1955 Midway: Battle That Doomed Japan (WWII) Fuchida & Okumiya, 3rd Printing

Description: Midway: the battle that doomed Japan. The Japanese Navy's Story. By Mitsuo Fuchida, Former Captain, Imperial Japanese Navy and Masatake Okumiya, Former Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Clarke H. Kawakami and Roger Pineau. With a Foreword by Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, United States Navy, (Ret.). A Naval Institute Publication. November 1955, Third Printing (of First Edition). 266 p., 9 x 6", 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket was previously attached to paste-down's via clear tape. Dust jacket exhibits loss at top edge of front cover: "Jap" in "Japanese" lacking. Dust jacket is lightly toned and soiled, but lettering remains legible. Red cloth boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Yellow painted lettering bright and clean. Tape remnants found on paste-downs, with light toning. Text-block is lightly toned, mostly at edges of leaves. Binding intact. Please see photos. Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo,1902 – 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first wave of air attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack. After the war ended, Fuchida became a Christian convert and evangelist, traveling across the United States and Europe to tell his story. He later settled in the U.S. (although never taking American citizenship for himself). Some of Fuchida's wartime claims have been challenged as self-serving by historians, including his claimed advocacy for a third wave attack on Pearl Harbor. FORN-SHELF-0705-BB-2408-HK2032

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Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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