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“If they (the young pilots) are on land, they would be bombed down, and if they are in the air, they would be shot down. That's sad...Too sad...To let the young men die beautifully, that's what Tokko is. To give beautiful death, that's called sympathy.”

Quote by Takijiro Onishi

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Takijiro Onishi

Takijiro Onishi, born on June 2, 1891, and died on August 16, 1945, was a person of unknown profession and category. more

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