They were the kamikaze, “the divine wind,” whose ... but new interviews with survivors and families, as well as letters and documents, tell tales of young men who were loyal to their country.

22, 1945, his unit was demobilized. He left for his hometown by train. “I felt survivor’s guilt for living through the war, but I was glad that I could go to my hometown Takayama,” Kotoge said.

As Japanese kamikaze planes targeted U.S. warships, Hellcat pilots took to the skies to intercept. Witness the intense combat ...