tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post3157738478510524072..comments2024-02-09T14:11:55.826-08:00Comments on Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: March 29, 1913: Shafted!WIIIAIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-80957658793098340112013-03-29T17:21:49.271-07:002013-03-29T17:21:49.271-07:00Which is the last time I can think of that it happ...Which is the last time I can think of that it happened, although I may well be missing something. It may also be the last time that army officers routinely brought swords into war zones, as the Japanese did.<br /><br />I believe the Americans/Brits/Australians that accepted those swords then invariably kept them. In older times (I've seen it in the today -100 period in the Balkans and I think Mexico), it was usual chivalric practice to then return the sword.WIIIAIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267949487358907637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518007.post-25033480471127509562013-03-29T14:44:57.761-07:002013-03-29T14:44:57.761-07:00At the end of WW2, Japanese commanders in various ...At the end of WW2, Japanese commanders in various places handed over their swords. For example<br />http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6171/6174911979_db448f9e1b.jpgDavid Chappellnoreply@blogger.com