Japanese mayor views suicide pilots' photos at U.S. memorial museum

Japanese mayor views suicide pilots' photos at U.S. memorial museum

Mayor Kanpei Shimoide of Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, looks at pictures of Japanese "kamikaze" pilots at the USS Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on April 11, 2015. He visited the ship for an exhibit of mementos left by the pilots on their suicide missions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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