🔁Mario Nawfal:
🇺🇸🇯🇵 THE TIME A KAMIKAZE GOT A MILITARY FUNERAL FROM THE ENEMY
On April 11, 1945, a Japanese kamikaze pilot flew straight into the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa.
The plane exploded, the pilot died instantly, and the ship barely flinched.
Everyone expected the crew to toss what was left of him into the sea but Captain William Callaghan did the opposite - he ordered a full military funeral - for the enemy.
Sailors sewed a Japanese flag by hand, and the pilot was laid to rest with full honors.
It’s the only time in history this happened because even in war, some people choose dignity over revenge.
Source: AP
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/...
🇺🇸🇯🇵 THE TIME A KAMIKAZE GOT A MILITARY FUNERAL FROM THE ENEMY
On April 11, 1945, a Japanese kamikaze pilot flew straight into the USS Missouri during the Battle of Okinawa.
The plane exploded, the pilot died instantly, and the ship barely flinched.
Everyone expected the crew to toss what was left of him into the sea but Captain William Callaghan did the opposite - he ordered a full military funeral - for the enemy.
Sailors sewed a Japanese flag by hand, and the pilot was laid to rest with full honors.
It’s the only time in history this happened because even in war, some people choose dignity over revenge.
Source: AP
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/...
2 months ago
