1.0Secrets of the Deadhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/secretsBrian Santalonehttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/author/brian-santalone/The Airmen and the Headhunters ~ About the Episode | Secrets of the Dead | PBSrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HRDVtqTuK1"><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/airmen-and-the-headhunters/4391/"> About the Episode</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/airmen-and-the-headhunters/4391/embed/#?secret=HRDVtqTuK1" width="600" height="338" title="“ About the Episode” — Secrets of the Dead" data-secret="HRDVtqTuK1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/files/2019/06/Mezzanine_753.jpg640360In 1944, a U.S. bomber was hit by Japanese anti-aircraft fire, and the crew ejected and parachuted into the wilderness. They were taken in and protected by members of the Dayak tribe - the "wild men of Borneo," who were infamous for their custom of hunting and smoking enemy heads. Months later, the airmen were found by an eccentric British Major who devised an ingenious plan to rescue the men.