VTG PB THE DIVINE WIND JAPAN'S KAMIKAZE PILOTS INOGUCHI NAKAJIMA PINEAU 1968 1ST

Description: FEATURED IS A VINTAGE PAPERBACK COPY OF THE DIVINE WIND: JAPANESE SUICIDE SQUADRONS IN WW II ... THE STORY OF THE KAMIKAZE PILOTS; BY RIKIHEI INOGUCHI; TAKASHI NAKAJIMA; AND ROGER PINEAU. While the world knows the word Kamikaze and what it means in World War II parlance, it is not widely known that Japan's "Suicide Force" of fighter pilots only had a 10-month history. Officially called the Kamikaze Special Attack Force, the Force was formed in 1944 in an attempt to stave off an American victory. It was comprised of over 1,000 pilots and named after "the divine wind" that had saved Japan from a Mongol invasion centuries before. Its first victim was the US escort carrier, St. Lo, which was cruising east of Leyte when attacked ... and sunk ... by a Japanese pilot who purposefully crashed his plane into the ship in a suicide dive. An horrifying, but amazing true-life account. 1968 1st printing thus. A Ballantine War Book. (The true first edition was published in 1958 by the US Naval Institute Press.) 220 pages. Includes Index & 16-Page Photo Section. Paperback measures 4 and 1/8" x 7". 256 pages. Shipping by media mail to include tracking. Insurance upon request. Check out our other offerings as we get them listed. Happy to combine shipping where able. We do have tens of thousands of postcards from the Curt Teich Archives and will be listing them as well as tens of thousands of others ... all types and locales. Many are categorized. If you're looking for a certain topic, let us know. Selling on eBay as early as 1997. "The Mermaid" is also still a bonded auctioneer and real estate broker who spent the past "many" decades' specializing in books, ephemera, estates, and real estate. Just shy of two million books sold to date. Books and paper aside, if it is "Stuff", she has sold it! She has now returned to eBay. Health issues have brought us back. We are even selling our own collections! And ... we are picky. If we wouldn't add it to our own collections, we won't sell it. Hope you find something that you want, need, and, most important of all, will enjoy! We look forward to transacting with you and making new eBay friends and customers. Thanking you for your patronage in advance ... ! As to our "standard operating procedures": Our normal shipping & handling time is three (3) days. We ship weekdays with the exception of US federal holidays. We will ship with either free shipping or calculated shipping ... it depends on the given scenario. Often, calculated shipping will include insurance - again, depending on the item. Payment is expected at time of purchase or close of auction, whichever is applicable. This also applies to "best offer accepted" transactions. Non-paying purchasers or bidders will be blocked from future transactions. The same goes for winning bidders seeking to have sales cancelled. That said, prior to the end of any auctions, bids can be cancelled through the HELP section of eBay. If respective bidders are found to be cancelling bids in an excessive manner, however, they will be blocked from future transactions. Shill bidding is not tolerated and will be reported. "The Mermaid" is happy to ship globally.** (See below.) For such transactions, "calculated" shipping fees apply and Insurance will be required if not already included in applicable postal fee. **Unfortunately, there are a few destinations to which we cannot and will not ship. That circumstance involves a fluid dynamic the specifics of which may not be clear until point of sale. If such is the case, we will allow the transaction to be cancelled at our discretion and without any negative reporting made to eBay. WE ARE GLAD TO BE BACK

Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Kingston, New Hampshire

End Time: 2025-02-06T19:58:48.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD