1945 Original Photo JAPAN WWII - HIDEKI TOJO Attempts SUICIDE and SHOOTS SELF

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1945 Original Photo JAPAN WWII - HIDEKI TOJO Attempts SUICIDE and SHOOTS SELFPrime Minister who BOMBED Pearl Harbor ! Starting Bid 99 cents !!! .... Absolutely NO RESERVE !!!DESCRIPTIONGenre: Original Photo Date of Image: 1945 Date of Issue: 1945 Subject: WWII - TOJO Issuer: Associated Press Size: 7" x 9" Comments:A Vintage 1945 Original Photo issued by the Associated Press depicting Hideki Tojo after he attempted to kill himself. As Prime Minister o Japan, Tojo was directly responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor. With the Americans coming for him after the War and rather than face the music for his war crimes, Tojo sought an easy way out and shot himself in the chest with a pistol. Despite shooting directly through the mark, the bullets missed his heart and penetrated his stomach. Now disarmed and with blood gushing out of his chest, Tōjō began to talk, and two Japanese reporters recorded his murmured words: "I am very sorry it is taking me so long to die. The Greater East Asia War was justified and righteous. I am very sorry for the nation and all the races of the Greater Asiatic powers. I wait for the righteous judgment of history. I wished to commit suicide but sometimes that fails." Tōjō was arrested and underwent emergency surgery in a U.S. Army hospital. After recovering from his injuries, Tōjō was moved to Sugamo Prison. read more