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When a Japanese suicide pilot dived his plane on to an American warship, one of the plane's machine-guns was torn from its mounting and driven into the muzzle of this anti-aircraft gun.

Sharply contrasting with the animated scenes in the cities and toivns of New Zealand ivas tlie solemnity with which YE Day ivas celebrated in the Pacific, where members of the R.N.Z.A.F. are serving. Top: A church service at Bougainville. Above: Some of the men at prayer.

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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 121, 24 May 1945, Page 5

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When a Japanese suicide pilot dived his plane on to an American warship, one of the plane's machine-guns was torn from its mounting and driven into the muzzle of this anti-aircraft gun. Sharply contrasting with the animated scenes in the cities and toivns of New Zealand ivas tlie solemnity with which YE Day ivas celebrated in the Pacific, where members of the R.N.Z.A.F. are serving. Top: A church service at Bougainville. Above: Some of the men at prayer. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 121, 24 May 1945, Page 5

When a Japanese suicide pilot dived his plane on to an American warship, one of the plane's machine-guns was torn from its mounting and driven into the muzzle of this anti-aircraft gun. Sharply contrasting with the animated scenes in the cities and toivns of New Zealand ivas tlie solemnity with which YE Day ivas celebrated in the Pacific, where members of the R.N.Z.A.F. are serving. Top: A church service at Bougainville. Above: Some of the men at prayer. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 121, 24 May 1945, Page 5