ish ika ichi ▁of ▁H iry u ▁was ▁dam aged ▁in ▁the ▁attack ▁on ▁Whe eler , ▁so ▁he ▁fle w ▁to ▁the ▁rescue ▁point . ▁The ▁aircraft ▁was ▁further ▁dam aged ▁on ▁landing . ▁N ish ika ichi ▁was ▁helped ▁from ▁the ▁w reck age ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁native ▁Hawai ians , ▁who , ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁t ension ▁between ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Japan , ▁took ▁the ▁pilot ' s ▁p istol , ▁maps , ▁codes , ▁and ▁other ▁documents . ▁The ▁island ' s ▁residents ▁had ▁no ▁tele ph ones ▁or ▁rad ios ▁and ▁were ▁completely ▁una ware ▁of ▁the ▁attack ▁on ▁Pear l ▁Har bor . ▁N ish ika ichi ▁en list ed ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁three ▁Japanese - American ▁residents ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁recover ▁the ▁documents . ▁During ▁the ▁en su ing ▁strugg les , ▁N ish ika ichi ▁was ▁killed ▁and ▁a ▁Hawai ian ▁civil ian ▁was ▁wounded ; ▁one ▁collabor ator ▁committed ▁suic ide , ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁collabor ator ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁prison . ▁ ▁The ▁ease ▁with ▁which ▁the ▁local ▁eth nic ▁Japanese ▁residents ▁had ▁apparently ▁gone ▁to ▁N ish ika ichi ' s ▁assistance ▁was ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁concern ▁for ▁many , ▁and ▁t ended ▁to ▁support ▁those ▁who ▁believed ▁that ▁local ▁Japanese ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁trust ed . ▁ ▁Str ateg ic ▁imp lications ▁Admir al ▁H ara ▁T ada ichi ▁sum med ▁up ▁the ▁Japanese ▁result ▁by ▁saying , ▁" We ▁won ▁a ▁great ▁tact ical