@My fellow soldiers were sent off one after another.
Not only those who were there before me but also new-comers, leaving me behind.
I am smiling on the outside, but my heart sinks when I send them off.

"Japan is such a great country. No one doubt about dying with a smile for the sake of the Emperor."
Ishikawa told me on the evening of send-off party for his sortie.

The picture taken between training.

Front from the left, Sub-lieutenant Ishikawa, Lieutenant Kagaya, Sub-lieutenant Kawai
Back from the left, Sub-lieutenant Hashiguchi, Lieutenant Sanchi, Lieutenant Chosa, Sub-lieutenant Yoshimoto@

Lieutenant Kagaya sortied on December 30, 1944 as a Kaiten pilot of Kaiten Group "Kongo", boarding Submarine I-36 and died in the mission on January 12, 1945.
Sub-lieutenant Yoshimoto sortied on January 9, 1945 as a Kaiten pilot of Kaiten Group "Kongo", boarding Submarine I-48. Missing in action. (Estimated to be sunk.)

<The sortie of Kaiten Group "Kongo", Submarine I-58>.

<The sortie of Kaiten Group "Kongo", Submarine I-36>.

<The sortie of Kaiten Group "Kongo", Submarine I-48>


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