The chaplain gave an invocation and said, "Commit his body to the deep." The crew tipped the tray and the body slid into the ...

Flight Petty Officer 2nd Class Setsuo Ishino, age 19, took off from Kanoya Air Base in Japan’s Kago­shima prefecture. He was ...

The crew tipped the tray and the body slid into the sea. It was the only known instance of U.S. forces holding a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot. Some crew members resented the ritual ...