On behalf of all the other kamikaze pilots - a final salute before takeoff for a mission. 

Final sayonara

A patrol of the Japanese army on the streets of a village on the island of Guam, Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean. 


Patrol in an occupied village

Japanese pilots of the 721st Naval Air Corps ("Gods of Thunder") sitting in close proximity to a G4M2e (Allied code name "Betty") bomber, equipped with a suspended MXY7 "Ohka" rocket-propelled human-guided kamikaze attack aircraft ("Exploding cherry blossom"), ready for a mission.