a Taiwanese Volunteer of the special Takasago Volunteers, volunteer soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army, recruited from the Taiwanese aboriginal tribes during World War II.



Volunteer

Mitsubishi A6M2 &quot;Zero&quot;: Captured at Akutan Island, Alaska, in August 1942, this Mitsubishi A6M2 fighter was the first &quot;Zero&quot; to fall intact into Allied hands during WW II. After limited flying on the West Coast, the &quot;Zero&quot; arrived at Langley for installation of test equipment prior to in-depth flight testing by the Navy at Patuxent River, Maryland.

Captured Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero

japanese and taiwanese soldiers of the Takasago Volunteers showing their combat knifes (oct 1944)