Title:
Japanese World War II midget subs have local ties
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
World War II Japanese midget subs
Sakamaki and his Midget suicide sub
Sakamaki and his Midget suicide sub
Object ID:
Kim10-087
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
06/26/2006
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
The Sakamaki Midget suicide sub, commanded by Sub-Lt. Kazuo Sakamaki and Petty Officer Kiyashi Inagaki, was rescued after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and exhibited at Electric Boat as a secret weapon against America. Five of these midgets had been sent to Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The HA 8 midget sub was also exhibited at EB. None of the midget subs destroyed American naval vessels and only Commander Sakamaki survived their attack. His family felt disgraced by his survival. Inagaki was found dead of self inflicted wounds. Sakamaki would, many years later after imprisonment in Texas, be returned to Japan to become a folk hero and an executive for Toyota.
People:
Sakamaki, Kazuo (Sub. Lt.)
Inagaki, Kiyashi (Petty Officer)
Daubin, Freeland A. (Admiral)
Eddy, D.T. (Lt. Cmdr.)
Hemingway, Ernest
Finnegan, Steve
Inagaki, Kiyashi (Petty Officer)
Daubin, Freeland A. (Admiral)
Eddy, D.T. (Lt. Cmdr.)
Hemingway, Ernest
Finnegan, Steve
Search Terms:
Midget suicide subs
Sakamaki sub
Pearl Harbor
World War II
Electric Boat
HA 8 midget sub
Texas prison
Japan folk hero
Toyota executive
Sakamaki sub
Pearl Harbor
World War II
Electric Boat
HA 8 midget sub
Texas prison
Japan folk hero
Toyota executive