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  1. Mar 18, 2013 · After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida became a national hero in Japan. He was granted an audience with Emperor Hirohito . Mitsuo Fuchida went on to write about WWII and the Battle of Midway from the Japanese point of view.

  2. Pearl Harbor. Fuchida in training for the attack on Pearl Harbor. On Sunday, 7 December 1941, a Japanese force under the command of Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo —consisting of six carriers with 423 aircraft—was ready to attack the United States base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  3. Dec 3, 2020 · Captain Fuchida rallied Japanese troops at Pearl Harbor, fought valiantly on behalf of Japan, then found new life in the United States as a Christian proselytizer. Once one of America's most noted enemies, Fuchida converted to Christianity in later years and spent decades preaching across the United States.

  4. The most crucial Japanese mistake at Pearl Harbor was when the commander of the first-wave strike fired two flares, signaling his aviators to use the ‘no-surprise’ attack plan.

  5. Apr 15, 2017 · Thirty-five years before his death on May 30th, 1976, the Japanese captain was directing the first wave of attackers at Pearl Harbor. At the time of his death, that wasn't what he was known for. Fuchida's change of heart meant that the war was behind him and so was everything he had done during it.

  6. Feb 22, 2023 · Only a few months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mitsuo Fuchida was promoted to commander and tasked with leading the first wave of aerial forces against the north side of Oahu, Hawaii. At 7:40 AM on December 7, 1941, he ordered the assault from his Nakajima B5N2, shooting out the “Black Dragon” flare, which signaled his men to attack.

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  8. Dec 7, 2017 · A few months later, the two were preaching to crowds together—Mitsuo Fuchida, the lead pilot at Pearl Harbor and Jacob DeShazer, the Doolittle Raid bombardier. They brought to thousands the message of God’s sacrificial love for all people and the power of Jesus Christ to bring forgiveness from sin.

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