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YOKAREN Japanese Naval Airforce Academy |

This is "Akatonbo"the red flying dragon. My brother Mitsuo was trained in this bi-plane. His would spend 60 hours of training on this plane to familiarize flight patterns.

This photo is the Headquarters of the Flying School "SAKURA", cherry blossoms were the symbol of the Kamikaze. YOKAREN
Air Base was located in Tokyo Bay stretching to the end of the Kyushu Island. Chiran is where the Kamikaze took off to attack the US aircraft carriers. .Mitsuo entered the Academy on August 1944, he was 16 years of age.

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I am proud of my country

I am proud to be a descendant of the HEIKE Clan. One in four Japanese have Heike DNA. Heike lost the war against Genji, however, Heike left Buddhist temples, Hiragana, Waka that later became Haiku, the kimono and Lady Murasaki. "The Tale of Heike" is still the best seller today, it is a sad story. Our Emperor also has Heike DNA.

My father, Haruo, was a sailor on the battleship"FUSO" in 1915. Japan is a maritime country while China is not. Chinese sailors are afraid of water that is well known fact.
Iseheijiro/Christine Aragon Louisiana USA