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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 27 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Kevin Waites. |
| Summary |
Saburo Sakai became a living legend in Japan during World War II. Pilots everywhere spoke in awe of his incredible exploits in the air. Of all Japan's aces, Saburo Sakai is the only pilot who never lost a wingman in combat. For a man who engaged in more than 200 aerial combats, this was an incredible achievement. His remarkable book Samurai!, written by Martin Caiden but with the assistance of Sakai and Fred Saito, is a brilliant account of life as a Japanese pilot in the Second World War. Samurai! charts Sakai's remarkable life from his lowly, poor origins, to signing up with the military at the age of 16, to his conflicts with American aircraft over Guadalcanal where he had the heavy fragments of two 50-caliber machine gun bullets embedded in his skull, through to the moment when Japan eventually surrendered. For many listeners Samurai! will do much to bring the Pacific air war into new perspective. The story of Saburo Sakai provides for the first time an intimate look into the "other side". |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Sakai, Saburō, 1916-2000.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese.
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Fighter pilots -- Japan -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Caidin, Martin, 1927-1997.
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Saito, Fred.
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hoopla digital.
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| Spine Title |
Rise and fall of the Japanese naval air force |
| ISBN |
9781982749989 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982749989 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12377527 |
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