16
Doolittle raid: Kennedy Hickman, “World War II: The Doolittle Raid,”
About.com
,
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/aerialcampaigns/p/doolittleraid.htm
(accessed October 15, 2009).
17
Kindness of civilians: Boyington, pp. 304–05.
18
Murder of Chinese civilians: Chang, p. 216; Kennedy Hickman, “World War II: The Doolittle Raid,”
About.com
,
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/aerialcampaigns/p/doolittleraid.htm
(accessed October 15, 2009).
19
Average Japanese soldier five foot three: “Battle of the Pacific: How Japs Fight,”
, February 15, 1943; Tar Shioya, “The Conflict Behind the Battle Lines,”
, September 24, 1995.
20
Civilians attack POWs: Milton McMullen, telephone interview, February 16, 2005; K. P. Burke,
(Salem, Ore.: Opal Creek, 2001), p. 88; Fiske Hanley II,
(Austin: Eakin, 1997), pp. 68–69.
21
Preparations for escape, “a fearful joy”: Louis Zamperini, telephone interview.
22
Suspension of plan: Ibid.
23
Newspaper theft, Harris beating: Ibid.; files on Sueharu Kitamura, RG 331, RAOOH, WWII, 1907–1966, SCAP, Legal Section, Administration Division (10/02/1945–04/28/1952?), NACP; Glenn McConnell, telephone interview, June 8, 2007; John A. Fitzgerald, POW diary, Papers of John A. Fitzgerald, Operational Archives Branch, NHC, Washington, D.C.; Gamble, p. 328.
24
Sasaki’s advice: Affidavit, Louis Zamperini, in file of Nakakichi Asoma, 1945–1952, RG 331: RAOOH, WWII, SCAP, Legal Section, Administration Division (10/02/1945–04/28/1952?), Charges and Specifications, 1945–1948, NACP.
1
Appearance of Omori: Bush, p. 150.
2
POW likens Omori to the moon: Wade, p. 83.
3
No birds: Ray “Hap” Halloran and Chester Marshall,
(Menlo Park, Calif.: Hallmark, n.d.).
4
Watanabe’s appearance: Weinstein, p. 228; Tom Wade, telephone interview, January 2, 2005.
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