Japanese fighter pilot worshiped by Taiwanese

Japanese fighter pilot worshiped by Taiwanese

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A resident in the neighborhood offers apples before the images of World War II Japanese fighter pilot Shigemine Sugiura at Chen-an Temple in Tainan, Taiwan, on May 19, 2011. The temple worships the Japanese solider who died in the city during an Allied attack. (Kyodo)

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