Memoirs of a kamikaze : a World War II pilot's inspiring story of survival, honor and reconciliation /
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 ass...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont :
Tuttle Publishing,
[2020]
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| Summary: | 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 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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| Physical Description: | 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9784805315750 480531575X |