In a ceremony held by the air...

history · 19 July 1945 · 79 years ago

In a ceremony held by the air groups of submarines I-400 and I-401 in Maizuru, Japan, each of the airmen received a special short sword from Vice Admiral Tadashige Daigo before they embarked on their suicide mission against Ulithi, Caroline Islands. 

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