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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1947,
JAPANESE SUICIDE PILOT'S DIARY By S. Chang
Feudalistic
Like many people
in Japan's middle-class family, to which he
belonged, he was foudalistic
many ways of daily life.
But unlike many others of his
MO
of
(regular navy) ofßeers and us, the conscript officers.
Only the Ela Jima chaps get a lay off. Why should they make sub discrimination? Ifm com- pletely disgusted with the Navy.
November 22: Flow for the first time in a Commet aircraft.
It was fast all right, but, as a pllot, 1 think its logs are a bit too weak.
Attended a cremation service in the afternoon. It was carelessness which killed these four fliers. Strange I should feel rolleved na soon as their ashes go out of the unit.
November 28: Lecture in tho
CARNIVAL
By Dick Turnar,
Det brows
Only very rarely does one get ted" them. Takads was an ax- (the opportunity to poor behind the stromely reasonable young follow.
inscrutable eyan of a member of He was an intelligent, hard- Japan's Kamikaze pilots those working lad always good-temper fanatical young men who, during ed and smiling. Although he was the war, willingly accepted hope robust, muscular, the was the leas suicide fights. So you may school Judo champion), his fellow And enlightenment in the extracts Students gave him the nickname I am now able to publish from of "Mademoiselle,' because his the diary of a young Japanese features were so effiminate, friend of mine namod Hintaro Takada. He was a fellow-student If the success of the Portu with me in a Kyoto School where guese Institute of Hong Kong he was studying physics, Even inaugurated on Tuesday in the unity we became great friends and before he was klet off presence of a distinguished Okinawa as a Kamikare pllat, he gathering, depended upon the willed his diary to me. zeal and enthusiasm_of ̧¡ts_imme- Before they took of on the class, Takada had many progres- diate sponsors, there could be un fights which they knew must end sive idens which, I believe, he hati morning by Captain Sato, about
over, mon," doubt that it would go on from certain death those youthful nequired through his study
Inimen
men would gather together for science.
He said 'that the oflears must strength to strength. Naturally, A last ceremonial drink of anke He knew, for example, that his not become too friendly with the it does not.
Like every together, Stung on ashes around Emperor could never be a living whole unit would become doma- MUN, because, otherwise, the other institution of its kind, it their weeks were boxes containing God. He bitterly criticised the will flourish or decline accord-the ashes of comrades killed in fanatical nationalism which then cratic. According to him, doma.
air accidents, and who had there- wns ing to the measure of
prevalent among his cracy is the greatest enemy to us fore had no chance to achieve countrymen. He often told me that officers. Because it forces us ત accorded by those whose interests "Immortality of sout" by suicide this fanatacism would finally fea respect the opinion of the majori it is designed to serve, and it flights. The Kamikazes, by carry Japan 10 a total destruction. Hty, thereby mukes it hard for us need hardly be said that oning Buse ashes to their own ridiculed their claim of the-rucial to make resolute decisions while apathetic reception by the Purtu-deaths believed they thus purified superiority over the Allied in actual combat.
of their friends.
December 1: Why am I not yet "That's the third million she's taken out of Wall Street.". quese cummunity of Hong Kong the souls of the
Takada began his diary the day would be the gravest
prepared to get killed? disservice he was drafted into the Japanese to themselves. As His Excel-Naval Air Force un September 6, lency Sir Alexander Grantham 1943, and he made his innt entry pointed out,
there is serious March 10, 1946-five dogs he
Why dan't I volunteer fore he was killed,
Kamikaze? No, I just can't do it. danger, in the absence of a cul-
Many of us alrendy have volun- tural effort of this kind, of the
teered and got killed gloriously. Portuguese people of the Colony
I met him in an air-raid shelter What on earth am 1 doing? Can' virtually losing their identity as
Okaka.
die unul 1 at forced to? insofar Portuguese, except
It was about noon, on a day December 18:
Raid
by B20s in early in March, 1946, and, from the morning
and family names are preserved. AL]
the sky, deep rumbling of 129 Twenty
took off to [ready, to many of the younger
reached oven deep into the base intercept but not get even the language generation,
with them.
Many a deal, in which the high Camoens is virtually incompre fastest, single-engined two-senter Store, where we were.
Japan is already -bombech
card strength l about evenly bensible, and the link between Flight (suicide attack) on Okina-
In n Special Attack In the dim light I saw hundreds I have never felt so pessimistic divided, will produce a ganie for South saw that a successful club them and the culture of modern wa and was confirmed to
of scared faces. the people as today. Their science is so much ene pair or the other if the bid finesse might be needed to make have
snaped, could not even scream superior to ours. In front of such ding gets opened. Portugal is shadowy indeed. been killed on March 16, 1045,They were clad in miserable superiority,
When that the contract, So he won the first Kamikaze attacks happens to be your side, you cer- trick, finemed the club Q. and on The Portuguese Institute is de-after doing a considerable damage rags,
would be only Loo childish. tainly don't want the deal to be the A discarded his losing heart. Takado's to an enemy task force. His dis-
face was curiously For the first time I realise
Suicide Attack
nationa.
But that was at the universlty: When I met him on bis Anal leave, which he was given two weeks prior to his last flight, 1 saw him as a changed man, a fanatie. A fanatic hopelessly con- fitent in the divinity of Japan
jand her final victory.
This is how Imperial Road- in quarters in Tokyo announced his death:
"Sub-Lieut Rintaro Takada took oft from a certain Kyushu air
"Can't Do It"
of these in a commet (Jap, Navy's ment of the Hankyu Department
into the afternoon.
ia
full acquaintance with the lan-II Majesty's car.. guage of Portugal and reviving That phrase "considerable dam- monotonously. interest in the life and thought age," so often used by 11Q, arous and the literature of the little ed auspicions among Takada's entry on the western seaboard family.
for
and
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officer? I don't know. I only know run to make an opening bid, on pay in the long therefore that I don
I don't want to get killed. hand of just about average January 1. 1945: My comrades high card power-containing the say I'm a coward because I don't equivalent of one ase, one king "bry wonen."
and one queen-If you have ex- They will never understand me.tremely good distributional values I know that courage doesn't count) in a major suit, especially. If it in such matters,
i spades. January 4: Flew all day today. Both Forinosa and Okinawa look like being beaten up com-} pletely by the enemy.
When I think of how little wo could do in Leyte, I'm too sure what will happen there. Oh pes- simism and possintymi
January 8: That movement or- der finally came.
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Firm Faith
of the Iberian Peninsula. In the that no
It was an open accret by then He talked mostly of his firm
reconnaissotice planes faith in Japan's Anal victory. 1 programme is included provision were on duty to check the result reason, for this faith was simple. for teaching Portuguese in the of the Juicide attacks.
Bomb He said if all Japan's remaining war plants pilots volunteered as Kamikaze for introducing
adults through was so heavy that the
fast "staff reconnaissance" plane, from the invasion of any enemy the medium of lectures, the read-which had confirmed the results forces. ing of literary papers, and simi-of the Kamikaze atte
attacks on Leyte Then he suddenly changed his lar activities to the remarkable late in 1944, was by this time al-tone, began to talk about Toshio panorama of Portuguese history, most out of production.
As Takada grimly admits in his left her for the last time.
san, his girl friend. He had just the letters, the sciences and
diary, pilots waging the suicide He said the art
be did not want to of Portugal. An an attacks without even the cover of shock her, and had kept silence bitious objective, but well worthy fighter escorts were mostly "caten about his assignment of Kami- of energetic effort on the onc away" in the thick Allied counter kaze. So, as he left her home, she hand, and the encouragement of attack long before they reached asked him candidly when
him again.
I and four other comrades were. ready response on the other. It the targets which had been allot- could 9001,
I hope" ke answered. ordered to report to Katori Air may seem curious, as Sir Alexan-
The smiling girl bid farewell, Baro 47 miles east of Tokyo. der Grantham suggested, that
anting "Dewa, mata, o'al (This base was used for a whlie vulnerable). the British colonial administra-
shimasho!" (Then, I'll see you to train specially the Kamikaze East Sooth West.. tion should lend its patronage,
again),
Ipiloja of both Japan's Navy and Pass and aid, to a movement, which
Then, I'll see you again." He Army. Takada was chosen on this Pass mumbled the same phrase to me, day as a Kamikaze pillet).
Pass 4D could conceivably diminish the
and looked desperately into
come! Well it my
The first As many experienced cardsmen ties of local allegiance, and to
We talked for about two hours (my wh
flashed through know, a hand like South's often. direct the eyes of the very large
Die is Cast.makes a much more profitable Portuguese community - the
like this, when the siren of "All (Takada wrote this in English), opening bid than one with the largest single foreign community
Clear" blew. Suddenly he cante January 16: Arrived at Katori standard high-card requirements nearer to me, held my hand in where I saw more army planes in old-fashioned books for begin- outside the British-to the Mo-
both of his, and looked at me. I than I have ever seen before. therland of their forebears. His
Went to the Naval Officers' club aces or an acc-king and on ace, ners, which may contain three will never forget those eyes, big Excellency provided part of the
(From the files of the "China and scared......
in the evening. There were quite but only a 4-3-3-3 distribution, Mail"} answer in indicating that such
But soon he shook his head, a few beautiful geisha-girls, One and therefore practically suit an attitude, deeper
tried to smllo and, without a for them looked Just like Kogure length values. The latter type of and more The ordinance rend before laudable than tolerance, was in Council en the 26th October con- quickly up the stairway congest-Kogure,
word, left me. He brushed his way (Japanese film actress Michiyo "flat" hand is worthless for game The overcoming of another
of Shochiku Cinema
unless
considerable normally fatal disease is revealed purposea very spirit of the the natural line of British tradi- iniquitous acts which have been led with people, to catch a train Company).
values of, some wort are opposite in a report in the American I may dedicate my virginity to it, whereas what South held in Naval Medical Bulletin, tion. He might have gone fur- repealed. Its object is to take the back to his base.
her. What's the use of keeping this case can frequently menn a my virginity? I must soon dis game and passing
Hitherto, Hemorrhagic. Small- upper from this world.
cause a pastout, as was quite pox, the most malignant form of March 10 (last entry): I don't likely here unless South opened. small-pox, has almost invariably Players who are not to keen resulted in death after a period may argue that such an opening of 2 to 6 days.
Drs. Kenneth Weeks and elight if the holder knows how tɔ protect himself by reblding, and the case of a gallor patient on a It is in no sense as great hazard U.S. naval ship which had been as the chance of losing a nice off the Chinese coast for two game if ho falls to open. This months and who had been per particular South knew how to mitted to go to Shanghal protect himself, knew how to re-
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Japan is absalute.
It can
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Another Disease Conquered
ther and related the teaching of Chinese from under the protection British experience, that local al- of the Law and hold them at the legiances are strengthened rather mercy of the Executive,
Carry than weakened
that measure, out
and others by such cham-which will follow, and the colony pionship of individuality in will again full back. national traditions and culture.
he could have changed so dras. Joll, within 30 minutes I'm taking is dangerous, but the risk is verWarren McClelland now report The prime nover-the evitically, and so quickly. Here, it may be mentioned that genius of this colony-knows this. But when, after the war's end 400-the Institute has extended a He not want Hongkong to be his diary reached me, I believed
Each moment is so preefour. 200-warm invitation to other foreign place of trade. He would rather I had the answer.
Want terribly to see my parents residents acquainted
A merchant *Es with, then the Island. The colony is view-one with a lock attached to It),
His diary (black leather-bound and Toxhle-san. 350.- Portuguese language to take part ed as the source
For me, the reminiscence is the from which told me a lot, I could see that whole life. 120.-in its activities. Dr. Brazao, the few idle officials enn squeeze large when he was circzen as a Kaini- Let me live as long as possible bit, and showed it with his deck He felt well; when, the
allowances; and the fewer Portuguese Consul, who has been 300.-
the kaze, he immediately chose European inhabitants,
then the memory of Toshie-san, my Diamonds after North had called ship left for Saipan but on the the chief inspiration behind the likely is it that the attention of "reason" and
less easiest way,
out-ho throw away friends, and parents.
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The patient was placed in an. oxygen tent, and given a trans- fusion of 600 ce of fresh
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So ran his diary: August 28, 1944: Flew alt Fish have moved back into thereported that the goby,, which is tion of dissolute Chinese who
morning, and for one hour by Jonec deadly waters of Bikini a email feh, was found building have to dleposition for trade, has
night.
lagoon, scene of the atomic bomb nests among the coral. The cocoa for years beon Q cherished and Crashed one "leg while taxi-explosion, and marine life is go-nut crab also was found building citrated whole blood. Adequate darling eleme
It is clear that the Brillah mered, I couldn't see that low plated today. To attach too much import-chants in Chins were not swindled fernt near the hangar.
ing soon after landing. Exhausting on as usual, scientists disclos-up, a large family.
Some observations were made, ed
Intake and, output were maintain- ance to the swing away from out of their money by the British Get plenty
Dr. Loonant Schultz, Smith-according to Dr. Schults, through
by, giving 5% dextrose Labour at the Municipal elec Government, nor Hongkong ruined. (Jap. Navy's slang for beating there was no evidence that con- He said apparatus was set up on or distilled water by Injection, "adjustment" sonlan Curator of Fishes, said the use of the television system. Isotonic sodium chloride solution tions would probably be as great the Inhabitants are not on their that Instructor Ota. Ho beats us by the treaty of Nanking. But if with fist) on both cheeks from an error as to dismiss the trend guard now, before another year for his own 29 of no particular consequence, eses they will be suddled with Those damned Eta Jima profes
andistic Between municipal and national debt or now taxes or both and sionnist elections, it is necessary to draw the trade we have will be again sharp distinctions. To point to
driven away: only one anomaly, which nobody
Jow.
By PAUL ELLIS pleasure,
the
of aunkon submarine Apogon, to which supplements about 160 feet below the surface, vitamins B, C, and K were added. Underwater scenes were broadcast The patient was also given 200, to receivers on the surface and 000 unila of the Calcium Salt of tinued radioactivity had caused scientists wore able to distinguish Penicillin dissolved in 2 ce October 11: Flow all day today, sterility among marine, creatures, the various speeles. Disgusted completely with my which were multiplying as rápidly
of isotonio sodium chlorido Dr Schultz belloves that the solution every two hours maladroitness in diving. After the
as usual.
aron has great potentialities for intramuscularly. After receiving in Britain finds peculiar, tani
flight all of us got an adjustment Dr. Schultz said enormous num-future biological Investigation.) cipal, authorities all over the Labourites voted against beat on the chins a specially big one bers of fish and other marine or While the surviving fan and new in all 20,500,000 units of calcium tho country owa and operate trans Labourites because of the activi-each. Stmebody had flown too ganang undoubtedly were killed arrivals apparently have so far penicilin intramuscularly
by the explosion, but others had been unaffected by radiation, Dr. Patient had no more fever and port systems and most of such ties, of Labourites in Parliament.
taken their place in the Ington. Schultz sold it was far too early all the other symptoma subsided publicly owned systems were es-It sounds hopelessly illogical, but
It was believed at first that con- to observe any genetle effects or, on the 18th day. He was dis- tablished by Councils-dominated the British democratic system is
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radioactivity following the whether the marine population charged from hospital on by men whe bitterly oppose, pub elastic enough for anything. That The noise of motors stays stub vivors sterile No such evidence tinned radioactivity
My head has become funny-explosion might leave the sur; might hayo bsen weakened by con- 17th, day, the lie ownership on a national scale. apart, the Conservatives Have barnly in my ears.
Pentella Some observers, In fact, suggest clearly cause for satisfaction, and By night, I feel I just don't Instead, vast numbers of sea that the atomic bombs exploding research at the Research Division
Who was found, Dr. Schulte
Some scientists have speculated tions are the result of prolonged alta reported. that the Labour losses were in the Labour leaders for reflection, want to do anything, and waxta urchins were spawning la normal over Japan might in future result of the Cutter Laboratories, part caused by objections to stich though it would be distinctly time just like a fool fashion.
Cash in "freakish human bodies. Such Herkeley, California, and their public-owned systems being premature to suggest that there what they are doing? pilot the fish that hitchhike with an entirely new species com- effectiveness in this fatal disease
No letters from Home, I wonder He said specimens of the
of the harka theory might also apply to fish, taken over by nationalisation. has been any decisive change in
Octábor 291, Aguin that foolish rides on sharks, were also fount | ingalong some day-United marks another stop in medical | That could only: mean that the "national outlook.
discrimination between Ela Jima in spawning condition. He further Press.
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