Man recalls training as WWII suicide glider pilot at age 13

Takayuki Yamanoi recounts his experience of receiving training as a suicide glider pilot at age 13 in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, toward the end of World War II, as pictured on March 20, 2015. ==Kyodo

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