My uncle was in Kamikaze school when the war ended. It saved him. They were not country bumpkins. They were the university elites.
Kamikaze IP: Listen carefully I can only show this once.
Yes. The Japanese earned my dad’s respect. Both as motivated and steadfast soldiers, and later as a proud people who lost the war, but won the peace (often a far more difficult proposition than merely making the gravel bounce!).
He drew a stark contrast between the Kamikaze, who he regarded as brave an honorable men giving their all to protect their homeland from armed enemy combatants, and cowardly muslim suicide bombers blowing up pizzerias full of innocent children.
Please let you uncle know that at least one Marine who was on the receiving end of a Kamikaze attack would have cheerfully bought him a beer. Or Sake.