Filipino man continues to promote "nobility" of WWII kamikaze pilots

Filipino man continues to promote "nobility" of WWII kamikaze pilots

MABALACAT CITY, Philippines - This Oct. 25, 2014 photo shows a kamikaze marker erected at the former Mabalacat West Airfield in Pampanga province, north of Manila, where Japanese suicide attackers took off from during World War II. Daniel Dizon, an 84-year-old Filipino man, initiated construction of kamikaze markers in the Philippines out of the belief Japan's kamikaze pilots were noble warriors who deserve to be honored.

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