Reading WWII history of the war in the Pacific, Japanese pilots were notorious for shooting at Allied pilots who had bailed out; would shoot them while hanging in the ‘chute. One story was about one pilot who faked being dead and when the Zero pulled up next to him to check him out (no the plane didn’t stop) the guy had his .45 down by his leg and shot the pilot. First instance of a .45 pistol downing a Japanese plane. Heck, first instance of a handgun shooting down a Jap plane.
Because of the strain involved, scouts were rotated at short intervals. I do not remember the name of the scout who led the second platoon, but it was he who relieved me. Within three minutes after taking the lead, he was hit by a burst from a machine gun.
The Japanese had dug in on a coral hill and were waiting for us. We took whatever cover we could find, moved into firing positions, and battled throughout the day and into the night. Daylight came and we put feelers out to see if the Japanese were still there. They had moved out and the scouts body was gone.
We moved up the hill into the evacuated Japanese positions. There, we found him. His body had been carved as though he were a mere piece of beef. All the flesh was gone from his legs, arms, buttocks and chest and his heart and kidneys were missing. We had no doubt that they were eating our dead.
http://corregidor.org/Heritage_Battalion/nycum/ch5.html
Hell look the crap Gen MacArthur pulled to help protect Hirohito and family from war crimes charges
Source please.