Over the remote pacific island of chichi jima, nine American flyers-navy and marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a u.s. Navy subma...Over the remote pacific island of chichi jima, nine American flyers-navy and marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a u.s. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on chichi jima and held prisoner.