The children were scared of Japanese soldiers, as age didn’t matter when it came to the atrocities of war. As Japanese and American forces collided and the occupation drew close to an end, he had buried five people — three Japanese soldiers, a Japanese Interpreter and a CHamoru man. With anger, he said, the man went back to his camp and told the Japanese officer in charge that people were stealing food meant for the Japanese military. “The officer came with him over to our side and that was when they were going to start putting us in the hole for the mass grave,” he said. Taisipic found a bayonet on the deceased Japanese officer and took it, then he took something else.

Source: Daily Nation July 29, 2022 20:14 UTC