 Another is that he and his aide killed themselves with their pistols near Ginmyōsui or Futagoiwa.Yet another is that he was burnt to death by American flamethrowers on March 22, or that he and several subordinates carried out a final assault and were killed in action.John C. Shively, in his novel "The Last Lieutenant", recounts a story told by his uncle in which his platoon fires upon a group of Japanese soldiers during the night.