SOULS OF HEROES—That is what the characters mean on this Japanese ship about to leave Shanghai. White boxes contain ashes of soldiers killed in China. Japanese officially admit 166,000 have been slain, but foreign military observers say the number is nearer 600,000.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4812, 19 July 1939, Page 3
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42SOULS OF HEROES—That is what the characters mean on this Japanese ship about to leave Shanghai. White boxes contain ashes of soldiers killed in China. Japanese officially admit 166,000 have been slain, but foreign military observers say the number is nearer 600,000. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4812, 19 July 1939, Page 3
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