Thomas F. (hardtack) -
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A fascinating account of the development of American carrier warfare and the evolution of Japan's Kamikaze defense using its best university students. Sometimes you have to wonder what the Japanese leaders were thinking?
Both sides are shown from the perspective of individual American sailors and Marines and their Japanese foes.
The USS Bunker Hill was a fleet Essex-class carrier, designed not to be sunk, but two Japanese university students almost accomplished the impossible.
The courage of the young Japanese pilots who wanted to live so badly, but sadly agreed to give their lives for their people, is matched by the Americans on the carrier who, knowing they were going to die, stayed at the posts so that other men might live.
Both sides are shown from the perspective of individual American sailors and Marines and their Japanese foes.
The USS Bunker Hill was a fleet Essex-class carrier, designed not to be sunk, but two Japanese university students almost accomplished the impossible.
The courage of the young Japanese pilots who wanted to live so badly, but sadly agreed to give their lives for their people, is matched by the Americans on the carrier who, knowing they were going to die, stayed at the posts so that other men might live.
