英语翻译
Themysteryofwhathappenedtothemidgetsubswouldhavebeenevendeeper.HaditnotbeenforasurprisedevelopmentonthemorningofDecember8th,1941.intheearlymorninghours,asmallsubmarinewashedashoreonOahu'seastcoast.ItwastheonepilotedbyensignKasuoSakamaki-thesubwiththegyroscopeproblems.Sakamakialsowashedashoreexhaustedanddelirious.Hewascapturedbeforehecouldkillhimself-andthusbecameAmerica'sfirstprisonerofwar.Ofthetensubmarinerswhosetoutbeforedawnonthe7th,Sakamakiwastheonlyonewhosurvived.
Historianshavegenerallylabeledthesubmarinemissionafailure-sinceonlyonemidgetthatweknowofenteredtheharbor-andwassunkduringtheattackafterfiringtwoharmlesstorpedoes.ButanalysisofaphototakenfromaJapaneseairplanejustasthebattlebegansuggestssomethingelse.ItshowsbattleshiprowalreadyunderattackafewminutesaftereightandinthewaterjustbeyondashadowyshapethatappearstobeasmallsubmarineandthewakeofatorpedoaimeddirectlyattheWestVirginia.
Whilesomehistoriansremainskeptical,thatanalysiscouldexplainamessageDewareceivedonthenightofthe7th-morethantwelvehoursaftertheattack.Itcamefromhisfriend,ensignYokoyama."Successfulsurpriseattack."Thensilence.Yokoyama'ssubnevermadetherendezvous-andneitherdidanyoftheothers.ForyearsDewahaswonderedwhathappenedtookoyamaandalltheotherswhodidn'tcomeback.
Allheknowsisthatsomewhere,inthesewaterstheydied,astheyexpectedtheywould.OfcourseIhopedtheywouldreturn,butthecommandertoldme.IfIcomebackI'llcomebackwithawolfaswesayinJapanandputthemothersubindangersoIdon'tthinktheyplannedtoreturneveniftheyhadsucceeded.Beforehesetoutonhismissiononeofthesubmarinersleftbehindapoemhe'dwrittenearlierthatday.asthecherryblossomsfallattheheightoftheirgloryso,too,mustifallthatmenmaycallmeaflowerofyamoto,thoughmybonesliescatteredinthebleakwildernessofstrangeanddistantlands.