War relic: Harada showing photos of the rusting remains of his aircraft from World War II. — AFP
NAGANO: Trapped in the jungle tomb of his plane, shot down by US forces in Guadalcanal in 1942, Japanese fighter pilot Kaname Harada understood the full horror of war.
Pinned beneath the wreckage in the Solomon Islands during some of the most intense fighting of World War II, he fought to dig himself free.
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