mac.thepearlharbormurders-第31部分

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　Harada's　features　were　impassive；　even　proud。　〃She　was　a　traitor。〃
　Hully's　eyes　were　on　fire；　his　nostrils　flaring　as　he　said；　〃She　was　a　beautiful；　talented　girl；　and　you　murdered　her；　you　heartless　son　of　a　bitch！〃
　Harada　shrugged。
　Morimura's　smile　was　pursed；　like　a　kiss；　and　then　he　said；　〃Who　was　it　said；　'War　is　hell'？　Whoever　that　wise　man　was；　he　was　so　right；　even　if　he　was　an　American　。。。　now　if　you　will　please　to　step　in　back；　in　the　storeroom。〃
　Burroughs　put　up　his　hands　and　so　did　Hully；　and　Morimura　reached　behind　him　and　pushed　the　backroom　door　open　with　one　hand；　and　with　the　other　he　kept　the　revolver　trained　on　the　writer；　the　grocer　keeping　a　bead　on　Hully。　Morimura　motioned　with　the　gun　for　them　to　follow　him　into　the　back。
　The　spy　did　not　see　Adam　Sterling　e　into　the　open　doorway　behind　him；　and　the　grocer　didn't　see　the　FBI　agent　in　time　to　warn　Morimura；　either。　With　a　swift；　vicious　chop　to　the　base　of　the　neck；　Sterling　sent　Morimura　sprawling　to　the　floor；　the　。38　tumbling　from　the　spy's　hands。
　Burroughs　caught　the　weapon　in　midair；　and　Hully　snatched　the　Lьger　from　the　counter；　while　Sterling　was　pointing　a　。38　revolver　of　his　own　at　the　grocer　behind　the　counter。
　Though　he　had　a　shotgun　in　hand；　Harada　was　facing　three　guns；　all　trained　on　him；　from　various　directions。
　〃Drop　it；〃　Sterling　advised。　〃You　can't　win　this　game。〃
　Harada　thought　that　over；　then　he　swung　the　sawed…off　shotgun　up　and　around　and　under　his　chin　and　squeezed　both　triggers；　the　explosion　shaking　everything…and　everyone…in　the　small　shop。　What　had　been　Harada's　head　dripped　and　dribbled　and　slithered　down　the　weird　jars　of　roots；　herbs　and　skeletons；　crawling　like　strange　sea　creatures。　Then　the　mostly　headless　body　slid　down　to　the　floor　and　sat；　out　of　sight。
　Hully　was　covering　his　mouth；　horrified。　Through　his　fingers；　he　said　the　obvious：　〃He　。。。　he　took　his　own　life。〃
　〃You're　going　to　be　seeing　a　lot　of　that；〃　Burroughs　said；　〃in　the　ing　days。〃
　Sterling　was　hauling　Morimura　to　his　feet；　the　dazed　spy；　his　perfect　hair　askew；　looking　fairly　idiotic　in　the　golf　togs；　gave　the　FBI　man　a　bewildered　look。
　〃Judo；〃　Sterling　explained。
　Less　than　two　hours　after　it　had　begun；　the　sneak　air　attack　on　Pearl　Harbor　was　over。　The　silver　planes　again　receded　into　specks　on　the　horizon；　taking　off　in　varied　directions；　one　more　act　of　deception　designed　to　confuse　the　enemy　as　to　the　attackers'　origin　point。　The　raiders　left　behind　a　Pearl　Harbor　that　was　a　smoldering；　twisted　landscape　of　inconceivable　devastation。　The　two　pieces　of　the　Arizona　lay　on　the　bottom　of　the　harbor；　the　West　Virginia；　too。　The　Utah　and　Oklahoma；　capsized；　the　California　sinking；　the　Cur…tiss；　Helena；　and　Honolulu　damaged；　the　Raleigh　barely　afloat；　the　Nevada；　the　Vestal；　beached。　Fires　raged　on　bomb…damaged　ships…the　Maryland；　the　Pennsylvania；　the　Tennessee。
　On　Ford　Island；　the　husks　of　dozens　of　planes　lay　in　charred　disarray；　while　hangars　burned　around　them。　On　the　oil…pooled　surface　of　the　harbor　floated　debris；　much　of　it　human。　And　along　the　Oahu　shores；　the　pummeled　air　bases　continued　to　ooze　smoke。
　Corpsman　attempted；　often　vainly；　to　identify　bodies　and　body　parts　at　the　Pearl　Harbor　Naval　Hospital。　At　the　base　of　Alewa　Heights；　just　below　the　Shuncho…ro　teahouse…where　the　Japanese　vice　consul　had　wooed　geishas　and　perpetrated　espionage…a　makeshift　morgue　was　set　up。
　The　triumph　of　the　Japanese；　however；　was　not　plete。　Huge　fuel　tanks；　holding　millions　of　barrels　of　oil；　had　gone　unsullied。　The　Navy　Yard　itself；　that　sprawl　of　repair　facilities　and　shops；　was　secure。　The　Naval　ammo　depot　went　untouched；　as　did　the　submarine　pens。　Smaller　warships　by　the　score　escaped　damage；　and　the　raiders　had　failed　to　find…much　less　destroy…the　aircraft　carriers　of　the　Pacific　Fleet。
　The　greatest　miscalculation；　of　course；　was　the　nature　of　the　attack　itself…the　sheer　villainy　of　such　a　peacetime　assault　To　the　Japanese　military；　this　was　a　glorious　day　of　victory；　but　just　one　day…a　war；　after　all；　was　made　of　many　days。
　But　December　7；　1941；　was　not　just　any　day。
　Americans　would　remember　it
　
　
　
　Epilogue
　
　On　the　afternoon　after　the　attack…in　response　to　a　radio　request　for　help　from　all　able…bodied　men…Ed　and　Hully　Burroughs　were　issued　Springfield　rifles　and　dispatched　to　patrol　the　waterfront　in　a　civilian　guard；　helping　to　dig　slit　trenches　along　the　shore。
　With　the　help　of　his　friend　Colonel　Kendall　Fielder；　Burroughs　earned　the　distinction　of　being　the　oldest　American　correspondent　to　cover　the　Second　World　War；　making　three　trips　to　Pacific　war　zones。　He　was　vocal　in　his　support　for　Hawaii's　Japanese…Americans；　though　his　stereotypical；　propagandist　portrayal　of　〃Japs〃　in　his　WWII　novel；　Tarzan　and　the　Foreign　Legion；　rivaled　that　of　the　Germans　in　Tarzan　the　Untamed。
　Colonel　Fielder　also　became　known　for　championing　the　rights　of　Japanese…Americans；　possibly　he'd　been　touched　in　some　private　way　by　the　deaths　of　his　son　and　his　son's　nisei　fiancee。　At　any　rate；　largely　due　to　the　efforts　of　Fielder　and　a　few　others…including　FBI　agent　Adam　Sterling…99　percent　of　Hawaii's　160；000　Japanese…Americans　remained　free；　unlike　the　widespread　mainland　interments。
　Shortly　after　Pearl　Harbor；　Burroughs　turned　his　hand　to　mystery　writing；　even　briefly　converting　Tar…zan　into　a　detective；　though　without　particular　success；　including　a　wild　crime　story　entitled　〃More　Fun！　More　People　Killed！〃　that　The　Saturday　Evening　Post　turned　down。
　After　suffering　several　heart　attacks；　Edgar　Rice　Burroughs　died　in　bed；　on　March　19；　1950；　slumping　over　the　funny　papers；　which　were　open　to　'Tarzan。〃
　Ed　Burroughs　was　very　proud　of　his　son　Hully；　who　a　few　weeks　after　the　Pearl　Harbor　raid　enlisted　in　the　Army　Air　Corps　at　Hickam　Field；　First　Lieutenant　Hul…bert　Burroughs　went　on　to　be　a　distinguished　aerial　bat　photographer。　Toward　the　end　of　the　war；　Hully　married　Marion　Thrasher；　after　his　father's　death；　he　took　the　reins　of　ERB；　Inc。；　working　with　his　brother　John　Coleman　Burroughs　to　effectively　administer　the　legacy　of　Edgar　Rice　Burroughs。
　Otto　Kuhn　and　his　wife　were　arrested　at　a　beach　house；　and　imprisoned　at　the　Sand　Island　Detention　Center；　Tadeo　Yoshikawa　（alias　Tadashi　Morimura）　was　transported　to　an　interment　camp　in　Arizona　and；　in　August　1942；　exchanged　for　American　diplomats　held　in　Japan。
　Kuhn　and　Yoshikawa　were　two　of　only　a　dozen　individuals　determined　to　have　actively　engaged　in　prewar　espionage　in　Hawaii；　grocer　Tosbio　Harada　was　another。　All　of　them　had　been　sent　to　Hawaii　under　false　names　and/or　pretenses；　none　were　representatives　of　any　local　fifth　column　of　Japanese…Americans。　No　such　fifth　column　was　ever　shown　to　exist。
　Sam　Fujimoto　fought　with　the　celebrated　all…Japanese　442nd　Regimental　bat　Team；　and　later　graduated　from　Yale　Law　School；　being　a　successful　Honolulu　attorney。
　Harry　Kamana　and　a　smaller　version　of　his　band　toured　the　Pacific　Theater　for　the　USO。
　After　the　war；　Detective　John　Jardine　was　instrumental　in　the　cleaning　up　of　police　corruption　on　Oahu；　he　retired　in　1968；　died　a　year　later；　widely　regarded　as　the　finest　homicide　detective　Oahu　had　ever　known。
　Both　Admiral　Kimmel　and　General　Short　were　forced　to　retire　and　a　hurried　government　report　in　January　1942　branded　them　with　〃dereliction　of　duty。〃　Though　a　later　report　absolved　them　of　this　charge；　the　stigma　remains；　and　Admiral　Kimmel's　son　Edward　has　made　a　concerted　effort　to　have　his　father　and　General　Short　advanced　on　the　retired　lists　to　their　highest　wartime　ranks　of　four…star　admiral　and　three…star　general。
　General　Short　in　his　later　years　spent　much　time　on　his　garden；　cultivating　flowers；　not　actively　seeking　rehabilitation　of　his　reputation；　he　died　in　1949。　Admiral　Kimmel…though　on　December　7；　1941；　he　seemed　to　blame　himself；　at　least　in　part…spent　the　rest　of　his　life　trying　to　restore　his　good　name；　dying　of　a　heart　attack　in　1968。
　The　exact　circumstances　of　the　attack　on　Pearl
　Harbor；　and　the　reasons　for　the　success　of　that　attack；　remain　the　subject　of　controversy　and　debate；　involving　Congress；　the　president　and　media　coverage；　even　sixty　years　after　the　fact。
　What　did　the　Washington　High　mand　know　concerning　Japanese　intentions　and　military　targets　prior　to　the　raid；　and　why　did　Washington　fail　to　pass　along　this　information　to　Kimmel　and　Short？　If　the　general　and　admiral　had　been　privy　to　this　information；　would　they　have　taken　more　seriously　the　Mori　message　and　other　evidence　of　espionage　the　FBI　agent　and　the　creator　of　Tarzan　brought　to　their　attention；　the　Saturday　evening　before　that　fateful　Sunday　morning？
　This　Pearl　Harbor　mystery　remains　unsolved。
　
　
　A　Tip　of　the　Panama
　
　This　book　is　a　bination　of　the　factual　and　the　fanciful。　Details　herein　of　the　Japanese　attack　on　Pearl　Harbor…including　espionage　mat　led　up　to　that　attack…are　largely　factual；　although　the　murder　case　is　a　fictional　one；　and　I　make　no　claim；　large　or　small；　for　this　novel　as　any　kind　of　definitive　account　of　this　pivotal　event　in　our　history。　Any　blame　for　historical　and/or　geographical　inaccuracies　is　my　own；　reflecting；　I　hope；　the　limitations　of　conflicting　source　material。
　Like　my　previous　〃disaster　mysteries；〃　The　Titanic　Murders　（1999）　and　The　Hindenburg　Murders　（2000）；　this　novel　features　a　real…life　writer　as　amateur　detective。　Edgar　Rice　Burroughs　was　a　great　childhood　favorite　of　mine；　I　was　an　avid　reader　of　both　the　Tarzan　tales　and　ERB's　science　fiction；　well　into　my　teens。　The　narrative　technique　of　separating　two　protagonists　and　following　the　adventures　of　each　in　alternating　chapters…used　in　this　book…is　one　I　learned　from　Burroughs。　Tarzan　the　Untamed；　incidentally；　was　my　favorite　of　the　novels…and　the　controversy　over　that　〃anti…German〃　title　is　accurately　reported　herein。
　Burroughs　and　his　son　Hulbert　were　indeed　present　on　Oahu…and　living　at　the　Niumalu　Hotel…on　December　7；　1941；　they　were；　in　fact；　playing　tennis　when　the　bombing　began。　My　fictionalized　portrayal　of　them　is　based　largely　upon　two　wonderful　biographies：　the　massive；　seminal　Edgar　Rice　Burroughs：　The　Man　Who　Created　Tarzan　（1975）　by　Irwin　Forges；　and　a　book　I　foun