Search Details

Word: disembowel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...woke up in a Chinese hospital. The Japanese courtmartial, when these facts had been established, complimented Major Kuga and dismissed him with all honor-but his hero's brain throbbed with the madding, ignominious fact that he had been "captured." Major Kuga wished to commit harakiri-to disembowel himself with his sword-but his own sword had been broken in the battle, an aggravation of his shame. Brooding and white-lipped Major Kuga walked last week to the exact spot on Shanghai's battlefield where the hand grenade had knocked him unconscious. There, putting his service pistol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Pricking and Shooting | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

First | | 1 | | Last