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Item # 700013
September 10, 1945
THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 10, 1945

* Australian pilot Bill Newton beheading
* Made public for the first time
* Japanese atrocities - cannibalism & more

The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "AUSTRALIA REPORTS JAP HORROR" with subhead. (see images) Coverage of Japanese atrocities committed on American and Australian soldiers including a report of a Australian pilot being beheaded. This was Bill Newton, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross.