I don't know if there is much interest on the subject of this thread
, but I found this fantastic document recently.
http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/etwisdom/20...thch-0036b.pdf
It's telling a fascinating story about these warriors, the Takasago volunteers, how a tribal Austronesian society and its people in Taiwan were caught in the Second World War, the colonial system, their problem of identities and the History between Taiwan, Japan and China.
Best
Nicolas