There was SOMETHING I read years ago quoting verbatim from the diary of a Japanese submariner in WW1 that he'd kept current even as he died in that sub due to being unable to surface and, at that time, having no escape trunk. A primitive boat, it used a conventional gasoline engine for surface travel and, as he wrote, he was being overcome by gasoline fumes. Sad, but very interesting!
What WAS that? Does anyone know? Was it just a PART of a larger submarine-themed book?
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