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  z 2007 Feb 11 Yushukan Nanking (1).JPG - The Great Exhibition Hall displays two weapons with explosive charges used in suicide attacks, an ooka (manned glider with three rocket engines that fired for nine seconds each) and a kaiten (manned torpedo, seen here on the right) recovered by the U.S. Navy and on permanent loan to the Yushukan. The museum also has a memorial to those who died in the fukuryu special attack corps. These were sailors wearing protective underwater gear who were to be waiting in shallow water to destroy the enemy's landing craft with explosives attached to the top of a bamboo pole. The Navy never deployed this weapon, but many sailors lost their lives in unsuccessful trials of this suicide attack weapon.  
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The Great Exhibition Hall displays two weapons with explosive charges used in suicide attacks, an ooka (manned glider with three rocket engines that fired for nine seconds each) and a kaiten (manned torpedo, seen here on the right) recovered by the U.S. Navy and on permanent loan to the Yushukan. The museum also has a memorial to those who died in the fukuryu special attack corps. These were sailors wearing protective underwater gear who were to be waiting in shallow water to destroy the enemy's landing craft with explosives attached to the top of a bamboo pole. The Navy never deployed this weapon, but many sailors lost their lives in unsuccessful trials of this suicide attack weapon.
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