Japanese fighter pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi crash-landed on the tiny and remote Hawaiian island of Niihau while he was trying to fly back to his aircraft carrier after the December 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Here are two books about that fascinating but little-known incident in Hawaiian and World War II history. One is a history book published in 1981 and the other is a historical novel published in April of 2006.
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
Japanese Plane Crash-Landed on Niihau in 1941
Japanese fighter pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi crash-landed on the tiny and remote Hawaiian island of Niihau while he was trying to fly back to his aircraft carrier after the December 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Here are two books about that fascinating but little-known incident in Hawaiian and World War II history. One is a history book published in 1981 and the other is a historical novel published in April of 2006.
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