U.S. Naval Institute on X: "U.S. Naval Institute Archive Photo of the Week: A comrade tightens the "Hachimaki" for a Japanese Kamikaze pilot ready to sortie, 1945. The "Hachimaki" was a Samurai
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Ww2colourised - Well-known photo of a Japanese Navy pilot, said to be Hideo Oishi, tying a rising-sun ceremonial headband known as a “Hachimaki”. Probable date: Late 1940 when Oishi was flying with
In Colore Veritas - Well-known photo of a Japanese Navy pilot, said to be Hideo Oishi, tying a rising-sun ceremonial headband known as a “Hachimaki”. Note the handgun, most probably an imported
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