Bennett - Wounded tiger: a nonfiction novel

Wounded Tiger is an amazing, enthralling story of how the once obscure lives of an Oregon farmhand and a young co-ed intersected with the Japanese pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor. With cultural insight and deep pathos, Martin Bennett brings to life this powerful true chronicle of hatred, surrender, and transformation. Wounded Tiger reveals how ordinary lives lived out faithfully to their calling can impact the destiny of a people and a nation. I wholeheartedly recommend Martins work and know that you will find it equally compelling.

Ravi Zacharias

Best selling author and speaker

I have read the complete book manuscript. I like the cover which contains the strong face of the young pilot with a full expression of enthusiasm. He is a tiger. He was born in the year of the tiger. You described my fathers posture and behavior so well and so precisely, I could feel his presence.

He remains a national hero in Japan. I have no idea how the world accepts him today. Some will call him a villain, others will call him a proud warrior who found redemption. I will always admire his guts, his intellect, and his sincerity.

Yours cordially,

Miyako Fuchida Overturf

(Daughter of Mitsuo Fuchida)

Martin, holy smokes! This is a darn good story! Its woven together seamlessly and all of the characters are truly likeable. Its such an amazing story that people need to first understand that its TRUE. This is a great book and would be an even greater movie. Gotta say, Im impressed.

Dan King, Author of The Last Zero Fighter

Pacific War historian, Japanese language

& cultural consultant for films

The story of Mitsuo Fuchida and his transformation is one of the most gripping stories of WWII and the Pacific War, and its a story that few have heard about. Martin Bennetts new book, Wounded Tiger, brings this epic drama to life with new details on how a Doolittle raider, Jacob DeShazer, and a missionarys daughter, Peggy Covell, helped effect this change. This thrilling story of war and forgiveness is a must for all.

Donald M. Goldstein, PhD,

author of over 60 articles and 22 books

including At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story

of Pearl Harbor, Miracle at Midway,

and many others.

The transmittal of your spoken word resonates as a talking story. I found myself right 'there.' What you've done was inject life and emotion into a part of history either long forgotten or unknown. I commend your perseverance, your passion and most of all, sheer guts to bring this story of forgiveness to life. People can and do change. It's often a mystery as to how or why. It's their story. By the time I read the last line, my life in ways changed also. I look forward to seeing this on the silver screen. It will be an inspiration to many and will leave the audience absolutely breathless.

Deborah Tokarz

Producer / Writer

The story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilot who led the

Attack on Pearl Harbor whose life was changed by an

American prisoner and by a girl he never met.

The three strands of the extraordinary

lives of Fuchida, DeShazer and the Covells,

are ultimately woven into one.

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Published by nstad Press

a division of Hungry Kitty LLC

Tucson, Arizona

First Edition, February 2014

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Front cover artwork: Faith Te, www.artisticrealism.com

Cover Japanese calligraphy: Bokuseki Ohwada

Paperback book:

ISBN-13: 978-0-9912290-0-0

Hardcover book:

ISBN-13: 978-0-9912290-1-7

eBook

ISBN: 978-0-9912290-2-4

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It isnt possible to acknowledge every person who made a contribution to this book in one form or another, as the number would be in the hundreds, but I remain extremely grateful to all for the time and effort they spent to give me input, advice, corrections, and suggestions. This book is better because of you.

To Aiko DeShazer Dixon for access to the DeShazer letters and papers held at the University of Pittsburgh, and to the University at Pittsburgh for access to their archives on Mitsuo Fuchida.

To Hajime Watanabe for his extensive notes on the Covell family and WWII history in the Philippines and for his family graciously hosting me while I did research in Japan.

Donald M. Goldstein, PhD, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, author of over 60 articles and 22 books including At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, Miracle at Midway, Gods Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor, Return of the Raider: A Doolittle Raiders Story of War & Forgiveness , and many others.

Dan King, Pacific War historian, Japanese linguist, author of The Last Zero Fighter , lover of squid sushi.

David H Lippman, WWII historian, journalist, editor of website World War II Plus 55.

Jonathan Parshall, co-author of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway , founder of website Combined Fleet.

Haruo Tohmatsu, PhD, Professor, History of Japanese Politics and History, National Defense Academy of Japan, author of A Gathering Darkness: The Coming of War to the Far East and the Pacific, 1921-1942.

First and foremost thanks to Miyako Fuchida Overturf, daughter of Mitsuo Fuchida, and David Covell, brother of Margaret Peggy Covell for taking the time and consideration to read the complete work and give me their thoughts and comments.

John David Kudrick Many thanks to your useful suggestions, good advice, and encouragement.

David Lambert, editorial director of The Somersault Group You were certainly the most constructive editor on this manuscript and Im deeply grateful for the amount of time you gave to this project. I only wish I could have spent more time with you.

Space limits me to those whose work was more significant than that of others. The following people were especially helpful in their editing suggestions. Thank you very, very much.

Ellen V. Fuller

Donald Gilleland

Ken Haron

Shingo Katayama

Hai-In Nelson

Sue Schley

Every event and every scene in this nonfiction novel are based on facts and history. The authenticity of these stories stands on its own.

That said, to weave the stories together more seamlessly and to recreate conversations, artistic license had to be used. When possible, the dialogue is word-for-word accurate. I have read and reread thousands of pages of research and primary source documents, traveled across the U.S. and to Japan interviewing experts, authors, and professors; I have submitted my work to people as close to the stories as I could find, and I have made every effort to ensure accuracy and honesty to history, to culture, and to the individuals.