7070 - Mitsuo Fuchida Autograph Letter Signed: "I knew the commander who was a skipper of the Japanese destroyer 'Amagiri' which split Mr. Kennedy's PT 109"

Mitsuo Fuchida Autograph Letter Signed: "I knew the commander who was a skipper of the Japanese destroyer 'Amagiri' which split Mr. Kennedy's PT 109" One of Japan's most skilled fliers, Fuchida (1902-1976) commanded the air attack against Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and was the last to leave the battle area. After World War II, Fuchida converted to Christianity and became a nondenominational preacher, traveling frequently to America and later becoming a US citizen. ALS, one page, 8.25 x 11, December 12, 1965. Handwritten letter to Ernest Schwartz, in full: "I knew the commander who was a skipper of the Japanese destroyer 'Amagiri' which split Mr. Kennedy's PT 109. However, I have just forgotten his name and I don't know his address in Japan, only I knew he is now a mayor of a small city in the Northern Japan. However, I am now writing a letter for my new-found friends Mr. & Mrs. James Long...where recently I had my accommodation by their courtesy and read at their home a certain magazine of Legion in which the Japanese Commander's story was found. So, Mr. James Long could inform you the name and address by his courtesy. Then you may send the covers to Japan to get his autograph on them." In fine condition.