USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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Japanese suicide pilots

(A) ** kamikaze

(B) Tuskegee Airmen

(C) Hiroshima/Nagasaki

(D) War Production Board

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -70 Years Later, He Told His Story. Kazuo Odachi is one of the last living members of a group never meant to survive. He wants to remind Japan that before its modern success came the sacrifices of the young pilots who gave their lives.

Concept note-2: -On October 25, 1944, the Empire of Japan employed kamikaze bombers for the first time. The tactic was part of the ferocious Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, which took place in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines. Kamikaze strikes against Allied warships continued throughout World War II.

Concept note-3: -About 3, 800 kamikaze pilots died during the war, and more than 7, 000 naval personnel were killed by kamikaze attacks.

Concept note-4: -I am deeply ashamed that in the twenty-seven years of my life I have been such an unworthy son and younger brother. I will have to leave everything up to you. It is with an untroubled heart that I fulfill the obligations for which I was born. I am merely carrying out my duties as a man.