Seventy years ago today, December 1, 1941, Emperor Hirohito made the ultimate decision for Japan to go to war with the United States. Six days later, the world would never be the same again. Six million members of the Japanese and America military would die, along with eighteen million civilians by the end of the Pacific War.

This scene of Hirohito is depicted in the opening chapter of "Wounded Tiger" and you can read the first five chapters of the book by clicking the link here. This is the extraordinary true story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the pilot who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, whose life was changed by an American  prisoner of Japan, and by a girl he never met.

Fuchida's daughter, Miyako, now 74, read the book and said, "I have read the complete book manuscript. He is a tiger. He was born in the year of the tiger. You describe his posture and behavior so well and precisely, I can feel my father's presence. 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."