Major Yamazaki Takeshi had arrived in Indochina two months earlier to take command of the Phan Thiet airbase. The post had been given as a reward for his service in the Second Sino-Japanese War, though he suspected it had more to do with him saving a general’s life. That act of bravery had wounded him in battle and put him in the hospital for multiple surgeries. He was still suffering from his injuries, but considering the easy life he was enjoying in the fishing town, he knew he would gladly save the general and be wounded all over again.
