and the commander of the Air Fleet, undertaking to train and battles have been raging in the intensify the Air Arm of the Pacific and Indian Occans, de- Navy. feating the enemy everywhere In the year 2595, Admiral with brilliant results since the Yamamoto represented Nippon at toltial battles at Hawall and the Naval Disarmament Confer- Malal, which shocked the whole ence and was promoted Vice world. The unshakable -position Admiral. At the end of the same for sure victory has thus been year, he became Chief of Air firmly established. Force Headquarters, fostering the This has been due to the Invincible naval air force of Nip- august virtue of Tenno Helka on pon. Next year he became Kalgun the one hand and the careful Jikan (Vice Minister of the operations of the Combined Fleet Navy). In 2599, he became the in close co-operation with the Commander of the Combined Army on the other. It is due to Fleet, and concurrently comman- the brilliant services of Admiral der of the First Fleet. Yamamoto that Nippon's fighting In the following year, he was power has been made use of to promoted to the rank of Admiral, the full extent. Since the outbreak of Dal Toa In directing operations Senso, he directed battles on an sonally at the very first front, per- unprecedented scale and achieved Admiral Yamamete bad done brilliant war results putting the much to heighten the morale of strategic position of Dai Nippon hla officers and men, thus Telkoku (Great Nippon Empire) gulning great war results. Thus, on a firm basis. the Admiral combated enemy SHIMADA'S TRIBUTE planes personally and met with heroic death. In connection with the herole On hearing als death, officers and men are still more an death of Admiral Yamamoto, Admiral Shimada, Kalgun Daijin convinced of the defcat of the (Navy Minister) made the follow- enemy. Now that the war situa- ing statement: tion is at a momentous juncture, As announced by the Dal Hon- In which the fate of Dai Nippon yel, Admiral Yamamoto recently Telkoku Is involved, the death heroically sacrificed himself at of Admiral Yamamoto is really the front in the South. It is a matter for regret. However, matter of profound gratitude Imperial Navy will be absolutely when Tenne Heika graciously unshakable, and morale will be granted him the rank of Fleet more burning under the august Admiral and grand honours in of Tenno Helka, More appreciation of his brilliant ser- krace blows will be dealt severely to vices. the enemy to respond to the For one and a half years, great wish of Tenno Heika,
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