JAPAN'S WARBIRDS CARRY HARA-KIRI DAGGERS.—On the ground that capture is considered more dishonourable than death, Japanese air pilots have been supplied with suicide daggers and revolvers in the event of being brought down alive behind the enemy lines. The picture shows a group of flying officers on an official occasion.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 7
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50JAPAN'S WARBIRDS CARRY HARA-KIRI DAGGERS.—On the ground that capture is considered more dishonourable than death, Japanese air pilots have been supplied with suicide daggers and revolvers in the event of being brought down alive behind the enemy lines. The picture shows a group of flying officers on an official occasion. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 128, 2 June 1938, Page 7
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