Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I te 2 o Akuhata 1943, i a ia e hoki mai ana mai i te misioni whakapakari "Tokyo Express" i te po i nga Moutere Solomon
, i kitea e te kaipuke whakangaromanga Hapanihi "Amagiri" nga kaipuke PT USN i te tawhiti o te 1,000 iata. Engari i te whakatuwheratanga o te pupuhi, me te tuku i to raatau tuunga, ko te rangatira o te kaipuke whakangaromanga, ko te Lieutenant Commander Kohei Hanami, i tahuri ki te aukati me te tata ki te pouri i te 30 knots. Ko te kaipuke whakangaromanga o Hapanihi he puhoi ake, he iti ake te whakahaere, i tukituki i te "PT-109", i whakahaua e Lieutenant John F. Kennedy.