"As I write this letter, the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin. The very ocean that soon to be my grave. They tell me I'll die a hero, that the safety and honour of my country will indemnify my sacrifice. I pray they're right. My only regret in life is never telling you how I feel. I wish I were back home. I wish I were holding your hand...I wish I were telling you that I had loved you, and only you, since I was a boy. But I'm not. I see now that death is easy. It is love that is hard. As my plane dives, I will not see the facesof my enemies. I will, instead, see your eyes like black rocks frozen in the rain water. They tell us that we must scream ''banzai'' as we plunge into our target. I will, instead, spell your name. And in death, as in life, I will remain forever yours.
Ass.
Hiroshi Takahashi."