Henry Sakaida (October 1951 28 August 2018) was an American writer who authored a number of books relating to
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. He was a
third-generation Japanese-American
are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asia ...
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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)
References
External links
Homepage*
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1951 births
2018 deaths
American writers of Japanese descent
American military writers