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For the same reason they wore helmets and goggles and all the rest of the protective gear.

If the pilot was unable to attack an enemy ship due to weather, being unable to find them, engine failure or any other factor, the Japanese wanted them back. While they were only semi-trained pilots, the Japanese had spent money training them on how to fly, and if they could get them safely back it would give the pilot the opportunity to try again.

While I was in junior high school, a small travel trailer was brought around to dif-

ferent towns and displayed what the kamikaze pilots wore and what was in their plane. So many folks are mis-informed about the kamikaze pilot. He wore weighted

boots, was chained in his plane, wore a leather cap like the first football helmets we

had here. He was on a suicide mission but the Japanese had put in safeguards so he had no choice. I'm sorry about the statement that folks believe that he could get back to base if he didn't have a good mission because he wasn't given enough gasoline.

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