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freemen2005 Donating Member (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:50 AM
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Rollercoasters are fun! - Need a laugh ??
Edited on Sat Sep-10-05 09:58 AM by freemen2005
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 09:58 AM
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1. This explains why three out of four Kamikaze pilots actually...
...survived WWII.

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Approximately 2,800 Kamikaze attackers sunk 34 Navy ships, damaged 368 others, killed 4,900 sailors, and wounded over 4,800. Despite radar detection and cuing, airborne interception and attrition, and massive antiaircraft barrages, a distressing 14 percent of Kamikazes survived to score a hit on a ship; nearly 8.5 percent of all ships hit by Kamikazes sank.<2>

Traditions and Folklore
The Japanese military never had a problem in recruiting volunteers for kamikaze missions; indeed, there were three times as many volunteers as there were aircraft.

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<link> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-10-05 10:06 AM
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2. We have a framed picture
of my family coming down the big drop on the Hulk. 3 of us look like those above, very unflattering but my youngest son looks like someone just goosed him with the biggest, funniest smile on his face I have ever seen. Silliness in the midst of fear. Just like the picture above. It is one of the funniest pictures I have ever seen. I think I have it here somewhere, I'll post it if I find it even though it is rather embarrassing because hey, we all need a laugh.
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