I knew George Mackey. He was a prisoner of war and survived the Bataan death march. He did come home. I hope to meet his children to let them know what he told me.

Bataan

Shin'yō[edit]

The Shin'yō (Japanese: 震洋, "Sea Quake") were Japanese suicide boats developed during World War II.[8] They were part of the wider Special Attack Units program. These fast motorboats were driven by one man, to speeds of around 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph). They were typically equipped with 250 kg (551 lb) pounds of explosives packed in the bow with several impact fuses. The Shinyo units were known as Shimpu Tokubetsu-Kogekitai. About 6,200 Shinyo were produced for the Imperial Japanese Navy


Japanese suicide boats 

Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto and Matome Ugaki, Rabaul, New Britain, April 1943