The Japanese midget subs and Pearl Harbor

None of the 10 crew members of the attacking midget submarines expected to return. To his shame, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki was captured, and the remaining nine crewmen were declared "hero gods" by Japanese propagandists.

http://starbulletin.com/2002/09/01/news/story4.html



Mr Sakamaki and the sub he used later on




From left above, is the crew of midget submarine I-16tou, Masaji Yokoyama and Sadamu Uyeda; I-18tou, Shigemi Furuno and Shigenori Yokoyama; I-20tou, Akira Hiro-o and Yoshio Katayama; I-22tou, Naoji Iwasa and Naokichi Sasaki; and I-24tou, Kazuo Sakamaki and Kiyoshi Inagaki.

[ 28. March 2003, 04:29 AM: Message edited by: Kai-Petri ]

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