Sakai visited the US and met many of his former adversaries, including Lieutenant Commander Harold "Lew" Jones (1921–2009), the SBD Dauntless rear-seat gunner (piloted by Ensign Robert C. Shaw), who had wounded him.Taylan, Justin R. "Saburo Sakai and Harold 'Lew' Jones meet on Memorial Day 1982. Sakai holds his tattered and damaged flight helmet from his near fatal mission to Guadalcanal." Pacific Wrecks, 26 October 2012. Retrieved: 5 April 2015.
