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Japan's last kamikaze attack of WW2 | The last kamikaze pilot: Admiral Matome Ugaki

On the 15th of August 1945, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a speech on the radio in which he announced the unconditional ...
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Last Waffen-SS Member to Stand Trial After WW2 + Japan's First Kamikaze Pilots of WW2

Following the Second World War, many Nazis fled to Latin America or were recruited by foreign powers. Throughout the post-war ...
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Shaw: Fargo WWII veteran recalls witnessing history at Japan's surrender 79 years ago

Herb Kappel, 99, has seen it all. Serving in the Navy at age 18, he fought in the Pacific Theater, taking down kamikaze planes and eventually witnessing Japan's surrender, marking the end of WWII.
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Hawaii honors kamikaze pilot 80 years later

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (KHON2) — Friday marked 80 years since a powerful moment of humanity occurred during World War II, when a Japanese Kamikaze pilot was given a formal burial at sea. To commemorate ...
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WWII kamikaze bomb explodes on airport runway in Japan

This is the dramatic moment a WWII bomb exploded next to the runway forcing flight cancellations at an airport in Japan on this morning. The ordnance is believed to have been dropped by the Allies to ...
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‘It’s a duty I owe this generation’: WWII vet spends final years bearing witness to sacrifices of the war

WASHINGTON — As an 18-year-old Navy yeoman 2nd class, Arthur Grabiner served during World War II aboard the USS Laurens, an attack transport ship that island-hopped and took part in amphibious ...
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Japan airport shut after likely WW2-era bomb explodes near runway, 87 flights cancelled

TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a U.S. bombshell, likely dropped during World War Two to stem "kamikaze" attacks, exploded near its runway, ...