The Portillo Expedition: Mystery on Bougainville Island

THE PORTILLO EXPEDITION: MYSTERY ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND examines the circumstances surrounding the death of Isoroku Yamamoto – the Japanese WWII Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor surprise attack and the Battle at Midway. Admiral Yamamoto’s plane, the Betty Bomber, was shot down by American P-38 fighter planes in 1943. Narrated by Gary Sinise, the documentary follows a crew of American explorers to the remote jungle of the western Solomon Islands, where they search for the wreck of the Betty Bomber – sparking a further quest to understand what they find there.