Isoroku Yamamoto

Isoroku Yamamoto

male, deceased (1943)
midway, Pearl Harbor, p-38 lightning, Pacific War, Gamblers, Combined Fleet…Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Recipient of the Iron Cross, battleofmidway
(4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was a Fleet Admiral (Gensui) and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II, graduate of Im...
Chuichi Nagumo

Chuichi Nagumo

male, deceased (1944)
admiral, Combined Fleet, saipan, Attack on Pearl Harbor, battleofmidway, commander…1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Bombing of Darwin
Chuichi Nagumo was an Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Commander of the 1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy the most senior among...
Raymond A. Spruance

Raymond A. Spruance

male, deceased (1969)
decisive victory over the Japanese Navy, Naval War College alumni, Naval War College faculty, president of the Naval War College, United States Ambassador to the Philippines, midway…battleofmidway, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal, Ambassador of the United States
Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 - December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral in World War II, and commanded US naval forces at the...
Walter Lord

Walter Lord

male, deceased (2002)
Polar exploration, civil rights movement, The Fremantle Diary, 1958 British movie, civil rights struggle, Yale…battleofmidway, battle of the alamo, Office of Strategic Services, Day of Infamy, at Yale Law School at the outbreak of World War II
Walter Lord was an American author, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account "A Night to Remember", about the sinking of the RMS...
Frank Jack Fletcher

Frank Jack Fletcher

male, deceased (1973)
Naval War College alumni, American military, American military personnel of World War II, battleofmidway, World War I, admiral…midway, battle of the coral sea, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal, Navy Medal of Honor recipient, chief of staff
Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29 1885 - April 25 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. Fletcher was the...
Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman

male, deceased (1970)
Vaudeville performer, buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Alexander's Ragtime Band, film score composer, Hollywood Walk of Fame, World War II…the hunchback of notre dame, the prisoner of zenda, the mark of zorro, battleofmidway, The Keys of the Kingdom
Alfred Newman (March 17, 1900 - February 17, 1970) was a major American composer of music for films. His birth year is commonly mistakenly given as...
Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams

male, deceased (1942)
American military personnel killed in action II, American military personnel of World War II, From Northampton, Massachusetts, United States Naval Aviator, Attack on Pearl Harbor, United States Navy…battleofmidway, battle of the coral sea
Samuel Adams (April 10, 1912 - June 6, 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy decorated for action in the Battle of Midway during World War...
Tamon Yamaguchi

Tamon Yamaguchi

male, deceased (1942)
Vice Admiral, Military Attache, Naval War College, Japanese World War II killed in action, Naval Attaché, Imperial Japanese Naval Academy…chief of staff, battleofmidway
Tamon Yamaguchi was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). Serving during the Second World War, he died during the Battle of Midway,...
Miles Browning

Miles Browning

male, deceased (1954)
American military personnel of World War II, United States Naval Aviator, American military, medal of honor, World War I, Naval aviator…battleofmidway, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal
Miles Rutherford Browning (April 10, 1897 - September 29, 1954) served as an officer of the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I...
William Halsey Jr.

William Halsey Jr.

male, deceased (1959)
University of Virginia, Delta Psi, Naval War College alumni, American military personnel of World War II, United States Naval Aviator, GBE…Order of the British Empire, battleofmidway, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal
Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr., GBE USN (October 30, 1882 - August 16, 1959) was a U.S. naval officer and the commander of the...