Dramatic Photos - Dead Japanese Soldier

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The severed head of a napalmed Japanese soldier is propped up below the gun turret of a disabled Japanese tank in the Solomon Islands in 1943.

3rd Army Grandson (Tue 03 Nov 2009 03:15:10 AM EST)

Napalm, what a nasty way to die.

TinMann0715 (Tue 06 Oct 2009 10:03:12 AM EDT)

A lot of Pop Culture was inspired by events, pictures, stories and actions of WWII. An example, the Evil Empire of Star Wars was based on the Nazis.

Scat (Tue 06 Oct 2009 01:38:08 AM EDT)

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This is not ww2 related but anyhow. I’m read somewhere that Derek Riggs, the man who has painted many of Iron Maiden albums covers, got the idea for Eddie, Iron Maidens mascot, from a picture of a Japanese soldiers head stuck on a tank. And when looking...

This is not ww2 related but anyhow. I’m read somewhere that Derek Riggs, the man who has painted many of Iron Maiden albums covers, got the idea for Eddie, Iron Maidens mascot, from a picture of a Japanese soldiers head stuck on a tank. And when looking at this horrific picture, I think this might be the one. Just imagine, first you die and then you end up on T-shirts and worn by thousands of maiden fans all over the world. That is to make a foot (or head) print in history.

BazookaJoe (Sat 26 Sep 2009 06:13:30 AM EDT)

This picture is mind blowing. Really brings the horrors of the war in the east into prospective.

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