Saburo Sakai, the Wounded Zero, and the Five-Hour Flight Home from Guadalcanal
On August 7, 1942, Japanese ace Saburo Sakai flew 560 miles home from Guadalcanal alone - one eye destroyed, barely conscious, no radio.
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Saburo Sakai and the four-hour flight home with a bullet through his skull over Guadalcanal
How Saburo Sakai flew nearly five hours home with a bullet in his skull after being shot over Guadalcanal in 1942.
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