One Way Ticket – Japan’s Kamikazes Weren’t the Only Suicide Pilots of WW2

One Way Ticket - Japan's Kamikazes Weren't the Only Suicide Pilots of WW2

IN 1944, JAPAN'S MILITARY SHOCKED THE WORLD when it sent the into battle. With the emperor's fleet dwindling in the face of the numerically superior U.S. Navy, the leadership in Tokyo called on volunteer pilots to crash explosive-laden aircraft into enemy ships.