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The Americans

USS CABOT
(CVL-28)

USS ESSEX
(CV-9)

USS HANCOCK
(CV-19)

USS INTREPID
(CV-11)

 

The Japanese

The Kamikazes

A6M Zero

D4Y SUISEI

IJN Kumano

IJN Yasoshima

 

Narrated By

Marvin Scott

 

Historical Advisor

Michael Marmé, PH.D.
Fordham University,
New YORK, NY

 

REcommended links

World War II
Multimedia Database

Nine Sisters

 

The High School Students

Our high school students, from four different countries, took part in this project to learn about an average day in the Pacific War. They all learned a great deal from the veterans; more than they could have from any history book.

SIX TEENAGERS Asking Questions

ISSA Blondeau France	Frances Choi Korea
Caitlin Cisek United States	Hannah Kilgore United States
Nao Otaka Japan	Peter Zarcone United States

According to the ERIC Digest, in a 1986 survey, only 53 percent of high school students knew that Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union, 45 percent did not know that Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps, and only 40 percent knew the occurrence of the Normandy invasion within two years of the correct date.

Day of the Kamikaze hopes to correct these problems in education by making the story of World War II accessible to high school students by having veterans interact with young adults while discussing their past. MFA Productions LLC hopes to produce other videos with similar themes.