Memoirs of a Kamikaze: A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kazuo Odachi, Alexander Bennett (Translator), Shigeru OhtaPublish date:2020-09-15Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9784805315750ISBN-10:480531575XUPC:9784805315750Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & Conflicts, AsiaBook Topic:World War II, JapanSize:8.10 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC5P4SK18R
Memoirs of a Kamikaze: A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation
**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** An incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history. 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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9784805315750ISBN-10:480531575XUPC:9784805315750Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & Conflicts, AsiaBook Topic:World War II, JapanSize:8.10 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC5P4SK18R
Kazuo Odachi joined the Japanese navy during World War II at the age of 16, becoming a pilot in the Kamikaze Special Attack force. He completed 8 suicide missions without spotting a target. After surviving the war, he returned to Japan and became a police officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and then a detective retiring as a Director in the 3rd Investigation Division of the...
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