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Naval History and Heritage Command
#80-G-490350. Cropped by author.
Yokoyama Ichiro was Japan's
last
naval attaché to the United
States prior to the war.
Exchanged for his American counterpart in August 1942, he led the
"Allied" team
in a series of war games that predicted the actual course of the war
with
remarkable accuracy. This did the Imperial Navy little good,
for the outcome
of the war games was swept under the rug. Yokoyama himself
was given command
of the Kuma
for
a year, then made top aide to the Navy minister, where he served the
remainder
of the war. He had the unpleasant duty of leading the
Navy's delegates to Manila
to arrange details of the
Japanese surrender.
| 1900-3-1 | born | |
| 1919-10-9 | Midshipman |
Graduates from Naval Academy, standing 7th in a class of 155. Assigned to CA Tokiwa |
| 1920-5-31 | BB Hyuga |
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| 1920-8-1 | Ensign | |
| 1920-12-1 | Gunnery School Basic Course | |
| 1921-5-20 | Torpedo School Basic Course | |
| 1921-12-1 | DD Fubuki | |
| 1922-4-8 | CL Idzumo |
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| 1922-12-1 | Lieutenant junior grade |
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| 1923. 2-10 |
BB Mutsu |
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| 1924-12-1 | Lieutenant | Gunnery School Advanced Course |
| 1925-12-1 | BB Yamashiro |
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| 1926-12-1 | DD-7 |
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| 1928-5-16 | 1 Naval District |
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| 1928-12-10 | Naval College "A" Course |
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| 1930-12 | Lieutenant commander |
S1, Bureau of Naval Affairs |
| 1931-5-1 | Yale University, United States |
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| 1932-5. 2 | Assistant attaché, United States |
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| 1933-11-25 | Bureau of Naval Affairs |
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| 1935-11-15 | Commander | |
| 1936-12-15 | Staff, Cruiser Division 5 |
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| 1937-11-15 | Navy Ministry |
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| 1939-12-12 | Staff, 2 China Fleet |
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| 1940-9-10 | Attaché, United States |
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| 1940-11-15 | Captain | |
| 1942-8-26 | Exchanged | |
| 1942-11-5 | Staff, Cruiser Division 16 |
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| 1942-11-14 | Commander, CL Kuma |
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| 1943-9-15 | Navy Ministry |
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| 1944-7-20 | Commander, Tokyo Guard Force |
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| 1945-5-1 | Rear admiral |
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| 1945-5-20 | Navy Ministry |
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| 1945-11-30 | Ministry of 2nd Demobilization | |
| 1993-7-28 | died |
References
Materials of IJN (accessed 2011-10-2)
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