Memories of kamikaze pilots kept alive at peace museum

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photographs and diaries of kamikaze pilots dating from the final months of World War II are shown in this photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum, built on the site of a former air base in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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