CultureJapan’s controversial WWII heroes: How one kamikaze pilot escaped certain death

As US forces advanced across the Pacific near the end of World War II, Japan turned to the desperate tactic of kamikaze attacks. Thousands of pilots, averaging just 21 years old, were ordered to crash explosive-filled aircraft into enemy ships. More than 3,800 died and over 7,000 Allied naval personnel were killed. Reporter Mélodie Sforza met one of the last surviving former kamikaze pilots.

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