At 16, Yoshimitsu Zukeyama was selected for a suicide squad tasked with crawling under American tanks and detonating explosives during World War II. "I knew then I’d be making my parents cry,” he recalled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/battle-of-okinawa-boy-soldier/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #wwii #battleofokinawa #children