{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-kamikaze-a-world-war-ii-pilots-inspiring-story-of-survival-honor-and-reconciliation","title":"Memoirs of a Kamikaze: A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMemoirs of a Kamikaze: A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKazuo Odachi\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9784805315750\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTuttle Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2020\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e224\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner**\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn incredible, untold story of survival and acceptance that sheds light on one of the darkest chapters in Japanese history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 was to sacrifice their lives by crashing planes into enemy ships. Their callsign was \"ten dead, zero alive.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy picking up \u003ci\u003eMemoirs of a Kamikaze\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will experience the hardships of fighter pilot training--dipping and diving and watching as other trainees crash into nearby mountainsides. They'll witness the psychological trauma of coming to terms with death before each mission, and breathe a sigh of relief with Odachi when his last mission is cut short by Japan's eventual surrender. They'll feel the anger at a government and society that swept so much of the sacrifice under the rug in its desperation to rebuild. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOdachi's innate \"samurai spirit\" carried him through childhood, WWII and his eventual life as a kendo instructor, police officer and detective. His attention to detail, unwavering self-discipline and impenetrably strong mind were often the difference between life and death. Odachi, who is now well into his nineties, kept his Kamikaze past a secret for most of his life. Seven decades later, he agreed to sit for nearly seventy hours of interviews with the authors of this book--who know Odachi personally. He felt it was his responsibility to finally reveal the truth about the Kamikaze pilots: that they were unsuspecting teenagers and young men asked to do the bidding of superior officers who were never held to account. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book offers a new perspective on these infamous suicide pilots. It is not a chronicle of war, nor is it a collection of research papers compiled by scholars. It is a transcript of Odachi's words.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Memoirs of a Kamikaze: A World War II Pilot's Inspiring Story of Survival, Honor and Reconciliation | Kazuo Odachi | Hardcover | 9784805315750 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1766335","offer_id":49376922960024,"sku":"1766335","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81KYDC8h6_L.jpg?v=1783022941","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/memoirs-of-a-kamikaze-a-world-war-ii-pilots-inspiring-story-of-survival-honor-and-reconciliation","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}