Mitsuo Fuchida
At age eighteen ,Mitsuo Fuchida, enrolled in the Naval Academy in 1921. Graduating three years later, he joined the Japanese Naval Air Force and gained valuable combat experience during Japan's expansion into China during the 1930s. Over a period of fifteen years, Fuchida logged over 10,000 hours of flight time most of which was as an aircraft carrier pilot. With all the experience Fuchida had, Japanese leaders chose him to lead the air attack on Pearl Harbor.
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