Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SATURDAY, March 21, 1992 TAG: 9203230168 SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A-11 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
I would like to refer to a remark made by Japanese Maj. Suez Matabe at his war-crimes trial on Guam in September 1947. When asked by the court why he beheaded, cooked and ate captured American aviators, this cocky Japanese officer boasted, "Cannibalism makes me strong!" I wonder how Matabe would have cooked Bill Day - fried, baked or broiled?
Matabe was hanged on Sept. 24, 1947. A U.S. Navy photograph shows him smiling as he is led to the gallows. BUD FEUER ROANOKE
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