FRIGHTENED JAPANESE
NISSAU ISLAND INCIDENT
FELL INTO A FOXHOLE
Tlie most frightened Japanese on Nissan Island was one who stum bled into the New Zealantlers' foxholes by night. Sergeant T. Pagan, of Pleasant Point, was peacefully resting in a shallow trench when the Japanese, who presumably had become lost in the. bush, wandered into our lines, stumbled against a New Zealander's trenching pick, and sprawled uneonseio-usly oyer the prostrate soldier. Sergeant Pagan reacted, smartly. Hurling his unwelcome visitor out Avith a mighty heave he grabbed a tommy gun to finish oil' the Japanese, but fright added .speed to the Japanese's legs, and he disappeared in the darkness. His escape Ayas shortlived, lor running out of the frying-pan into the (ire. he careered over a 50ft cliff and Avas killed in the fall.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19440314.2.39
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 56, 14 March 1944, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
132FRIGHTENED JAPANESE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 56, 14 March 1944, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in