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The "Bataan Death March" during the Pacific War killed about 20,000 prisoners due to one officer's forgery. Japanese Lt. Colonel Tsuji Masanobu changed the order from "guard prisoners" to "execute prisoners." He was never punished and became a bestselling author and politician.
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