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| Caption | Portrait of Saburo Sakai cropped from a Japanese Navy Tainan Air Group group portrait, Lae, New Guinea, Jun 1942; note autograph ww2dbase | ||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Lae, Australian New Guinea | ||||
| Date | Jun 1942 | ||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseWikimedia Commons | ||||
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| Licensing | This work originating in Japan is in the public domain. According to Article 23 of the 1899 Copyright Act of Japan and Article 2 of Supplemental Provisions of Copyright Act of 1970, a work is in the public domain if it was created or published before 1 Jan 1957. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
| Photo Size | 199 x 299 pixels | ||||
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Famous WW2 Quote
"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944
13 May 2015 07:06:57 PM
SAMURAI:
Saburo Sakai Imperial Japanese Naval Aviator Born August 25,1916 - Died September 22, 2000
Sakai was among 1,500 men that applied for naval flight training, 70 were selected, Sakai was one of them.
During the early months of the Pacific War, an unarmed transport was spotted, the pilot flew along side the transport seeing waving women and children.
Sliding his canopy back the pilot waved back, wobbled his wings and flew away. The pilot was none other than Saburo Sakai.
Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice
Japanese Maxim
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SAMURAI
Saburo Sakai
Published by Pocket Books 1996
ISBN -10 0671563106
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