Researchers mark death of Pearl Harbor mastermind Yamamoto

In this Dec. 26, 2016 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a toasts to guests at a dinner held in Abe's honour, in Honolulu. Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the United States into World War II.

In this Dec. 26, 2016 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a toasts to guests at a dinner held in Abe's honour, in Honolulu. Abe laid wreaths at various cemeteries and memorials Monday ahead of a visit to the site of the 1941 bombing that plunged the United States into World War II.   | Photo Credit: AP

Yamamoto’s death came after U.S. code breakers learned of his planned tour of Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands on April 18, 1943. U.S. fighters intercepted the admiral’s plane and shot it down.

A group from the U.S. and Japan is trekking to a remote Pacific island jungle to document what is considered one of the most important wreck sites of World War II.

Three members of a WWII research organization and a Japanese aviation expert plan to visit the site in Papua New Guinea where American fighters shot down a Japanese bomber carrying the mastermind of the Pearl Harbor attack on Wednesday.

That’s the 75th anniversary of the death of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

Yamamoto’s death came after U.S. code breakers learned of his planned tour of Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands on April 18, 1943. U.S. fighters intercepted the admiral’s plane and shot it down.