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  • Leonard Siffleet about to be beheaded with a sword by a Japanese soldier, 1943

A photograph of the Japanese soldier Yasuno Chikao an instant before he strikes off Siffleet’s head was taken from the body of a Japanese casualty later in the war, 1943.

Source: s-o-u-t-h-o-f-h-e-a-v-e-n-69