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Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

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Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots
Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The airbase at Chiran, Minamikyūshū, on the Satsuma Peninsula of Kagoshima, Japan, served as the departure point for hundreds of Special Attack or kamikaze sorties launched in the final months of World War II. A peace museum dedicated to the pilots, the Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots (知覧特攻平和会館, Chiran Tokkō-Heiwa-Kaikan), now marks the site.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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