My 87yr old WWII paratrooper dad just told me that
one of his trooper pals told the captain he was going
to cut a finger off a dead Japanese soldier. The
captain said “Get me one too”.
Pop said ears, toes, and teeth were also popular.
But, on the other hand, my dad and his pals also
recovered dead Americans who had strips of flesh
sliced from their bodies which were consumed by
hungry Japanese. Isn’t war hell?
We had a friend who as a sargent in Patton's army in WWII (may he rest in peace). He had some very interesting things to say about those times as well. After he was done in Europe, they shipped out to the Philippines under MacArthur. Some luck eh?