In this photograph taken by Sgt. George Burns of Schenectady for 'Yank' Magazine, Saratogian Jack Wilpers picks up the gun former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo used to shoot himself in a failed suicide attempt shortly after Japan's surrender in WWII. Telling the Tojo Story: An Epic Saratoga War Tale 65 Years in the Making A failed suicide attempt, a Massachusetts beach and a pair of free Saratoga Race Course hats come together in the tale of how one local journalist told the true story of WWII hero. In August of 1992, I learned that John J. “Jack” Wilpers, Jr., a US Army…
