MINAMI-KYUSHU, Kagoshima Prefecture--Chino Kuwashiro recalled how her legs trembled as she saw off young kamikaze pilots almost 80 years ago, waving a symbolic cherry blossom branch. In spring ...

One way the Japanese decided to counter the threat was by using pilots known as kamikaze, which means "divine wind," to fly planes directly into ships. In a culture that embraced the idea of ...

A TERRIFYING POV video has emerged showing a Ukrainian cameraman shredded with shrapnel after being blown up by a Kamikaze ...

Eighty years after the first kamikaze attacks were launched on Oct. 25, 1944, the thoughts left behind by those young pilots offer insights into their commitment and lives. “I will die doing my ...

The pilots entered the room and were given a piece of paper that asked if they wanted to be kamikaze. There were three answers: “I passionately wish to join,” “I wish to join,” and “I do ...

In this narrative poem, Beatrice Garland explores the testimony of the daughter of a kamikaze pilot. Unlike many of his comrades, this pilot turns back from his target and returns home.

No war – won or lost – is ever waged without sacrifice. Those sacrifices can be material in the loss of equipment or infrastructure, monetary in the cost to a nation’s economy of waging a war but ...

The poem contrasts the vividness of the pilot's moment of choice with the disappointment of his life afterwards. First section is full of vivid impressions of the senses. Colour is explored ...

A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former ...

Their number includes the author of the book that inspired the film "Schindler's List," kamikaze pilots, female spies, survivors of death marches and nurses. Signatories include both male and ...