Hiroyoshi Nishizawa the Mitsubishi PA.400

Hiroyoshi was friends with a survivor of the war whom was given full honor. Did you know Saburo Sakai survived the war and became a Buddhist. He was given many honorifics even by the U.S. and other allied forces. He even forgave the U.S. for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki; quoting. "Had I a direct order to bomb Los Angeles or New York City I would have complied. So I understand perfectly why the U.S. have bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki." He did in 2000 after being invited to a Navy ball, he was known as a special guest and soon after died of a heart attack. He had married his cousin shortly before the war whom did later pass. Saburo did re-marry and had a daughter whom later gave him three grandchildren (US born) before he passed. Fun fact: In the siege of Malta* (forgot spelling) A tail gunner of a dive bomber had shot him through the skull leaving the entire left side of his body paralyzed and his right eye blinded. The bullet pierced his skull and brain, a clean entrance and exit. When he landed he insisted to report to his flight commander before receiving medical treatment than passed out. This is where Hiroyoshi comes in. Hiroyoshi was his wing mate and carried him to the surgeon. While in recovery Hiroyoshi often visited. once put back on Iwo Jima defense he encountered two Corsairs and lasted 20 minutes alone in a dogfight only to return WITHOUT a single scratch. He created a auto-Biography in which he mentions his first wife whom asks him for a knife so if he was to fall in battle she could kill herself. As the war ends and the biography alike. She throws away the knife saying "I don't need it anymore."