Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

Kamikaze pilot's watch kept as memento

FUKUOKA, Japan - A watch given to kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki by Tachiarai Army Flight School in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, upon graduation and handed to his father before his suicide mission in May 1945 is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014. The watch is kept at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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