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...in the right hands (there seem to be a pun hidden here somewhere...)

I was reading the other day The Imperial War Museum Book of War Behind Enemy Lines: Special Forces in Action, 1940-45, and about the Chindits in particular, when I came across the story about George Albert Cairns VC.

Now what do you guys say about this:
"During this action, in which Lieutenant Cairns took a foremost part, he was attacked by a Japanese officer, who, with his sword hacked off Lieutenant Cairns left arm. Lieutenant Cairns killed this Officer; picked up the sword and continued to lead his men in the attack and slashing left and right with the captured sword killed and wounded several Japanese before he himself fell to the ground." This text is from http://www.chindits.info/Awards/VCCairns.html .

I know that a sword is not the magical death wand that you see in the movies, but being able to any sort of action when your left hand has been hacked off seem to be quite beyond capabilities of ordinary men.

I haven't found any information, whether Cairns had any weapons when the Japanese officer attacked him, or what he used to kill the said officer, but if the counts of the incident are truthfull, then it is possible that Cairns was weaponless. This may very well be the only recorded (modern) incident of mutodori!

Remarkable...