Opponents to see the terror on their faces as he sent them crashing to their deaths. He recounted how in dogfights, he flew close enough to his Or at least the last pilot still alive who flew during that aircraft’s glory days early in the war Harada described himself as “the last Zero fighter,” Millions of lives over the following 14 years. There are only a dwindling number of Japanese left who fought in the war, which in Asiaīegan when Imperial Japan invaded northeastern China in 1931, and claimed tens of Harada fears his countrymen may soon no longer be able to hear. In war so that younger generations don’t have to go through the same horrors that I did.” Recounting his role in battles, from Japan’s early triumph at Pearl Harbor to itsĭisastrous reversals at Midway and Guadalcanal.
“Nothing is as terrifying as war,” he began, before spending the next 90 minutes Like a sail, but he spoke with a loud voice of surprising vigor. His body was so frail that his suit hung loose It was the same face that now turned to look at the audience, creased by age,Īnd somehow softer and wiser.
Young pilot in a leather flight suit glaring fearlessly into the camera. Hang up hand-drawn war maps and a sepia-toned photo of himself as a Harada was invited toĪddress a ballroom filled with some 200 tax accountants and their business clients.Īfter slowly ascending the stage with the help of his daughter, he stopped to On a recentĪfternoon in this alpine city near his home, Mr. Shinzo Abe, has called for revising Japan’s pacifist Constitution.
This has become a timely issue in Japan, as the conservative prime minister, Now 98 years old and in failing health, theįormer ace is on what he calls his final mission: using his wartimeĮxperiences to warn Japan against ever going to war again. Shooting down 19 Allied aircraft as a pilot of Japan’s legendary Zero fighter NAGANO, Japan - Kaname Harada was once a feared samurai of the sky, I found article thought-provoking and figured some might appreciate it. Harada after reading his story in "The Last Zero Fighter" book. Browsing through NYT I found this article which held my attention as I knew something about Mr.
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