Admiral Zacharias combined two remarkable careers. During wartime he was an active naval officer aboard a ship with an outstanding combat record and he was the may whose broadcasts in impeccable Japanese helped bring about the surrender of Japan. While an assistant naval attache in the years leading up to the war, he learned Japanese and throughout his career his knowledge was used to great advantage by the United States. This book is full of amazing episodes about a most distinguished American patriot. Not until the end of World War II did Americans have any idea about the tremendous role he played in bringing about the surrender. He was a true "hidden hero".