Gateposts of ex-air base remain in southern Japan

Gateposts of ex-air base remain in southern Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - The rear gateposts of the Bansei Air Base for wartime kamikaze missions in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014.

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.

Kamikaze pilot's last diary on display

Kamikaze pilot's last diary on display

FUKUOKA, Japan - The last diary written by 17-year-old kamikaze pilot Yukio Araki is shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 9, 2014, at the Bansei Tokko Peace Museum in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Araki went on a suicide mission on May 27, 1945, a week after the diary was written.

Memories of kamikaze pilots kept alive at peace museum

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.

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. (Kyodo)