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Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

  • Series Title:
    • Sōin Gyokusai Seyo!
  • Annotation:
    • Fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a Japanese soldier in Papua New Guinea during World War Two, examining soldiers as humans and as expendable parts of the war machine.
  • Creators:
  • Publication Information:
    • Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal, 2011
  • Color or Black & White:
    • Black and White
  • Genres:
    • Historical Fiction
    • Semi-Autobiographical
  • Bibliography Available:
    • No
  • Original Language:
    • Japanese
  • Historical Topic/Event:
    • World War (1939-1945)
  • Geographic Setting:
    • Pacific Theater
    • Papua New Guinea
    • New Britain
  • Date Range:
    • 1942 - 1943
  • Tags:
  • Notes:
    • 90 percent fact
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Graphic History is a database of available/in-print graphic novels dealing with historical settings, events, or people. It is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries.
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