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Werneth, Ron. Beyond Pearl Harbor: The Untold Stories of Japan's Naval Airmen. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Books, 2008. 256pp. $59.95
Ron Werneth has gone above and beyond the call of duty to produce a detailed perspective of the Japanese airmen of World War II. Werneth spent nearly a decade living in Japan and immersing himself in its culture. He traveled extensively to obtain firsthand accounts of seventeen Japanese naval veterans.
The book is divided into three sections, providing discussions of veterans of Japanese carrier bombers (kanbaku), Japanese carrier attack planes (kanko), and Japanese fighter aircraft(kansen). However, not all accounts are from aviators;...