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KAITEN SPECIAL
ATTACK FORCES
The Sortie of Kaiten
Group "Kikusui"(Nov. 8, 1944)
”Words
left by Sub-lieutenant Nishina
(One of the inventors of Kaiten Special
Attack, the second from the left above)”
"We (The will of Kaiten pilots)
would lay the foundation for the further development of Japan. We
won't die for nothing."
(Reference: The
Will of Fujio Kawai, Commanding Officer of Kaiten Group "Hakuryu"
"As a foundation to a great reconstruction of the
country...")
This site is devoted to young
soldiers, those who died in the "Kaiten (manned torpedo which crashed
into enemy ships) Mission" in order to protect their beloved country
and people when the war situation had started to deteriorate at the
last stage of the Pacific War.
Ceremony for the
sortie, Kaiten Group "Tamon" (July 18, 1944), Ensign Mizui, receiving
a short sword
I sincerely hope this site would be
of any help to make people know what did happen in Japan some 50
years ago (at the last stage of the Pacific War) - there were young
soldiers who sacrificed their irreplaceable lives to protect the
country and its people.@
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Note
The producing and updating
this site are assisted by the following people; Secretariat of
Kaiten-kai (Kaiten Society), Toshiharu Konada, Chairperson of
Kaiten-kai and others. Here, I would like to extend my sincere
gratitude to them. All the images used here are reproduced from the
album issued by Kaiten-kai by courtesy of Kaiten-kai. No part of this
site may be reproduced in any form without permission.
Special Thanks to A.Iwaida
(All the excerpts and
images used here are permitted.)
Translated by T.N. ,
M.Grace
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