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Who are they and why are they famous
Yama "Stone" Yamamato and his squad were famous among the Japanese Imperial Army for defending their defensive position with only stones.

Background
During the second Sino-Japanese war, Yamamato volunteered in the army and became a commanding officer, (second in command) During the battle of Nanking, he and his squad were sent to a Chinese bunker, but they didn't have time to resupply because Yamamato's officer forgot, but they decided to continue moving forward to avoid shame.

Story
Yamamato's squad was sent into one of the captured bunkers and when the Chinese attacked, they managed to take down most, but others were running out od ammo and killed by the Chinese. They defended themselves with grenades and Yamamato accidentally threw his grenade against a Chinese soldier's face and got the idea to throw stones at the other soldiers. His plan worked and the Chinese were quickly pushed back while his squad was throwing rocks and Yamamato being in front, leading with a sword in his one hand a rock in the other.

Yama "Stone" Yamamato
Was the commanding officer who led his squad to throw stones at the chinese soldiers and sucessfully defended his position.

Other references
In 2008 their story was wanted to make into a movie, but was canceled because, well noone knew who they were, except the Japanese themselves. Also there was no point in making it into a movie, since their story is too short.