State funeral services held for Jap fleet chief (6-5-43)

The Pittsburgh Press (June 5, 1943)

State funeral services held for Jap fleet chief

By the United Press

State funeral services were held today for Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, Tokyo radio reported, and all Japs observed a minute of silent prayer at 10:50 a.m. JST.

Yamamoto, who once boasted he would dictate peace terms in the White House, was commander-in-chief of the Jap fleet. He was killed in action.

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