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    Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo, 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer...
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  • to mastermind the operation, while his old Naval Academy classmate Mitsuo Fuchida is selected to lead the attack. Meanwhile, in Washington, U.S. military...
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    White Publishing. ISBN 9781785305108. Fuchida, Mitsuo (2011), For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of the Attack on Pearl Harbor...
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  • with the name include: Mitsuo Aoki (1914–2010), American theologian Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄, 1902–1976), Japanese naval aviator Mitsuo Fujikura, Japanese mixed...
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    Nishikaichi and wanted to help him. She moved to the island of Kauaʻi. Mitsuo Fuchida, a naval commander during the attack on Pearl Harbor and later a Christian...
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    simultaneously. He played a key role in persuading IJN leaders to name Mitsuo Fuchida, his classmate at the Japanese Naval Academy, as the leader of the air...
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  • Dönitz, James "Jimmy" Doolittle, Lawrence Durrell, Lord Eden of Avon, Mitsuo Fuchida, Adolf Galland, Minoru Genda, W. Averell Harriman, Sir Arthur Harris...
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    poor decision-making due to fear of attack, for the rest of the war. Mitsuo Fuchida and Shigeyoshi Miwa considered the "one-way" raid "excellent strategy"...
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    met Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, becoming close friends. (For That One Day: The Memoirs of Mitsuo Fuchida, Commander of...
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    work mainly in Japan, social work, and labor activism. Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田美津雄, Fuchida Mitsuo) (3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Captain in the Imperial...
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    these aircraft were launched by 8.45 am. This wave was led by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, who had also commanded the first wave of attackers during the raid...
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    and on Trincomalee harbour on 9 April 1942. On 5 April 1942, Captain Mitsuo Fuchida of the Imperial Japanese Navy, who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, led...
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    subsequently had a lengthy conversation with Commander Mitsuo Fuchida about his observations in October 1941. Fuchida led the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941....
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    .. Several minutes later, Best and his two wingmen dived on Akagi. Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese aviator who had led the attack on Pearl Harbor, was on...
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    maintaining the strength of frontline air units. Nagumo and officers such as Mitsuo Fuchida (commanding Akagi's air group) felt that the losses inflicted on the...
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    Nagumo was surrounded by able lieutenants such as Minoru Genda and Mitsuo Fuchida. He also fought well in the early 1942 campaigns, obtaining success...
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    flight deck a green lamp was waved in a circle to signal 'Take off!' — Mitsuo Fuchida, I Led the Air Attack on Pearl Harbor John Toland, in his Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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    ISBN 0-393-04156-5 Richard Overy, Why the Allies Won, p 299-300 ISBN 0-393-03925-0 Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese...
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    Burnett David V. J. Blake John Crace Gerard Muirhead-Gould Chūichi Nagumo Mitsuo Fuchida Kanji Matsumura Sakonjo Naomasa Sasaki Hankyu Robert Eyssen Theodor...
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  • the zany comedian Phyllis Diller followed by an interview with Capt. Mitsuo Fuchida, the Japanese navy officer who planned and led the attack on Pearl Harbor...
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    Naito subsequently had a lengthy conversation with Cdr. Mitsuo Fuchida about his observations. Fuchida led the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941." Kimmel...
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    major role in the Attack on Pearl Harbor. One of the B5N2s carried Mitsuo Fuchida, the commander of the attack, with one high-level bomber from the carrier...
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    to Capt. Fleming's mother. In "Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan" Mitsuo Fuchida states, "the pilot (R.E. Fleming) after being hit by anti-aircraft fire...
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    for his role in The Hoodlum Soldier. In 1970, he played the role of Mitsuo Fuchida in Tora! Tora! Tora!. Tamura won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor...
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  • points of view, including historical figures such as Minoru Genda and Mitsuo Fuchida. Besides these historical figures, viewpoint characters include a corporal...
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    weapon of terrible destruction; it was a psychological weapon." In 1959, Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilot who led the first wave in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor...
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  • force of escorting surface ships. During the attack, 188 planes led by Mitsuo Fuchida destroy 11 vessels and wreck a lot of the harbor infrastructure, killing...
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    wrote extensively on Japan's role in World War II. He co-wrote with Mitsuo Fuchida Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan; the Japanese Navy's Story, published...
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    Nagumo Akagi (scuttled 5 June) (Capt. Taijiro Aoki) Air Unit (Commander Mitsuo Fuchida) 18 Mitsubishi A6M2 Type 21 'Zeke' fighters (Lt. Cmdr. Shigeru Itaya)...
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  • 27th Shotai: 3 × D3A VTB Leader (Commander Mitsuo Fuchida) 1st Chutai: 5 × B5N2 "Kate" (Commander Fuchida) 2nd Chutai: 5 × B5N (Lieutenant Goro Iwasaki)...
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