Ryuji Nagatsuka,Robert Leckie,Nina Rootes
Ryuji Nagatsuka did not know, when he made an application to become a pilot in October 1943, that by the following autumn Japanâ€™s situation in the war would be so critical that the role for which he was destined would be part of the most incomprehensible phenomenon of the hostilities â€“ that of a suicide pilot, known to the world as a kamikaze.He and his fellow kamikaze pilots had to be highly trained to crash exactly on target and to evade dense anti-aircraft fire. In this way, thirteen US warships were sunk, and 174 damaged, in the Battle of Okinawa.Here, in this extraordinary document, Nagatsuka gives us a unique insight into what it was that enabled these young men to die for their country in such a way â€“ and to do so willingly.
War,World War II,Military,Military History,Cultural,Japan,History,Aviation History,History
I Was A Kamikaze