He was a leading authority on butterflies and wrote at least one highly regarded book about them.\n\nAlso, he was the inspiration for two popular songs during the Pacific War :\n\n"We'll tie Hirohito to the Outboard Magneto of an R.A.F. Mosquito"   Spike Jones and his City Slickers.\n\n"I'm a Cranky Old Yank in a Clanky Old Tank on the Streets of Yokohama with my Honolulu Mama, singing those Beat-o, Beat-o, Flat On My Seat-o, Hirohito Blues."\nHoagy Carmichael.