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Word: ashihei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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They do not like death any more than U.S. troops. In War and Soldier, a Japanese best-seller about the war in China, Ashihei Hino says in describing a defeat: "I actually put my revolver to my head. I thought I would cry out: 'May Great Imperial Japan live forever!' in so loud a voice that the enemy would hear me, and then press the trigger. But the feel of the cold steel made me shudder, and I hastily replaced the weapon in my holster. I wanted to live on as long as I could. Thoughts of home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: How Japs Fight | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

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