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Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Doolittle Raid
It was an air raid by the United States of America on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air strike to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
Conventional Bombing of Tokyo
The Bombing of Tokyo, often referred to as a series of firebombing raids, was conducted as part of the air raids on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. -
Battle of Midway
one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II–begins. During the four-day sea-and-air battle, the outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircraft carriers while losing only one -
Air raid on Naru Island
Nauru, a Pacific island under Australian administration, was occupied by the Japanese military as part of its operations in the Pacific War during World War II -
Chapter 23
Louie and other veterans entering Omori Camp in 1944.They meet Watanabe known as "The bird". Who flies into a rage at the slightest provocation, and he singles out Louie as the subject of his wrath for some reason.Watanabe is a sexual sadist who gets pleasure from punishing the men by making friends them one day and then the next day it changes.He is known as a psychopath among the whites and the Japanese. -
Chapter 24
Poor Louie can't get a break from the Bird though, and being bullied by him brings back memories of childhood bullying. Louie dreams about killing the Bird. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Louie, the Japanese create a fake propaganda broadcast with a message from Louie, saying that he is "uninjured and in good health".A man in South Africa hears the broadcast and sends a card to Louie's parents, but he gets the address wrong and it takes months for the card to arrive. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history. It was fought in waters near the Philippine islands of Leyte, -
Chapter 25
The bomber flies over the camp and gives the POWs hope.
Unfortunately though, this angers the Bird, and he beats Louie with a belt buckle, rendering him temporarily deaf in one ear.
In November, Louie is driven to Radio Tokyo studios and given the opportunity to tape a message for broadcast, which will correct the NBC radio broadcast announcing his death.His family is worried the broadcast is fake, but when they hear it being re-aired, they know it's his voice -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
first atomic bomb dropped
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
Japanese Internment in US
It was a United States presidential executive order signed and issued during World War II by the United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe certain areas as military zones, clearing the way for the deportation of Japanese Americans -
Chapter 26
Radio Tokyo propositions Louie again, but this time to read a message they wrote. Louie doesn't want to be made into a propaganda tool, so he refuses then they threaten to send him to a punishment camp, as though Omori wasn't punishment enough. Back at camp, the Bird is going crazier and crazier (like a loon…) as B-29s cross overhead every day. After Christmas, a dignitary arrives and is told about the Bird's abusive behavior. The Bird is ordered to leave Omori -
Chapter 27
Louie is to be transferred to another POW camp.
Louie says goodbye to Bill Harris, and will never see him again.
The transfers are put on a train and taken through the snow-covered Japanese countryside. They arrive at Naoetsu and are greeted by Watanabe
