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Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

Sculpture Museums & Parks · Chiran-chō Kōri, Japan

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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 , now marks the site.

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