NYT
Tourists Brave a Muddy Jungle Trek to See a Famed World War II Wreck
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Seven Chinese tourists, a dozen villagers, and two journalists traveled to the wreck of a plane carrying Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in a jungle location requiring stream crossings and machete use to reach. Yamamoto's aircraft was shot down during World War II. The group documented the expedition to the crash site.
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