Kamikaze museum Have you read the references They are saying the exact opposite of what the quote I deleted said The quote is either completely made up or has its meaning inverted through omission Mr Hamazono though bristled at the suggestion that he and his fellow Tokkotai pilots were the forerunners of modern day suicide bombers We were completely different he said We did what we did for our comrades the terrorists kill themselves for purely selfish reasons I don t get angry when I hear them described as the modern day kamikaze but it troubles me that religion not love inspired them to do these things Missions totally different Japan s originals are insulted to be mentioned in the same breath When I hear the comparison I feel so sorry for my friends who died because our mission was totally different from suicide bombers Hamazono says as he strolls through the Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots in Chiran a former air base on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu The kamikazes attacked military targets In contrast the main purpose of a suicide bomber is to kill as many innocent civilians as they can Hamazono says That he says is just murder The same distinction is made by other survivors of the Tokkotai or Special Attack Force conventionally known as the kamikaze Its survivors tick off the reasons why their goal line stand against an American invasion was different from the blind lashing out of suicide bombers today We were ready to die out of love for our country they say Suicide bombers are driven by hatred and revenge