Word: banzais
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...BANZAI CHARGE Thrills Chills Suspense
Among the dead there was a surprisingly high percentage of officers. At least 25 samurai swords were collected by souvenir-hunting troops who followed the tanks. Later we found one reason for this. Not all the Jap troops had shown the banzai spirit. Some of them still huddled in the fields and the ditches. One in four of them had committed suicide, but there was a cleanup job to do on the rest...
...many Marines followed so many charges that by the third day even the Japs knew that they were licked. The last gasp was a desperate "Banzai" attack; the Japs charged, screaming "Marine, you die!" and "Japanese drink Marine's blood!" The Marines' line wavered, then held. By next day Tarawa...
...Banzai! In Japan, a Tokyo broadcast reported the launching of a temperance campaign...
...departing force passed south of Attu, some of the men suddenly saw the heroes of Attu coming out to give them a sendoff, waving Rising Sun flags from small boats. Others heard a distant roar of "Banzai...