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The article focuses on the history of the invention and use of the Ohgushi Peerless Respirator developed by Riichi Watanabe, Kanezo Ohgushi and Kyuhachi Kataoka. Topics include invention of the Respirator by Watanabe and Ohgushi, both of whom are from Japan, and the original version of the Respirator. Improvement of this original version by Watanabe and diving professional Kyuhachi Kataoka is also discussed. Salvage operations using the Respirator are then discussed.

The article describes Fukuryu, a tactic developed by the Japanese government that would allow the Japanese divers to strike the enemies unknowingly as they approach the Japanese beaches. It points out that this concept, which literally mean Crouching Dragon, was first developed at the Naval Construction School at the Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan and was submitted for government approval on March 11, 1945. Fukuryu are described as patriots that are willing to giving up their lives for the country and deserves a place in the history of diving.