Fuchida Mitsuo was a famed carrier bomber pilot who, in his capacity as commander of the Akagi air group and concurrently as senior air officer of the First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, led the aerial attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Mitsuo Fuchida papers consists of an unfinished manuscript of Fuchida's autobiography (Natsu wa chikai [The summer is near]), photo albums, records of Fuchida's travels and speaking tours in the postwar period, Navy Academy textbooks, maps, navy organization personnel charts, the Bible, and secondary literature on the Pacific War and Christianity.
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Preferred citation
Roosevelt drawing "I succeeded in the surprise attack and I'm honored to command the attack unit" by M. Fuchida, addressed to his children, Mitsuo Fuchida papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, https://n2t.net/ark:/54723/h3r01m
