the other amazing thing about nam bu, he was wound of the few subcaptains to survive the war in the japanese navy. >> and that's remarkable considering he serve aboard a submarine at pearl harbor and he looked through his pair scope -- periscope to sink ships. he was the executive officer aboard the submarine that shelled the storage facility north of santa barbara in february 1942. so this guy got around. i think he was in the war for something like 1800 days. a long time. so, it was a miracle he survived the war given the casualty rate of japan's sixth fleet, their subin reinforce, and also a miracle he survived again the fact he served under arazumi. you may not know the e-400 subs were on their way to complete the mission when the war ended. when the emperor accepted the allies' surrender terms, arazumi was so outraged he refused to tell crew of the surrender. in fact, he refused to surrender. and instead he decided to go rogue and continue with the mission. now, this was an unprecedented situation, of course, and nothing had prepared arazumi for defeat or surrender. but the situation ab