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Amikaze Pilot Manual. This is your mission.

Transcend life and death.

When you eliminate all thoughts about life and death,

you'll be able to totally disregard your earthly life.

Think the enemy and thus pave the road for our people's victory. They didn't need to tell us this is what you will do. There was no need for explanation

because we knew. It was simple. We had to get on a plane and crash into a target. Over 70 years ago, young Japanese trained for death.

Over 70 years ago, young Japanese trained for death to become the equivalent of what we now call suicide bombers.

I'm Marie Goy and over the next half hour here on the BBC World Service

I'll be asking what can we learn from the violent tragic stories of the Kamikaze.

I was a mother.

I was single at that time and had nothing holding me back,

so I had one genuine thought in mind and

that is I must give myself up to defend Japan.

I don't know you know what I'm not that

kung-a-cha-tocomma-cha-tocomma-silah you're not going to be there. I kept looking back thinking that

I got to the commiss in my way.

I kept looking back, thinking that it was the last time

I would see the land, and as I was doing so the sun came

out and made the horizon shine light pink and I thought but I have to go in order to

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