M/Sgt. Satoshi Anabuki (autographed by Satoshi Anabuki)

Satoshi Anabuki entered the Tokyo Army Aviation School in 1938 and received additional training at Kumagaya and Tachiarai, completing training in March 1941. In July he was assigned to the 3rd Chutai of the 50th Sentai, stationed in Formosa. On 7 December, 1941 Corporal Anabuki participated in attacks on the Phillipines and scored his first aerial combat victory on 22 December. In April 1942 he was outfitted with the new Ki-43-I-Hei Hayabusa fighter and by June was in Burma. On 24 December, 1942 he downed two RAF Hurricanes while doing battle with his damaged landing gear extended. In January 1943 he was credited with his first B-24 bomber and then on 8 October he downed three B-24's and two of their P-38 escorts, with one of the B-24's being rammed by Anabuki, wounding himself and forcing a crash landing. For his actions on that day, he received numerous awards. In February 1944 he returned to Japan where he served as a flight instructor before being promoted to Master Sergeant and assigned to ferry much needed Ki-84 Hayates fignters to the Phillipines. It was during these flights that he downed six US Navy Hellcats. He later flew in defense of the homeland, where he downed a B-29 bomber. Master Sergeant Anabuki is credited with 224 missions and 30 victories, although his personal diaries reflect 51 victories. Postwar historians have credited him with 39 victories.