Posted on Jan 14, 2016
The Japanese soldiers who cannibalized US pilots in World War II | Fox News
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Given the Battle of Iwo Jima and the preparations to invade the Japanese homeland, this abominable practice seems to have added to the justifications for an atomic attack...
REPORT: A more grisly fate awaited at least four of the 20 Americans who bailed out near the island. Japanese defenders were led by navy Rear Adm. Kunizo Mori and army Maj. Gen. Yoshio Tachibana who approved executions and allowed cannibalism on the island.
Tachibana, with the approval of Mori, had the American prisoners executed by beheading. The day after an early execution, a Japanese major had flesh of the executed prisoner prepared for a feast. The island doctor removed a liver and a portion of the human thigh.
The body of the flyer was served at a large, alcohol fueled banquet that night.
The practice continued on the island for some time, and at least four victims were partially or fully eaten.
Marve Mershon, Floyd Hall, Jimmy Dye, and Warren Earl Vaughn were all victims of the practice, according to James Bradley in his book, “Flyboys.”
American aviators weren’t the only ones to fall victim to Japanese troops practicing cannibalism. Chinese, Australian, and Indian troops were all executed and eaten by Japanese soldiers.
REPORT: A more grisly fate awaited at least four of the 20 Americans who bailed out near the island. Japanese defenders were led by navy Rear Adm. Kunizo Mori and army Maj. Gen. Yoshio Tachibana who approved executions and allowed cannibalism on the island.
Tachibana, with the approval of Mori, had the American prisoners executed by beheading. The day after an early execution, a Japanese major had flesh of the executed prisoner prepared for a feast. The island doctor removed a liver and a portion of the human thigh.
The body of the flyer was served at a large, alcohol fueled banquet that night.
The practice continued on the island for some time, and at least four victims were partially or fully eaten.
Marve Mershon, Floyd Hall, Jimmy Dye, and Warren Earl Vaughn were all victims of the practice, according to James Bradley in his book, “Flyboys.”
American aviators weren’t the only ones to fall victim to Japanese troops practicing cannibalism. Chinese, Australian, and Indian troops were all executed and eaten by Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese soldiers who cannibalized US pilots in World War II | Fox News
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CPO Andy Carrillo, MS
Kevin Purcell, DC, as if warfare wasn't already bad enough. I wonder if these and other reported Japanese atrocities factored into the decision to deploy atomic bombs upon Imperial Japan.
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