TY - BOOK AU - Kuwahara, Yasuo, AU - Allred, Gordon T. TI - Kamikaze: a Japanese pilot's own spectacular story of the infamous suicide squadrons SN - 9780976154754 AV - D792.J3 K83 2007 U1 - 940.54 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Clearfield, Utah PB - American Legacy Media KW - Kuwahara, Yasuo, KW - Japan KW - Rikugun KW - Kōkūtai KW - Biography KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - fast KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Aerial operations, Japanese KW - Campaigns KW - Pacific Area KW - Personal narratives, Japanese KW - Kamikaze pilots KW - Military operations, Aerial KW - Japanese N1 - "Newly revised and expanded"--Cover; Part 1: National glider champion -- Predestined decision -- Winter and waning days -- Part 2: Instilling the spirit -- Taiko Binta--splendid game -- Grand way of heaven and earth -- Time to cry -- Cost of sushi cake -- Parting of Miyagame -- Brief reunion -- Part 3: Praying mantis -- Full reparation -- Fighter pilot -- Part 4: First human bombs -- High rendezvous -- Honor and a lost cause -- Death greets the New Year -- Wind among the lanterns -- Miracle of life -- Women of the shadows -- Toyoko -- Chimes in the night -- Ashes for the family shrine -- Divine storm -- Lonely place -- Part 6: Lighter than a feather -- Battle with the giants -- Hiroshima -- Voice of the emperor -- Farewell cup N2 - Kamikaze squadrons recruited teenage boys and converted them into human bombs. These boys became suicide pilots whose sole purpose was to die for the Emperor. During World War II, the Kamikaze caused the greatest losses in the history of the United States Navy UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0618/2006025960.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2006025960-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0807/2006025960-d.html ER -