Henry Sakaida Explained

Henry Sakaida
Birth Date:	October 1951
Birth Place:	Santa Monica
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Los Angeles
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	American
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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

• (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 https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2001/april/silver-star-airplane-ride

External links

• Homepage

Notes and References

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