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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cannibal Feast. At least two aviators were beheaded publicly by Matoba's own 308th Battalion, to buoy the troops' morale. In each case, the liver was cut from the still-warm bodies, delivered to Matoba's cook, cut into strips and served in sukiyaki. At one gay party, where the cannibal dish was washed down with sake, Tachibana was Matoba's guest. That night, during a U.S. air attack, Matoba boasted that enemy bombs could not hurt him because he had eaten the enemy's flesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Unthinkable Crime | 9/16/1946 | See Source »

Putting in sharp focus the great changes that war has wrought on Harvard, the newly released figures on the civilian enrolment for the University's 308th year reveal a drop to less than 25 per cent of the usual north. On the other hand, however, there has been the development of the huge trained-manpower factory of over a dozen Army and Navy schools with 6000 men, bringing the number of students back to almost the 8000 of peacetime years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT BODY CUT BY 6000 SINCE WAR | 7/9/1943 | See Source »

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