Tengkorak di Tarawa pada Desember 1943
Pada Perang Dunia II , beberapa anggota militer Amerika Serikat memutilasi personil penugasan Jepang yang meninggal pada teater operasi Pasifik . Mutilasi personil penugasan Jepang meliputi pengambilan bagian-bagian tubuh sebagai "suvenir perang" dan "trofi perang ". Gigi dan tengkorak sangat umum dijadikan "trofi", meskipun bagian tubuh lain juga diambil.
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