The Last Zero Fighter by Dan King
Firsthand accounts from interviews conducted in Japan with five WI Japanese Naval aviators. All are veterans of the pivotal battles of the Pacific War including; US 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 WI veterans and this is the first in a series of books on their experiences.
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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781468178807 |
| ISBN 10 | 1468178806 |
| Title | The Last Zero Fighter |
| Author | Dan King |
| Series | Firsthand Accounts And True Stories From Japanese Wwii Combat Veterans |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Year published | 2012-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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