Woman recalls boat mission soldiers' suicide day after end of WWII

Woman recalls boat mission soldiers' suicide day after end of WWII

Sayoko Maeda recounts witnessing World War II suicide boat mission soldiers killing themselves with bombs in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, the day after Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces, as seen in this photo taken at her home in the prefectural city of Konan on Nov. 13, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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