Book description
Written by Martin Caidin from Saburo Sakai's own memoirs and journalist Fred Saito's extensive interviews with the World War II fighter pilot, Samurai! vividly documents the chivalry and valor of the combat aviator who time after time fought American fighter pilots and, with 64 kills, would survive the war as…
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Samurai is a memoir focusing on both prewar Japan and World War II from the perspective of Japan's leading fighter pilot, Saburo Sakai. He tells us what the war was like from the other side and describes what it's like to be up at twenty thousand feet with bullets flying and trying to survive to fight another day.
He wrote this shortly after the war, and I absolutely loved it. It covers a lot of air battles but also is full of humanity and tells of his family life, his friends, and his attempt to stay alive during a brutal…
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