When he was seven, he met Fuchida

11/12/18

This past week I was contacted by a man who, when he was just seven, met Mitsuo Fuchida when he spoke at their church. He got a signed copy of Fuchida's book, which he prized.

He later went to Vietnam, went to school and earned his doctorate in psychology, and recently came across "Wounded Tiger." He posted his review on Amazon after contacting me personally:

"I read the entire 580 pages in two and a half days. Having met Mitsuo Fuchida at age seven I couldn't believe the detail that the author was able to uncover. I was spellbound reading about World War II, The Doolitle Raid, the captivity of Jacob DeShazer, prisoner of war and all the while intertwining the life of Mitsuo Fuchida. Martin, "You have hit this one out of the park." All of this leading up to one of the greatest missionary stories of my lifetime. Just unbelievable. "Love," truly is the answer." Alan Fleming, Ph.D.

In a follow-up email to me, he wrote:

"It truly was an amazing story and the detail that you were able to discover blew me away! I'm rereading it for the second time. I trust your vision of getting this into film is realized. I absolutely think this is one of the greatest missionary stories of my lifetime. I was emotional through the last portion of the book even though you brought out so much that I had never known. I just couldn't put it down. I really think you captured the essence of the ENTIRE story. "

Messages like these make me feel the years of work of research, writing, and rewriting have been worth it, if for no one else but this one man. Thanks Alan ...

Martin