No, these were grunts hiding in caves and bunkers, and yeah I'm sure there weren't too many normal people reading it.
The kamikazes were not so crazy. Virtually any mission from 1944 on was a suicide mission. Japanese pilots were poorly trained, flying obsolete planes that caught fire if you looked at them and going against an enemy in brand new Hellcats and Corsairs with well trained pilots and radar guidance. Its why they call the Battle of the Philippine Sea "the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."
The kamikazes were not so crazy. Virtually any mission from 1944 on was a suicide mission. Japanese pilots were poorly trained, flying obsolete planes that caught fire if you looked at them and going against an enemy in brand new Hellcats and Corsairs with well trained pilots and radar guidance. Its why they call the Battle of the Philippine Sea "the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot."