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NISSAU ISLAND INCIDENT FELL INTO A FOXHOLE The most frightened Japanese on Nissan Island was one who stumbled into the New Zealanders’ 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 unconsciously over the prostrate soldier. Sergeant Pagan reacted smartly. Hurling his unwelcome visitor out with a mighty heave he grabbed a tommy gun to finish off the Japanese, but fright added speed to the Japanese's fleeing legs, and he disappeared in the darkness. His escape was shortlived, for running out of the frying- ' pan into the fire, he careered over a 50ft cliff and was killed in the fall.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32403, 6 March 1944, Page 7
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133FRIGHTENED JAPANESE Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32403, 6 March 1944, Page 7
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