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I guess it
is available through Amazon! Here is a better
review:
Captain Orita was one of the most active Japanese submarine commanders to
have survived WWII. He details his experiences in hunting U.S. and British ships
throughout the Pacific Ocean. He discusses how other Japanese submariners sank
the Yorktown carrier and the Indianaplis cruiser. He details the different
classifications of Hirohito's submarines. He notes how and which various
Japanese submarines were sunk on their missions. He describes how his submarines
attacked Sydney Harbor and shelled Santa Barbara, CA. He discusses how Japanese
submarines conducted resupply missions throughout New Guinea and Guadalcanal,
and the difficulties that they experienced. He is able to put a very human face
on the stoic pilots of the Kaiten "one way" suicide submarines, and how their
one- and two-man crews trained, and sometimes failed in horrible drowning
accidents. He seems to be a little vexed in that he believes that the Japanese
submarines sank a lot more Allied ships that what the Allied navies are willing
to admit. Not an "exciting" battlefield suspenseful reading book, but a nice,
well written view from a true seafarer who survived the worst that Davy Jones'
sea locker had to offer.
Brian
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