The face stuck against the eyepiece of the periscope of the submarine that he commanded, the commander Saichi Oba monitors the u.s. destroyer which it can read the name on the hull : Underhill. He makes a sign to the four young suicide bombers to reach to each his own torpedo. The sub-lieutenant Jun Katsuyama, ensign Toyooki Seki and the two petty officers 1st class Tsutoma Kawajiri and Masahiro Arakawa greet impeccably to their commander, swallow a glass of sake, recite a very short poem dedicated to the emperor, before diving into the hoses leading to the inside of the four Kaiten fix…
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July 24, 1911. Stronger than Indiana Jones, the American Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu !