Headhunters of World War ll

On November 16, 1944, World War ll crashed headlong into the tropical island of Borneo. A crew of stranded American airman hiding from the Japanese made unlikely allies with a native tribe who hunted with blow pipes and spears and a maverick British major hellbent on taking the war into his own hands. As Japanese patrols came close to capturing the Americans, the natives retaliated by resurrecting an ancient and bloody ritual, headhunting. Learn the incredible, untold story of how World War ll collided with a native culture and how the so called civilized allies embraced ancient tribal tactics to beat the might of the Japanese.