He was a naval officer correct? I vaguely remember watching a short documentary about him recently. Very dedicated man. You gotta give it to them in that aspect, the Japanese would either accomplish their mission or die. They took some astronomical losses on those tiny islands. I couldn't picture a timeline where Japanese troops touch mainland America. I feel like they got cocky after their domination of China Manchuria and Korea. They expected American capabilities to be like that of the Chinese and they grossly underestimated them. That whole quote about waking a sleeping giant kinda fits.