I was watching a Dark seas episode on the Japanese suicide subs, the Kaiten. Even for that, the had like 6 months training, first learning how to navigate the sub on the surface, then under water, then at high speeds, then attacking decoys, and then deep under water navigation with speed. This is a suicide sub and they were losing the war in the pacific, but still they never neglected training.
Then there is the story of the mitsubishi employee who survived hiroshima bombing and went to work next day in Nagasaki and survived that too.
Some 260,000 people survived the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of the very few who endured the horror of both.
www.history.com
And then there is that soldier who fought for 30 years, not knowing the war was over.
For nearly three decades, until 1974, Lt. Hiroo Onoda lived in a Philippine jungle. During those years he continued to battle with villagers. As many as 30 people were killed. It wasn't until his former commander ordered Onoda to lay down his arms that he surrendered. Onoda died Thursday. He was 91.
www.npr.org
We never really see this level of dedication to a task here, because were lazy and always seek shortcuts. The only thing talked about among employees in dorporate offices is "roti kithay khaani?"
