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THREE HUMAN BOMBS "The highest and noblest monument of war was erected near Shanghai by the Three Human Bombs at Miaohangchen. At dawn on March 22, 1932, in a general attack on Miaohangchen a certain Japa nese Division, which marched from Woosung, encountered great obstacles through the stubborn resistance of the Chinese troops, which, firmly entrenched, defied the fierce onset of the Imperial Army. The Chinese soldiers raised strong defense works there during a month. A way had to be cut through these deadly obstacles for the Imperial troops. Three heroes of a Japanese sappers' corps, named Takeji Eshita...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Human Torpedoes'' | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

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