| The Last Zero Fighter: Firsthand Accounts from WWII Japanese Naval Pilots Contributor(s): King, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1468178806 ISBN-13: 9781468178807 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.03 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WWII Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; USS Panay, Nanking, Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, Rabaul, Port Darwin, Indian Ocean Raid, Ceylon, Midway, Guadalcanal, Marshall Islands, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, the Kamikaze in the Philippines, the home defense and the dropping of the atomic bomb. The book is 348 pages includes 78 photos (many from the veterans' own albums), 9 original maps and illustrations. Includes an introduction to the Japanese pilot training system for both officers and enlisted men. Each pilot is followed from the time he joined the navy until war's end. They explain in their own words; why they joined the navy, what they thought about the war, about the aircraft they flew, how they felt about their friends and their former adversaries. The interviews were conducted firsthand in their own language by KING who is a linguist and Pacific War historian who spent 10 years living in Japan. King has interviewed 97 Japanese WWII veterans and this is the first in a series of books on their experiences. |