Former WWII kamikaze pilot recounts war experience

Former WWII kamikaze pilot recounts war experience

Tadamasa Itatsu, a former Japanese kamikaze pilot, talks about suicide flight missions during World War II at his home in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, as seen in this photo taken on March 6, 2014. Itatsu died of heart failure on April 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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