Discuss the ironies of the war activities Ishmael was involved in when he was injured.

He is involved in the attack of a small island, perhaps the size of San Piedro. He is killing Japanese, and he is in love with a Japanese woman. As a newspaper reporter, losing an arm is a horrid turn of events and afterward, he is forced to go back to his home as a one-armed person, in contrast with Kabuo who is a Kendo expert with his arms.