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12-03-2007, 04:10 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Cracow
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|  'Tora, tora, tora' pilot's tale to be told Manuscripts of an autobiography by Mitsuo Fuchida, best known as the pilot who led the air attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 8, 1941, and transmitted the famous signal--"Tora, tora, tora"--that indicated that complete surprise had been achieved, have been kept by his elderly son. more:'Tora, tora, tora' pilot's tale to be told : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
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12-03-2007, 05:04 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Interesting. I am a hold out that the Pacific War has resulted in greater good by aligning western and eastern ideologies. I hope that Japan continues to be an allie of the west. Otherwise all those lost may be for naught. 
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12-03-2007, 05:19 PM
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| Older Than Dirt  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
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inclined to agree with. I hope we never have to go to war against Japan, ever again. Charles
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12-03-2007, 05:23 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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| Sounds like it would be a great read. Give you insight into a Japanese officers mind and his thoughts.
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12-03-2007, 05:45 PM
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