Submariner Kazuo Sakamaki’s mission was to attack ships in his midget-class sub. However, his sub was disabled, and his attempt to blow it up failed. He dove into the water to investigate the problem ...

He was among dozens of other civilians and a single prisoner of war, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, who was captured in Hawaii, after the coordinated attack, when his “midget” submarine smashed ...

Japanese Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, one of the two men in the HA-19 in Hawaii, survived after the sub was attacked by U.S. planes and became the first Japanese prisoner in the war.

Japanese Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, one of the two men in the HA-19 in Hawaii, survived after the sub was attacked by U.S. planes and became the first Japanese prisoner in the war. He was later a guest at ...

Japanese Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, one of the two men in the HA-19 in Hawaii, survived after the sub was attacked by U.S. planes and became the first Japanese prisoner in the war.

Early the next morning, a small sub and a surviving crewman, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki, washed ashore on the east side of Oahu. Sakamaki became America’s first prisoner of war, and the Navy got a ...