Saigo quotes
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[When the Allied forces fire on him] Why are you always messing with me. It's got to be a joke! [An Allied shell lands right next to him, knocking him over. He sees the shell is a dud] Thank you, God! I take back what I said!
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[Convincing Shimizu not to kill himself] We can die here, or we can continue fighting. Which would better serve the emperor?
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[Letter to his wife] We soldiers dig. We dig all day. This is the hole that we will fight and die in. Am I digging my own grave?
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[About Nishi's romancing skills] There are rumors about his womanizing...But there are no women left to woo.
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[In response to a soldier saying death is honorable] Kashiwara died of honorable dysentery.
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[On Kuribayashi] He studied the Americans, so he knows how to beat them.
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There is no use for a dead soldier.
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Damn this island! The Americans can have it.