John Lindsey
4th October 2000, 22:25
Saburo Sakai, Japan's leading living ace has passsed away. He was at a dinner with other WW2 aces and went to shake hands and had a heart attack.
His story is inspirational and amazing. The name of his autobiography is "Samurai!" and it was published in the mid-1950's. It gives you an incredible insight into the Japanese psyche- for example they were required during training to jump off a 50 foot tower onto concrete. By using acrobatic flips they were expected to land without injury. Many times however this led to serious injuries and several deaths.
His story is inspirational and amazing. The name of his autobiography is "Samurai!" and it was published in the mid-1950's. It gives you an incredible insight into the Japanese psyche- for example they were required during training to jump off a 50 foot tower onto concrete. By using acrobatic flips they were expected to land without injury. Many times however this led to serious injuries and several deaths.