In this narrative poem, Beatrice Garland explores the testimony of the daughter of a kamikaze pilot. Unlike many of his comrades, this pilot turns back from his target and returns home.

Eighty years after the first kamikaze attacks were launched on Oct. 25, 1944, the thoughts left behind by those young pilots offer insights into their commitment and lives. “I will die doing my ...

On April 6, 1945, the first wave of ten coordinated kamikaze attacks began to hit ... The terrifying sight of Japanese pilots diving their planes into ships would become common over the next ...

“For sure, the wills left by individual kamikaze pilots were touching,” he said. “But we should also ask why Japan had to send young people on suicide missions in the first place to have a ...

Between 5 and 9 January 1945, HMAS Australia was subjected to repeated kamikaze attacks, including the one that killed Hart.

The youngest kamikaze pilot was Yasuo Tanaka ... Yoshio Itsui, a unit commander who led the first flights from the Chiran air ...

They were the kamikaze, “the divine wind,” whose ... He sent his favourite pilots first to show that he had no favourites. “Every day, 365 days a year, whenever I remember those who died ...

The pilot remembers details of the games he played with his brothers, the colours and patterns of the fish and the taste of the sea salt. These vivid memories suggest what he is about to lose and ...