Henry Sakaida

Henry Sakaida
Born	October 1951 Santa Monica
Died	August 28, 2018(2018-08-28) (aged 66)[1] Los Angeles
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American

Henry Sakaida (October 1951 – 28 August 2018) was an American writer who authored a number of books relating to World War II. He was a third-generation Japanese-American.^[2][3]

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)
• Lyndon Johnson's 1943 Silver Star medal revelations [1]

References

1. Holmes, Tony (2018-09-07). "Henry Sakaida (1951–2018)".
2. "Henry Sakaida – Author and Researcher". pacificwrecks.com. May 22, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
3. Pool, Bob (May 29, 2012). "World War II hobbyist solves a family's decades-old mystery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

External links

• Homepage
• Henry Sakaida at IMDb