AHC: Yamamoto U.S. Admiral

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Nope. He was brought up in Nagaoka, and was adopted into a conservative family which had fought against change until the end. his having been to the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy doesn't help matters.
 
This is a long shot, but I think its the only way to do it.
Admiral Yamamoto survives WW2, but everything else goes pretty much the same as OTL.
However in the early 1950's the Cold War flares up a lot worse than OTL. The US and Japanese government, decide that Japan needs a real army. But the Japanese constitution doesn't allow it. To get around it, the US and Japan agree to a special deal. Japan would make a fleet and provide the crew members, but it would be an auxiliary fleet for the US. It flies the US flag, has US designation, etc.
Everyone knows it's a paper thin disguise, but no one really cares. Admiral Yamamoto is in placed in command, as a US Admiral.
 
Even if Yamamoto was born in the US (and was therefore a citizen), I don't think a Japanese-American man could ever reach flag rank in that time period. There were very, very few Asian-American soldiers at all in that time period. Most of the Asians in the US military were Filipino cooks.
 
Even if Yamamoto was born in the US (and was therefore a citizen), I don't think a Japanese-American man could ever reach flag rank in that time period. There were very, very few Asian-American soldiers at all in that time period. Most of the Asians in the US military were Filipino cooks.

Especially with the war with Japan.
 
This is a long shot, but I think its the only way to do it.
Admiral Yamamoto survives WW2, but everything else goes pretty much the same as OTL.
However in the early 1950's the Cold War flares up a lot worse than OTL. The US and Japanese government, decide that Japan needs a real army. But the Japanese constitution doesn't allow it. To get around it, the US and Japan agree to a special deal. Japan would make a fleet and provide the crew members, but it would be an auxiliary fleet for the US. It flies the US flag, has US designation, etc.
Everyone knows it's a paper thin disguise, but no one really cares. Admiral Yamamoto is in placed in command, as a US Admiral.

I agree that, while this is still tough to pull off, it works better than any pre-war solution.

A scenario like this reminds me of the "unlikely-but-fun" fates of IJN Yamato (here). If it indeed avoids the trip to Okinawa, the raid on Kure, Bikini Atoll and getting scrapped by the Allies, it might be put into service in the auxiliary fleet.

As stated above, though, the ship would have to be renamed. Thus, US Admiral Yamamoto would have, as his flagship, the USS Rhode Island.
 
Pretty sure you're forgetting the most decorated regiment in all US military history.
By "in that time period", I meant the pre-war era, when he would've been climbing the ranks. I am familar with the contributions of Japanese-American soldiers.
Led by a person of the colony, ironically.
Huh? You mean the 442 Regimental Combat Team was lead by a Korean or Taiwanese?
 
is there any way possible for this to happen?

No. Early 20th US Society wasn't ready to give high rank to a 'Nipponese'. So even if you have Yamamoto emigrate and maybe even somehow end up in the USN, he's not going to be an Admiral.

What you'd have to do is have some really bizarre scenario where the US and Japan amalgamate for some reason and the Japanese Navy officers are deemed to have equivalent US rank. But that's like ASB even to ASBs.

One scenario that is wildly implausible but maybe theoretically possible would be PODing WWII and maybe even WWI so that the alliances and history of 1900-1950 are different. If the US and Japan were big allies in a war for some reason and Adm. Yamamoto ended up as a big hero in the US for some reason and Congress awarded him US rank as an honor for some reason, then, voila, US Adm. Yamamoto.

Edit: the Colder War scenario is also unlikely but more doable.
 
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