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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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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.

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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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Salvaged Zero Fighter draws visitors to museum

CHIRAN, Japan - This is a photo of a Mitsubishi Zero Fighter on display at Tokko Heiwa Kaikan, or Peace Museum, in Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southeastern Japan. During the summer holiday season, the museum draws visitors from across the country. The Zero was raised in 1980 from 45-meter-deep water in the Pacific Ocean off Kagoshima Prefecture. The town of Chiran used to have a base of special attack unit, or ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, during World War II.

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Portraits of kamikaze pilots move visitors

CHIRAN, Japan - A girl stands silently July 29 in front of portraits of special attack unit, ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, pilots at the Chiran Tokko Heiwa Kaikan (Peace Museum) in the town of Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Most of those World War II pilots died around age 20. The museum has 6,000 pieces war-related articles, including portraits and notes left behind by young pilots and soldiers.

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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)

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Salvaged Zero Fighter draws visitors to museum

CHIRAN, Japan - This is a photo of a Mitsubishi Zero Fighter on display at Tokko Heiwa Kaikan, or Peace Museum, in Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southeastern Japan. During the summer holiday season, the museum draws visitors from across the country. The Zero was raised in 1980 from 45-meter-deep water in the Pacific Ocean off Kagoshima Prefecture. The town of Chiran used to have a base of special attack unit, or ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, during World War II.

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Portraits of kamikaze pilots move visitors

CHIRAN, Japan - A girl stands silently July 29 in front of portraits of special attack unit, ''kamikaze'' suicide squad, pilots at the Chiran Tokko Heiwa Kaikan (Peace Museum) in the town of Chiran, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Most of those World War II pilots died around age 20. The museum has 6,000 pieces war-related articles, including portraits and notes left behind by young pilots and soldiers.