History Challenge 11/30/09 Mitsuo Fuchida

November 30th, 2009 |

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This weeks prize is the book “The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck’s Favorite Facts and Stories” By Chuck Norris

Mitsuo Fuchida life changed one day shortly after the end of World War II as he got off the train in Tokyo’s Shibuya Station, and was handed a pamphlet entitled “I was a Prisoner of Japan” by an American. After reading about this American’s story and how the American volunteered for the Jimmy Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo because of the attack on Pearl Harbor to which he (Fuchida) was the leading pilot and the Air Squadron Commander. He became more interested and learned that the American ran out of fuel and was forced to parachute into Japanese held territory to which he became a prisoner for 40 months. He was also interested in how the American survived the experience with the help of the Bible and learned to forgive his captors. So, despite his traditional buddhist heritage he decided to read it for himself. He became a Christian and spent many years spreading the gospel to his people. Name the American Doolittle raider, POW, and missionary to Japan that changed the life of Mitsuo Fuchida and many others.

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