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Operation VENGEANCE-Killing Yamamoto

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

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How to Be at a Precise Point and Maintain Operational Security

Only a very limited number of people were given that basically the need to know that Yamamoto is going to be on this airplane. And then only if you eyes only messages were sent to those handful. Admiral William F. Halsey was apprehensive about killing Yamamoto, but he had no qualms about shooting him down whatsoever.

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