The Last Zero Fighter

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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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
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