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The Dentist Who Etched Tojo's Teeth

By AAN Staff
september 19, 2002  09:48 am
The Dentist Who Etched Tojo's Teeth
Sierra Countis of Chico News & Review interviews Jack Mallory, the Navy dentist who in 1946 made a new set of dentures for General Hideki Tojo, the notorious Japanese prime minister who ordered the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Mallory made the imprisoned general a nice set of upper dentures, with the phrase "Remember Pearl Harbor" etched upon them in Morse Code. Mallory's superior officer got wind of the prank and said, "That's funny as hell, but we could get our asses kicked for doing it."
View full article at Chico News & Review