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Mitsuo Fuchido ALS

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Mitsuo Fuchido ALS
Autograph letter signed by Mitsuo Fuchido, the Japanese naval air officer who commanded and personally led the first wave of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fine content two-page letter datelined Seattle, 27 December 1966, in English to Cornelius Greenway: ''I am in Seattle, Wash. This is my headquarters in the United States for the Capt. Fuchida Evangelistic Association. On my Honolulu visit, it was the 25th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack and my testimony had been richly blessed…Now I want to answer for your question…1. Japanese Navy Lieutenant Safuro Sakai, ace pilot, was not under my command in the Pearl Harbor attack. 2. I am now granted as a permanent resident in the United States. 3. General Minoru Genda was my classmate at the Japanese Naval Academy.On the day of Pearl Harbor attack, he was an air operations staff officer of the Fleet and I was a chief-commander of the air-squadron of the Fleet. After the war was over, I became a Christian evangelist.'' Near fine condition with original signed envelope.