Memoirs of a Kamikaze a World War II pilot's inspiring story of survival, honor and reconciliation
This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who--in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old--joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps--a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont
Tuttle Publishing
2020
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| Summary: | This book tells the story of Kazuo Odachi who--in 1943, when he was just 16 years-old--joined the Imperial Japanese Navy to become a pilot. A year later, he was unknowingly assigned to the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps--a group of airmen whose mission was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their callsign was "ten dead, zero alive." |
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| Item Description: | Translated from the Japanese |
| Physical Description: | 191 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9784805315750 (hbk) 480531575X (hbk) |