Yamamoto Mission Audio Recordings on MP3 CD

Each year, the National Museum of the Pacific War, formerly known as the Admiral Nimitz Museum, in Fredericksburg, Texas, sponsors a symposium on a specific aspect of World War Two. The "Yamamoto Mission Retrospective" held 16 April, 1988 was one of the most riveting!

At the outset of WWII, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was arguably Japan's best military Strategist. As the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto sought to deliver a knock out blow to the United States. Yamamoto had serious reservations that Japan could win a protracted war, and wanted to devastate the American military and discourage the U.S. from entering the war at all. What happened, however, was exactly the opposite. The attack spurred the U.S. to wage and win the war...and seek vengeance upon Yamamoto himself.

These historic audio recordings of the Museum's "Yamamoto Mission Retrospective Symposium" detail the U.S. Mission to target and kill Yamamoto. You'll hear the actual voices American and Japanese pilots who fought in the skies on 18 April, 1943. And you'll learn about the continuing controversy over which U.S. P-38 fighter pilot should have been credited for the kill. You'll also hear from a panel of distinguished World War Two historians and philosophers as they reconstruct the mission, and debate the ethical issues of singling out a senior enemy commander for death.

The entire daylong symposium is presented on an MP3 audio format CD. The package includes the original program schedule and graphics.