Notably, the P-38 was used in Operation Vengeance, the successful mission to intercept and kill Japan’s Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Ultimately, the P-38s contributions to the war effort were lauded.

Japan's leaders, for their part, hoped to neutralize the US Navy squadron anchored in the Hawaiian archipelago, a "dagger pointed at Japan's heart," according to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884 ...

In the formation 1st Lieutenant Rex Barber and the rest of his flight are on a hunt for the highest profile target of their careers, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. A revenge attack for Pearl Harbor ...

In January 1941, however, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto proposed that the decades-old strategy be scrapped in favor of one calling for a first strike on the U.S. Pacific Fleet. It was not a completely ...