TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture--When he was 17, Imperial Japanese Navy pilot Ryozo Kotoge received orders to deploy for what was supposed to be his last mission: a suicide attack. Even though he was ...
At the time of World War II, American submarines were no longer than 312 feet with a beam of 27 feet. So, you can imagine America's surprise when two U.S. destroyers picked up a Japanese submarine ...
Sakamaki was washed ashore and taken captive. The crewmen on the other four submarines died during the attack. The Imperial Japanese Military’s Headquarters announced the deaths of the nine crew ...