"Their Flag and Skulls Are Ours": Corporeal Trophy Taking in the Pacific War

This thesis explores the taking of Japanese remains as trophies by American servicemen during the Second World War in the Pacific. It examines the historical and contemporary motives for American trophy taking in modern warfare and shows that corporeal trophy taking was both prevalent and multifacet...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Erickson, Lucas
Other Authors: Hanes, Jeffrey
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12541