Fred Saito
Autore di Samurai!
Opere di Fred Saito
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1917
- Sesso
- Male
- Nazionalità
- Japanese
- Luogo di residenza
- Tokyo, Japan
- Attività lavorative
- Journalist and Broadcaster
- Breve biografia
- He spent most of his life in Tokyo, Japan.
His family were members of the Samurai class.
From 1948-1960 he was with the Tokyo office of the Associated Press.
In the early 1960's he was on the staff of the Japan Broadcasting Company.
He is the author of many magazine articles published in Japan.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 390
- Popolarità
- #62,076
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 28
- Lingue
- 4
Sakai enjoyed a singular and most cherished reputation among fighter pilots. Of all Japan’s aces, Saburo Sakai is the only pilot who never lost a wingman in combat. This is an astounding performance for a man who engaged in more than two hundred aerial melees, and it explains the fierce competition, sometimes approaching physical violence, among the other pilots who aspired to fly his wing positions.
The reader will doubtless be surprised to learn that Saburo Sakai never received recognition by his government in the form of medals or decorations. The awarding of medals or other citations was unknown to the Japanese. Recognition was given only posthumously. Where the aces of other nations, including our own, were bedecked with rows of colorful medals and ribbons, awarded with great ceremony, Saburo Sakai and his fellow pilots flew repeatedly in combat without ever knowing the satisfaction of such recognition…… (altro)