Comments on: Hiroyoshi Nishizawa: Japan’s World War II Ace of Aces

By: George Laue

George Laue — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:04:37 +0000

I often come to this sight just to reread the story of nishizawa.
Even though I am an American serviceman I have married a
Japanese girl and we own a house here. My children are half and
I always teach them about heroes from both sides of their culture.
I let my son read Saburo Sakai’s book from my personnel
collection. It’s to bad that the names of these brave warriors on
both sides are being lost to time. The youth of today grow up
idolizing Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan instead of true heroes who
fulfilled their obligations of duty and honor to their utmost.

By: Gian Piero Milanetti

Gian Piero Milanetti — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:14:32 +0000

Sorry…I want to sign what I wrote…my full name is Gian Piero Milanetti, I am a teacher/writer from Rome, Italy

By: Gian Piero

Gian Piero — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:11:59 +0000

I think that people like Nishizava should deserve much much much more space in the web, in the libraries and in the bookshops, but I am afraid that he killed too manny americans airman and shattered too much the false myths of allied propaganda to gain more than we can find around…I am writing a novel about italian pilots in second world war (my father was in the Regia Aeronautica) and we have the same problems here in let to know abroad what heroic italian pilots did in the war. I tell you just that: warrant officer Luigi Gorrini in the summer of 1943 often attacked ALONE, with his Macchi mc 202 hundreds of american bombers and fighters that shattered (most of the times) civilians sites, like Rome and villages. When he could have the outstanding Macchi 205 (better than any allied planes, at lower altitudes) in one single mission he could shot down up to 3 bombers and fighters and come back home whithout kerosene, flying his “caccia” as a glider…But the winners write the history and the allied are not an exception to that…But I try to do my best to change that…everybody can do something to let the thruth come afloat….

By: Shawn Etheridge

Shawn Etheridge — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:47:04 +0000

I wish there were more memoirs of Japanese pilots available. Sakai’s Samurai biography is a classic, but besides that and “Kamikaze” by Kuwahara, there is nothing else published in English, as far as I know. The shame of it is that these brave gentlemen are quickly passing fromn the scene, and we will lose an important piece of history - I wish their families could interview them.

By: Babak Motarez

Babak Motarez — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:26:56 +0000

i studied a book by the name of -samurai pilot-and interested the history of the ww2.later i studied that book about 20 times then i searched about pictures and stories about sakai,nishizawa,ota and the others so i found your site during searching.at this time i like all of persons who i described and i think they were very special and lovely persons.i usually pray them.if possible please send me more information about japanies ace pilots in ww2 such as Lt.sasai , ota , moto and the others who i forget their names.thank you very much ,Dr.Babak Motarez from Iran