Kojima finally broached the heretical idea of surrendering to the Americans. At first the idea was shouted down by his men, but the intensity of their resistance gradually abated, and at last the survivors acquiesced to the once-unthinkable disgrace. Eight men managed to evade the ferocious Filipino guerillas on their trek to the American lines, where they were taken prisoner and given cigarettes and canned rations. Observing his captors, Kojima was astounded by their racial and ethnic diversity: “Blond, silver, black, brown, red hair. Blue, green, brown, black eyes. White, black, skin colors
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