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American writer (1951–2018)
Henry Sakaida
Born October 1951
Santa Monica Died August 28, 2018(2018-08-28) (aged 66)
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Los Angeles Occupation Writer Nationality American
Henry Sakaida (October 1951 – 28 August 2018) was an American writer who authored a number of books relating to
World War II . He was a
third-generation
Japanese-American .
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Although born in Santa Monica, California in October 1951, he lived in Japan from the age of 3 to 5, before returning to the U.S. In addition, Sakaida attended
Rosemead High School and was in class of 1970.
Notable works
Winged Samurai: Saburo Sakai and the Zero Fighter Pilots (1985)
Pacific Air Combats WWII – Voices From The Past (1993)
Siege of Rabaul (1996)
Imperial Japanese Navy Aces (1997)
Japanese Army Air Force Aces (1997)
B-29 Hunters of the JAAF (with Koji Takaki)(2001)
Aces of the Rising Sun 1937–1945 (2002)
Genda's Blade: Japan's Squadron of Aces: 343 Kokutai (2003)
Heroines of the Soviet Union 1941–45 (2003)
Heroes of the Soviet Union 1941–45 (2004)
I-400: Japan's Secret Aircraft Carrying Strike Submarine, Objective Panama Canal (with Koji Takaki and Gary Nila)(2010)
Nomonhan 1939: The bloody Soviet-Japanese border war (2012)
Lyndon Johnson's 1943 Silver Star medal revelations
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