Ex-Japan soldier recalls training for WWII motorboat suicide mission

Ex-Japan soldier recalls training for WWII motorboat suicide mission

Sadao Shindo recounts the training he received for an Imperial Japanese Navy motorboat suicide mission during World War II at his home in Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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