JAPANESE SUBMARINE " I 400 "

The good people at the Planes of Fame in Chino Calif. hosted their monthly symposium this saturday March 6.
This month's lecture was on the WWII Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I 400.
Authors Gary Douglas Nila and Henry Sakaida spoke on a subject they thoroughly researched for the past 10 years. The fruit of their effort is documented in a new book they wrote with the help of Koji Takaki who provided valuable information and personally spoke to many of the surviving Japanese crew members over the years. The book is titled I 400 Japan's secret aircraft-carrying strike submarine. After the lecture both authors kindly and patiently answered many questions and shared personal experiences they had in their research for this and many other books they wrote. After visiting with some old friends in different parts of the museum, I returned to the guests table and had a nice chat with Gary Nila. A former FBI agent and currently working at Norththrop Grumman Mr Nila is a wealth of information and will gladly share his passion with anyone who's willing to listen. Nila and Sakai's enthusiasm sparked the audience and made this month's lecture one of the most interesting to date.