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

knifes

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

japanese army officer and instructor of the Nakano School who is specialized in insurgency and guerilla warfare with taiwanese soldiers of the Takasago Volunteers. Units of the “Takasago Volunteers” served with distinction in the Philippines, Netherlands East Indies, Solomon Islands and New Guinea, where they fought in combat against Americans and Australians forces, The Takasago Volunteers were well known for their jungle survival ability. The most notable example is Attun Palalin, a Japanese holdouts discovered in Indonesia in 1975. He lived in solitude in the jungle for almost 20 years after leaving other holdouts in 1956.
