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A Japanese platoon
marches purposefully through a crowd of Americans and Filipinos
milling aimlessly about. Members of the platoon are wearing small
white boxes suspended by white ribbon around their necks.
Japanese dead had one hand cut
off, and the bodies were then cremated. The hand would be cremated
separately and the ashes returned home to the soldier's family.
We believe that this parade of
white boxes is a part of this ceremonial process.
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