"Someone who does not know the difference between good and evil is worth nothing." – Miecyslaw Kasprzyk, Polish rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, New York Times, Jan. 30, 2005
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Friday, July 31, 2015
'Their pillows were soaked with tears': Teenage girls whose job it was to look after and wave off Kamikaze pilots describe torment of Japanese airmen waiting to die
Nadeshinko unit were tasked with caring for pilots and easing their fears
Girls, some as young as 14, also had to wave pilots off on their mission
Survivors have spoken of the horrific emotional toll of serving in unit
Said
pilots always put on brave face when flying away, but when they went to
remove the men's bedding their found their pillows soaked with tears
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