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　Just before the Sortie

Front from the left, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Akachika, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Inokuma, Petty Officer 2nd Class Shinno, Sub-lieutenant Kawai, Commander Nagai, Ensign Hotta, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tanaka, Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Ito
Back from the left, Lieutenant Commander Koreeda, Unknown, Master Chief Petty Officer Kawada, Ensign Shimatai, Ensign Yoshida, Chief Maintenance Tarui, Staff Officer Arichika, Staff Officer Itakura

It is considered that this picture was put into the album after his death.
Sub-lieutenant Kawai sortied as a Commanding officer of Okinawa Base Kaiten Group "Hakuryu" on March 13, 1945.
It is said that it was a grand send-off, partly because of his name "Fujio" (a man who never die).

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