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Re: Mike Kawato
Posted by JohnH on Thu Feb 21, 2002 05:58:12 AM
In reply top Re: Mike Kawato posted by JACK COOK on Thu Feb 21, 2002 12:31:19 AM
Thanks Jack. That's exactly what these guys at Cable were saying last month. One is the manager of the Aero Club at March and I remember him saying that Kawato was kicked out of the Zero Pilots' Assoc, and thereafter to save face withdrew from the airshow scene.
: About the only truth in Mike Kawato's story was that he di
: d fly Zeros on Rabaul. But he was only a Petty Officer 3r
: d Class and was often teased by superiors for his childlik
: e stature. His book was full of exaggerations (AKA lies)a
: nd he offended his former comrades who kicked him out of t
: he zero pilots association and suggested he do the honorab
: le thing and fall on his samari sword. If you read Black
: Sheep One you can get some background on this and learn th
: at Pappy Boyington wasn't much better.