This books is the story of the air war in the Pacific through the eyes of the last surviving Imperial Japanese Naval aviators of World War II, chronicled through never before published first-hand accounts, war-time diaries, and private photographs. Living in Japan for over half a decade, the author befriended the survivors of Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal Iwo Jima to gather this trove of stories and images. Meticulously translated and painstakingly researched, all of the veteran's accounts in this book are supported by both official Japanese and Allied records, together with first-hand narratives of American and British participants in these pivotal, historic battles. SELLING POINTS: First hand accounts from Japanese pilots at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Iwo, more. These accounts appear here for the first time in English. Very rare war-era photographs from pilot's personal albums. 150 b/w images
