1. Wounded at the Battle of Tsushima

    · Tsushima Strait, between Kyushu, Japan and Tsushima, Japan

    Wounded at the Battle of Tsushima
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    Serving aboard the armored cruiser Nisshin in the Russo-Japanese War, Yamamoto was wounded and lost two fingers during the battle. Battle-month precision is used because the cited biography identifies the battle but does not state its day in the quoted passage; coordinate is a representative point in the Tsushima Strait battle area.

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