Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto addressing troops of the Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF) - Japanese Marines - aboard a vessel; 194.

The Admiral and the Landing Force

A flight of IJAAF Kawasaki Ki-61 "flying swallow" fighters of the 244th Sentai in the winter of 1944-45 over Japan. The Lead plane is of Captain Teruhiko Kobayashi who was commander of the unit. Captain Kobayashi was an ace with five air victories, the 244th Sentai was the the most famous Sentai in the Japanese air defense system by the end oof the war the unit claimed 73 Allied B-29 combat “kills.”

Flight of Ki-61s 1944-45

A Japanese officer assigns a task to his subordinates on the road near Saigon, Vichy French Indochina. On the left, there is a convoy of Nissan 80 trucks; October 1941.