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Tome Torihama

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Tome "Tomi" Torihama (鳥濱 トメ) (June 20, 1902 – April 22, 1992)was a Japanese woman who was the owner of a restaurant called "Tomiya Shokudo" in Chiran, Kagoshima that served kamikaze pilots before their final missions. She is called the "Mother of Kamikazes".

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