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It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag returns from U.S.
who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
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When kamikaze pilots were gods; now remembered with sorrow
Japan’s war situation from then on only grew worse. By autumn 1943, the idea of a kamikaze squadron had been floated by a small circle in the military, according to a military history ...
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Kamikaze survivors share stories of sacrifice, tragedy and loyalty
This was 1945 and now Japan was ... They were the kamikaze, “the divine wind,” whose job it was to sacrifice themselves by flying into enemy targets during the Second World War.
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To Mark Japan's Surrender at the End of World War II, This Navy Officer Raced Halfway Around the World With a Historic Flag in Tow
Sent by the United States to “coerce the government of Japan into civilization ... the Ship” flag flown by Perry’s older brother at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.