Chaidh a' chruinneachadh de phàirtean corp Iapanach a thòiseachadh gu math tràth sa chogadh, a' toirt air òrdugh an t-Sultain 1942 airson gnìomh rèiteil an aghaidh a leithid de chuimhneachan a ghabhail. Tha Harrison a 'co-dhùnadh, leis gur e seo a' chiad fhìor chothrom a bha ann a bhith a' gabhail rudan mar sin (Bathal Guadalcanal), "[c]learly, the collection of body parts on a large scale enough to concern the military authorities had started as soon as the first living or dead Japanese bodies were encountered".Nuair a chaidh fuamhairean Iapanach a thoirt air ais às na h-Eileanan Mariana às deidh a 'chogaidh, cha robh timcheall air 60 sa cheud de na buill aca a dhìth.
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