
General Tojo Part 4: The Atom Bombs
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The Secret of Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo is put on trial for war crimes. His dental hygiene is so poor, his teeth are decaying and crumbling out of his guns. A 22-year-old U.S. Navy officer called Jack Mallory is given the unique task of inspecting the General's mouth and prescribing a solution. He finds the General propped up in bed with a bandage wrapped around his abdomen and a head full of rotting teeth. The dentist can't resist the opportunity to get one over on Japan's fallen warlord and to commemorate comrades lost in battle, so he inscribed something on the false teeth. When Tojo puts them on, the secret message sits right above the tip of his tongue
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