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| Item Call Number |
D 792 .J3 S3 1991 |
| Copynumber |
1 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
16645 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781591147558 (hardbound)
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| Language Code |
- Language code of text/sound track or separate title - eng
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 792 .J3 S3 1991
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Sakai, Saburo
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Samurai!
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - by Saburo Sakai ; with Martin Caidin and Fred Saito.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Annapolis, Md. :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Naval Institute Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1991.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 360 p. :
- Other physical details - ill.
- Dimensions - 22 x 15 cm.
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| Media Type |
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| General Note |
- General note - Reprint. Originally published: New York : Dutton, 1957.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - Personal account of Japan's top surviving fighter ace, with a total number of 64 kills to his credit. As an experienced Zero fighter pilot of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Sakai had his baptism of fire in China, where he shot down his first enemy aircraft. With the outbreak of the Pacific War, Sakai and his unit attacked Clark air base on the first day of the war, destroying some of the bombers on the ground. He later shot down the B-17 of Capt. Colin Kelly, who became the US' first hero of the air. His squadron moved to the south as soon as air cover was secured, and saw action in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia today) and the South Pacific. Wounded grievously in an encounter with American dive bombers, he returned to base under grueling conditions. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - Sakai, Saburo,
- Dates associated with a name - 1916-.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Fighter pilots
- Geographic subdivision - Japan
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Japan. Kaigun
- General subdivision - Biography.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, Japanese.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Personal narratives, Japanese.
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| Index Termuncontrolled |
- Uncontrolled term - aerial operations
- Uncontrolled term - Japanese invasion of the Philippines
- Uncontrolled term - personal account - Japanese
- Uncontrolled term - raid on Clark air base
- Uncontrolled term - Zero fighter
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| Personal Name |
- Personal name - Caidin, Martin
- Dates associated with a name - 1927-
- Personal name - Saito, Fred
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