Word: maki
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...Dream a Japanese destroyer is anchored at Shanghai near the flagship of the U. S. Asiatic Fleet, the cruiser Houston. Acting on his own responsibility, with no orders from his Japanese superiors, obscure "Lieut. Maki" abruptly fires a torpedo into the Houston, which sinks. Though a Japanese court martial sentences Lieut. Maki to be shot, war has meanwhile been declared. After a terrific air and naval battle most of the U. S. fleet is sunk and Japan as a starter seizes the Hawaiian Islands. The Dream ends as a monument to Lieut. Maki is unveiled in conquered Honolulu...