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Ghosts of Honolulu
- A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
- By: Mark Harmon
- Narrated by: Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 303
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 285
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 285
Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them. Toiling in the shadows are Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the U.S. fleet.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Stay away
- By Michele Berry on 11-20-23
- Ghosts of Honolulu
- A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
- By: Mark Harmon
- Narrated by: Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll
Little Known Corner of the War
Reviewed: 01-03-24
Although the Japanese Consulate spy is generally well known, the activities of the nisei in Honolulu have been less documented. Regarding the spy, Yoshikawa, and his accomplices Kuhn and Kotoshiroda, the result was complete failure. Yoshikawa escaped under diplomatic cover then avoided punishment in Japan. Kuhn was deported to Argentina (with other nazis?) and traitor Kotoshiroda became a pillar of the nisei community in Honolulu. The best nugget of information was the mention of Kuhn’s 17 year old daughter as Goebbel’s mistress. The whole family got exiled as far away from Germany as possible to protect Goebbels.
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Hell from the Heavens
- The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack
- By: John Wukovits
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Story5 out of 5 stars 99
On the morning of April 16, 1945, the crewmen of the USS Laffey saw what seemed to be the entire Japanese air force assembled directly above. They were about to become the targets of the largest single-ship kamikaze attack of World War II.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Compelling story worth the effort
- By David Traill on 08-10-16
- Hell from the Heavens
- The Epic Story of the USS Laffey and World War II's Greatest Kamikaze Attack
- By: John Wukovits
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
A Hagiography of a Hero Ship
Reviewed: 12-30-23
If you are interested in the Laffey’s heroic stand against the kamikaze onslaught in 1945 then the last chapters of this book will do. The descriptions of the kamikaze pilots is just a repeat of the typical stereotypes of nonsense bushido and Japanese myths. The reality is the suicide pilots were mostly young men and boys mostly 17-20 years old who could barely fly the airplanes. They were sent to death by fanatic old men. It’s the dark side of Japanese culture. The pilots weren’t heroic - they were victims. Overall the book doesn’t really contribute anything to the historic record other than a narrative of the most extraordinary kamikaze attack of the war. And that attack demonstrated just how ineffective the Kamikazes really were.
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