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Written by Marin Caidin from Saburo Sakai's own memoirs and journalist Fred Saito's extensive interviews with the fighter piot, SAMURAI! Vividly documents the chivalry and valor of Saburo Sakai, the combat aviator who time after time fought American fighter pilots and, with 64 kills, would survive the war as Japan's greatest living ace.Here are the harrowing experiences of one of Japan's greatst aces: fromfighter pilot school-where the harsh training expelled over half of his class-to the thrilling early Japanese victories; fromhis incredible six hundred mile fight for life from Guadalcanal to his base in Rabaul, to the poignant story of the now-handicapped veteran's return to the air during the final desperate months of World War II.

ISBN-13

9780743493321

ISBN-10

074349332X

Weight

0.44 Pounds

Dimensions

4.00 x 1.25 x 6.75 In

List Price

$7.99

Format

Paperback

Pages

384 pages

Publisher

UNKNO

Published On

2004-09-28



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