In the later stages of the war, Japanese troops began to run low on ammunition and supplies. Taiwanese-born troops and the Takasago Detachment were forced to live with the corpses of fallen comrades, with many of those corpses stripped down to the point that all that remained was a pair of underwear.
在戰爭末期，日本軍隊彈盡糧絕，包括台籍日本兵與高砂義勇隊幾乎都和遍野屍體一起共存，許多屍體被剝的只剩一條內褲。