Memoirs of a Kamikaze: A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation

by Hiroyoshi Nishijima, Kazuo Odachi, Shigeru Ota

Book Overview

**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 group of airmen whose mission...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 480531575X
• ISBN13: 9784805315750
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.1"