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Monday, May 30, 2016

A FORMER IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY OFFICER BECOMES A CHRISTIAN: MITSUO FUCHIDA (DECEMBER 3, 1902 TO MAY 30, 1976)



            40 years ago on this date, May 30, 1976, a former Imperial Japanese Navy officer, Mitsuo Fuchida, passed away. He became a Christian Evangelist in September 1949. I will post the information about him from Wikipedia and other links. 

 

Captain Mitsuo Fuchida

Born
3 December 1902
Nara Prefecture, Japan
Died

30 May 1976 (aged 73)
Kashiwara, near Osaka, Japan
Allegiance
Empire of Japan
Service/branch
Years of service
1924–45
Rank
Captain
Unit
1st Air Fleet
Commands held
Akagi: 1st (flag), 2nd and 3rd air squadrons
Battles/wars
World War II:
Other work

Mitsuo Fuchida’s Christian Quote
Mitsuo Fuchida (淵田 美津雄 Fuchida Mitsuo, 3 December 1902 – 30 May 1976) was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber aviator in the Japanese navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps best known for leading the first air wave attacks on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Working under the overall fleet commander, Vice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo, Fuchida was responsible for the coordination of the entire aerial attack.

After the war ended, Fuchida became a Christian evangelist and traveled through the United States and Europe to tell his story. He settled permanently in the United States but never became a U.S. citizen.

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