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• Series Title:
• Sōin Gyokusai Seyo!
• Annotation:
• Fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a Japanese soldier in Papua New Guinea during World War Two, examining soldiers as humans and as expendable parts of the war machine.
• Creators:
• Author - Shigeru Mizuki
• Illustrator - Shigeru Mizuki
• Translator - Allen Jocelyn
• Publication Information:
• Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal, 2011
• Color or Black & White:
• 
• Genres:
• Historical Fiction
• Semi-Autobiographical
• Bibliography Available:
• No
• Original Language:
• Japanese
• Historical Topic/Event:
• World War (1939-1945)
• Geographic Setting:
• Pacific Theater
• Papua New Guinea
• New Britain
• Date Range:
• 1942 - 1943
• Tags:
• Japan, Military, Soldiers
• Notes:
• 90 percent fact
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