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* 5 T - P <rv Dee. Ho. &u6 STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN OBARA When I held the nine American prisoners in my unit on September, 1942, I thought that they wore respectable and honorable soldiers who had fulfilled their duty, and since they had been captured by us, "/ere no longer but persons who did not differ from our neighbors and follow countrymen, and they were truly merely unhappy fellows with the status of prisoners0 Thus, since the tine that they were interned, I used nuch care to treat then well, and at the same tine I tried to send then bach to Japan as soon as possible from the dangerous front. Therefore, I an convinced that the treatment they received was excellent. But you. could hardly imagine my surprise when all of a sudden, I was ordered by the C.O,, Abe, who used to be always very prudent, to hill the prisoners in the middle of October.. Even when taking into consideration that it 'was issued so peremptorily and its nature was such that from the standpoint of my private feelings, I could not bear it. Moreover, from the standpoint of common sense, it could not be easily comprehended, since it ran utterly counter to my belief of the justice and humanity which I had firmly believed in all my lifec But now, the order was issued, and its solemnity could not bo offended, because it was based 011 the directive from the Central Headquarters, having the reasons behind it which we wore not in position to know. X as a military nan know well that orders must be obeyed absolutely. How I came to be in a quandary, for as an Obara, with all the feelings of a human being, I had not the heart to kill the prisoners, but as the C.O. of the Guard Hnit, I had to obey the order. Thus I, who had no authority to take the initiative, had no way to solve this difficulty except by recommending my opinions to the C«0», Abe, So I made up my mind, and expressed my opinions to the C.O,, Abe, to reconsider the matter, and make necessary arrangements to send them back to Japan, as had been decided by us, but because of the order from Central Headquarters, this also was not accepted. Thus the path that I would follow was absolutely decided. Ho\r I could do nothing but to execute the order merely as his tool. Tho course left for me, as a man of Obara, was to do the killing as politely as possible., I did njy very best as a man and as a military person, I firmly believe that anyone who had been in my position would not have been able to find a different way from bine, I am still convinced that the measures and attitude that I took were without a doubt just. My official life had been unfavorable because I clung too much to the justice and rights of humanity. Therefore I devoted myself to building a Certified to be a true copy /s/ E. L. Field, Lt, US:® Doc. No. 844.6 Pago 2 happy family life, raid especially to the culture of ray children. Thus iry four children grew up happily and in good health. However, ray oldest son was killed at the front last spring; the other three were killed in the City of Kagoshima in an instant by a bonb during an air raid by the United States, and all ny property was destroyed. All that is left to no are ny 81 year old mother, and Ey wife, who is pregnant. My only two older brothers engage in agriculture in the United States, and their three sons are attached to the United States Military forces, I who have believed in justice and humanism as a natter of faith, have core to be charged with unjust and anti-humane murder, and tried before r United States Comission, while 1 an living bewildered as to what I should do, thinking of rrj old nother ana wife. How strict and nerciloss ny destiny i s I cannot help but grieve for it. But under the belief that a day will cone -'hen destiny will snile again at a life that tried to walk in the path of justice and huranity, I will not cease to utter ny conscientious clain that ny acts concerning this case wore preciseljr right and wore not punishable things, I implore the connission to realize ny spiritual plight and to lead mo, who strives to continue to build my road of justice, resisting ivy merciless destiny, rightly* OBARA, Yosaio % Certified to be a true translation to the best of my ability. M. D. Arvey, Ens. USNR Translator \ Certified to bo a true cony /s/ E. L. Field, Lt. USNR Document Ho. %/$ Page 1 i w m m r 0i«' TULLT P. MAHOHET, Lioutenait, IJSHR, I, Willi or. P. Ilahoney, Lieutenant, UStfR, swear and depose that the folio-Ting natters are true to the best of ny knowledge and belief, so help me God: 1. (a) The English trans]etion of the interrogation of ABE, Koso, Vice Admiral, Irporial Japanese Ilavy, dated March 2, 194-6, is a trans- cription of questions I, Lieutenant 1ST. P. F -'honey, put to /-BE, together with ABE's answers} the answers ̂ ere freely and voluntarily given and no offers of force or leniency were nade; YI, A. Bell, He, U3NR, was present during the interrogation and transcribed the questions and English translated answers as inter- rcted by Lieutenant David L, Osborn, after Lieutenant Osborn read bach the English translation of the interrogation, dated March 2, 194-6 to ABE, ABE, after naking corrections, signed the said translation of the interrogation in ny presence and in the presence of Lieutenant David L. flsborac (b) On March 9, 1946, a modified translation of the interrogation of March 2, 1946, signed by ABE on March 5, 194-6, was written in Japanese hy Lieutenant Osborn, and, after he, Admiral ABE, had read the translation and ~c.de corrections thereon, signed the Japanese copy freely and voluntarily on March 9, 194-6 in ny presence and in the presence of Lieutenant David L, Osborn« 2. (a) The English translation of the interrogation of 0BApA, Yoehio, Captain, Imperial Japanese Navy, dated March 12, 1946, is a transcription of questions I, Lieutenant W, P, I.'ahoney, put to OBABA, together with OBARA's answers; the answers were freely and voluntarily given; W. A. Bell, Ylc, USHR, was present during the interrogation and transcribed the questions and English translated answers as interpreted by Lieutenant David L. Osborn; and, after Lieutenant Osborn read bach the English translation of the interrogation to OBARA, OBARA, after making corrections, signed the said translation of the interrogation in ny presence and in the wrcsence of Lieutenant David L, Osborn on March 13, 1946. (b) The statements of OBARA, Yoshio, Captain, Imperial Japanese Navy, dated 13 March 1946 and 23 March 194-6 were freely and voluntarily made and acknowledged in my presence by OBARA as his own statements; the English translations thereof were made by Lieutenant David L. Osborn. 5TZIIGIT $(l) Certified to bo a true cony /s/ E, L. Field, Lt. TJ3NR Jocunent Ho. 844-8 pao.e 2 3, Tha s tat orient of H \YASHI, Koiehi, Cc.vte.in, ^voxinl Jevazaw Lavy, datod Harch 16, 19*6, uas freely and voltrntorily" gi^on and acknowledged in ey presence ty RfLIASHI to bo his era sta-enont; the Euglish translation thereof uas naclo lx/ Lieutenant f.avld La Oaborn, -TTLI'Ĵ P. fcLKOlisy., lieutenant, I7,S...N,R, Judge Advocate <h War Crines Investigator Witnessed "by no this 26th day of April 194,6: EDWARD L. FIELD, Lieutenant, UaNlT" Judge Advocate, EHilSIT 5(2) Certified to be a true copy /s/ E. L. Field, Lt. USIIR Doc. I-Ifl. 8444. STATEIviEHT OF ABE, Koso ^ n p Because the Japanese Military Forces are directed to "be in strict order, by the rigorous command which originates in the. supreme prerogative if command of His Majesty the Emperor and penetrates from the Emperor on the top down to a private at the bottom, the primary and supreme duty of a military man is absolute submission to an order. It is natural enough that throughout my long naval career, "not to disobey an oi"dern has been my primary commandment, and I have never tried to deviate from this obligation for a moment. As for the nine American prisoners concerned in this case, as I've already stated, I tried in every way to send them to Japan as soon as possible. However, a directive was issued to me from the Highest Naval Central Head- quarters to dispose of them on my island, and I had nothing to do but obey it without question. Up to that moment never had an idea flashed through my heart and mind to dispose of them. let, now that a directive came to me which had been pondered and discussed prudently by the Highest ITaval Central Headquarters, what path was lef'o for me but to observe the directive subserviently? Among hundreds and thousands of Japanese military men, since the Japanese forces were established, has there been or is there even one person who thinks he can be charged with his own acts, which he does pursuant to an order that he is merely following? It is above the understanding of the Japanese that such things must be penalized. From the Japanese point of view, for instance in this ease there is absolutely no doubt I an completely responsible for the acts which Captain OBARA and Lt, Gomdr, IIAIKI did pursuant to my order and Captain OBARA and Lt. Condr. IIAIKI arc free from any responsibility. By the same token, the Highest i'aval Central Headquarters is completely responsible for the acts which I and the other two did pursuant to its directiv:, and I end the other two arc free from any responsibility. Is there anything more cruel in this world than the punishment of the acts which the doer himself thinks to be right, and "hich all members of the society to which he belongs judge to bo right also? Such a punishment forces the collapse of thought, and causes personality to perish. Just at this very moment, I ccmc face to face with the most horrible contradiction bet 'oen ideas and reality which I have ever net in my life, I am utterly unable to dream of the reason why such a contradiction might come to be real in this world. I implore the commission to investigate all the circumstances with its sharp judicial insight, and lead mo out of this unimaginable plight, ABE, Koso Certified to be a true translation to the best ef my ability. Certified to be a true cony K. D, AHVEY, Ens, USI1H /s/ E. L. Field, Lt. US®' IT(2) Translator f i DOC. NO. f463 Pago l EIGHTEENTH Dx.Y TTnited States Pacific Fleet Commander Marianas, Guam, Marianas Islands. Friday, 'eptember 6, 194-6. The commission ret at 9:^0 a.m. Present; Rear /dmiral Arthur G, Robinson, U.S, Navy, Captain E..ic B0 Roag^ Dental Corps, T". S„ Navy Colonel James Vc !rares Infantry, A m y of the TTnited States Colonel Pierre P. Denson, Coast Artillery Corns, Army of the TTnited States Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Zuber, tT„S8 Marine Cornsy Commander Orvllle 0C Dean, TT> S, Navy, Ma ̂ cr Donald B, Coy ley, junior, tT,S, Marine Corps, members and Lien enaat Edward L„ Field, TT>S, Naval Reserve, and Lieutenant Frederic m 0 Suss, TT„S* Naval Reserve, judf̂ e advocates e Vivian Kilner, civilian, reporter, Each of. the accused ana his counsel ~nd the interpreters, No witnesses not other-vise connected with the trial we re pre- sent. "*rith the consent of ail parties ^o the trial the reading of the record for the seventeenth day of th<-- trial was waived at this timea Lieutenant Frederic T, ^uss, U 0S, Naval Reserve, the witness under examination when the commission adjourned, resumed his seat as a witness, He was warned that the oath previously taken was still binding and. continued his testimony. (Examination continued0) The proceedings of fhe Poard of Investigation were sub- mitted to the accused and to the commission, and by the judpe advocate so much thereof rs contains the testimony on March 6, 1946, of the before mentioned witness, Major Matoba, Sueo, IJA, was offered in evidence. The accused objected to the admission of this evidence on the following grounds: All the accused ard particularly Major Mntoba, object to this document, the interrogation before the Board of In- vestigation, being introduced into evidence in this case. CERTIFIED TO B A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., ILS.N.R. DOC NO P463 Page 2 The prosecution persists in cutting into evidence the proceed- ing's of the Board of Investigation convened by t^e Commanding Officer, Occupation Forces, Bonin Islands. :Ve respectfully object. The prosecution spates that as a resvlt of the untiring efforts of the investigators these fourteen accused are now on trial before this commission. The accused are fortunate to be tried before this judicial commission instead of the Board which investigated them. They now ask, and particularly Major Matoba asks, that the proceedings of the Board be not. admitted into evidence before this Commission. We object for the sarre reasons as we have objected ber'ore during this trial when the proceedings of this Board were offered in evidence, • c.sk the Commission to again consider all the objections whicb have heretofore been made. In addition we further object and wish to emphasize that the proceedings of the board sho-Id not be admitted as evidence before this Commission because of the rule previously cited by the prosecution^ found in Wharton's Criminal rvidence, Section 722: '"he confessions or admissions made by a co-conspira^or or co-defendant after the termination of the conspiracy and in the absence of the def^nda^t, are not admissible against the defendant as substantive evidence to prove his guilt. His con- fession, therefore, subsequently made., even +hough by the plea of guilty, is rot admissible in evidence, as such, arainst rny but hinself." The nrosecrtion would Have this commission believe + hat the Supreme Commander Allied Powers abrogated this fundamental rule when he stated under paragraph 5 (d), section (1): ,;The co^- missior shall ad^-it sveh evidence as'in its opinion would be of assistance in provirr or disproving the charge, or such as in thp cormi ssion' s opinion would have probative value in the mind of a reasonable man." The prospertini" can cito no authority for th- s interpretation of these SCA? rules, except t'~oir own onirion. "-'e of the defors~ maintain that these SCAP rules do not permit putting into evidence the proceedings of the board in question. T' e prosecution has cited the Komma case as approving SCAP rules. W-= " spectfully call the Co mission's attention to this case: Application 0f T!rasaharu Ho^ma as reported in Supreme Court Reporter, ^arch 1, 1946, Volume 66, TJo. 9, Pages 515 to Sr7 decide^ F hn-r- 11,' 194-6: Or motion for lea-e to file petition for wri^s of habeas corpus and prohibition and on petition "or a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Cour4: of ttr> Co "-onwealth of the ^ 415 ->-ines, The moti on for leave to file petition for writ of '~abeas corpus and writ of prohibition is deri d, and th- petition for writ of certiorari is also deniod on author!'y of Application of Yarras'-ita, ard CERTIFIED ^0 FE A ^RUE COPY s/E.L. Field, Lt.,ITSFR "0. fA-^ Page. 3 -'am shit a vs Slyer 326. US - 66 S Ct 340. Mr, Justice Murphy has filed a c3isser+"ing memorandum in which Mr, Justice Rutlrd<*e corcvrs0 J r. Justice Rrti d^c has filed a dis- senting memorandum in which Fr, Jus*ice Murphy concurs. "7 do not "dp it that th s aecus"d were co-consnirators "but qi ite to the contraryinsist that thcr- was no con- spiracy nor should th.~y have been joined as co-deferdarts* ThoT' have * howev?r, b an "oin'd as co-defendants "nd there- fore such confessions 01* admissions as any of tnem made are not admissible against the defendant as substantive eviience to nrovo his r'iilt,rc In our previous objections we s+r"ss^d th violation of the rights of the individual by this boa-d* T,Te again call th^ Commission's a tcrtior to t're Fifth *.mendmert of the Constitution of U.S. which spates that, ""o person shall be compelled to he a witness against hire I f am] of the Sixth Amendment which eu-r^rto s that in "11 criminal prosecutions the accused shall have 4 he assistance of corns- 1 for his defense. Naval Cour's and Boards, section 235 states our point very cl. rl? . "rphe constitution -rovides that no person shall be compelled to crive any evidence against himself," Th Foard of Inv s+igati on was well aware'of the provisions of section 734, Naval Courts and Boards, particularly paragraphs (h) rrJ (c) h- cause under the signatu.-e of th Sen-or T'rerber of the Board appears the following* "Throughout the duration of the investigation, the members of the board were fully cognizant of the provisions of section 7^4 (b) "^d (e)5 Naval Courts and Boards; but since the evidence concerning tbo subject matter of the investigation was so involved rrd the number of Japanese officers and men implicated so large, it was impossible to rare defendants and interested parties properly until ell evidence h"d been received, and to accord them, fuilv their rights r-d privileges before the board. By deviating from the procedure set forth in section 734 (b) and (c), Naval Courts and Boards, the member' of the board believe that the investigation was conducted in the most expeditious manner to ascertain the facts rroporly, and do not believe that the status of any of the Japanese officers or men con- cerned was materially jeopardized in anyway1'-. That, gentlemen of the Commission, war what the rembers of the Board of Investigation said, but what are the facts? n'he Commission have before them fourteen of the rany Japanese officers and ran whom the board said were not materially j bpardized* Th fourteen are now accused of crimes th pen- alty which may well be d-r.th if they are found guilty. Can anyon.' say that the status of these fourteen Japanese officers prd men have not been materially jeopardized? CERTIFI7 D TO EE A ^RUE CO T s/ E, L. Field, Lt,, U.SCN,R, DOC. NO. P4-63 pag^. 4 we say that the rights of those fourteen accused have been most unjustly violated and their very lives Drt in jeopardy. We also say that anpendix D-14, Naval Courts and Boards, does in no way permit or authorize the abrogation of the fundamental rights guaranteed by th- constitution. We hold that for this Commission to admit the interroga- tories of the Board of Investigation is a violation of an" act of Congress which directs that such evidence be excluded, The judge advocate replied. The commission was cleared* The commission was opened. All parties to the trial entered. No witnesses not otherwise connected with the trial were present 0 The commission announced that the objection was not sustained and the document in question will be admitted into evidencee The interrogation of Major Matoba, Sueo, IJA, before the Board of Investigation was so received, 4, Q. I ask the witness to refer to the record of the Board of Investigation and read such portions thereof as contains the testimony on March 6, 1946 of Major Matoba, Sueo, IJA. The witness read from the Board of Investigation this testimony of Major Ma to"1 a, Suso, I.TAS question and answer at a time, and then an ir«t? rpreter read each question and answer in Japanese as follows: Major Sueo Matoba, a witness recalled by the recorder, entered. He was war-nod that the oath previously taken was still binding, and declared as follows: Examined by the recorder: 1 Q Relate th;j circumstances of th° first case of cannibalism on the island, A The first case of car>-ibalism occurred between the 23rd of February, and th 25th of F'bruary, 1945, Cn that day I went to the Divisional Headquarters, and I personally reported to General Tachibana that the flyer world be executed at the SuyeyosM Tai. At th" g reral's head- quarters, sake was s rv d and the conversation turned to the Japanese forces station*d on Bougainville and on New Guinea, and it was m~ntion°d that the troops that CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s / Br Lr Flpld Lt . TT .S V -R DOC. NO. P463 Page 5 lacked provisions and supplies had to eat human flesh. :Vhile I wrs still at the Divisional H-adquart^rs, a tc-1'-phone call care through fror- the 307th Battalion Headquarters, and it was said that we should come to a party which Colonel Kr:0 pr-parod for General Tachibana °nd myself. ^e walked to Colonel Kato's quarters, and when we arrived, wo found that Colonel Kato did not have enough drinks and things to go with the drinks. On account of thi" fact, the general was not satisfied and th.i question came UP where to got something to eat in line of m at and more sake, Th general asked me about the execution and about getting some meat. Therefore, I telephoned personally to my h adquarters that meat and trn (10) sho of sugar cane rum be delivered to the 307th Battalion. Headquarters. I do not recall now if the i". gar cane rum was delivered or not, but I know that the me t was. Th" meat was cooked in Colonel Kato1s room, and everyone present had a taste of it, Of course, nobody relished the taste. 2 Q They all knew that it was human flesh? A Ye s. The accused objected to this answer on the ground that the question called for the opinion of the witness. The judge advocate replied. The commission announced that the objection of the accused to the answer of question number two was not sustained. Th- jud?e advocate requested that the commission rule on whether the accused hnd the right to object to individual a^d specific questions and answers from an interrogation nfter this interrogation had been previously submitted to the accused and the entire document objected to by the accused but admitted '̂nto evidence over this objection by the commission. The accused replied. The commission was cleared. The commission was opened. All parties to the trial enter :d. No witnesses? not otherwise connected with the trial were present. The commission announced as follows: CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, L1. . , U.S.N.R. D \ P4.6.3 Page 6 On the point raised by the judge advocate th commission rules that either party may interpose objections to any question or answer in any document introduced in evidence in addition to any objection that pay have been m^de to the entire document. The commission will rrlo in each instance on the objection raised. 3 Q Who actually ate some of the flesh? Who did you actually see eat this flesh? A Captain Ikawa, G-n ral Tachibana, Colonel Kato, Captain ^ Kosuga, and naturally myself, Th'-se five (5), including myself, partook of the flesh, I saw each of them eating th" flesh. There were three (3) other company commanders of the 307th Battalion and I do net remember who they were, and I do not know if th-'-y ate the flvsh or no4:. They were Captain Enjo, Captain Kobayashi, and one (1) from the machin gun company of the ^O^th Battalion. 4 0 Then your previous testimony regarding this matter is not true? a. Y--s, and I apologize for it. It was not true. 5 C Approximately how much human flesh was delivered to the headquarters of the 307th Battalion? ..bout five (5) or six (6) pounds. 6 Q Who prepared and cooked this flesh? Colonel Kato's cook, / 7 Q What was his name? I do not know, 8 Q Did Captain Ikawa cook the flesh at the table? A Yesj tho cook prepared the flesh and Captain Ikawa actually cooked It at the table. 9 0 Did either Captain Ikawa or the cook detest carrying out these orders? A No, they did not detest It, but I could see on their faces that they did not relish the joba 10 0 •Vas all the flesh consumed at this meal? * A No, each man only .ate a few pieccs or just a single piece, and I believe that most of the flesh was left over. What happened to the flesh, I do not know, CERTIFIED TO PE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., U.S.N.R. DO "TO". P463 P«ge 7 11 Q Returning to the nersons who actually ate th~ flesh, are you sure that Captain Kosuga ate some? A Yes, I am positive. Fefore I was interned in the stockade, I h<- ard that Captain Kosuga said that he did not eat the flesh, but I know that he'did. 12 Q Isn't it true that the remainder of the flesh was sent to the Rvodan Shircibu or yorr orders to General Tachibana's galley? A That is not true, I do not know what happened to the left over flesh. 13 Q TVh~> ordered it delivered there? A I do not know, I slept at the 307th Battalion headquarters that night, "nd I returned to the divisional headquarters the following day, 14 Q Is the cause of your not romembor inrr, because you have forgotten or 1 ocause you were too r'runk to know what orders you had given? A It might be th~t I was too drunk to remember giving such orders, Q Before the end of the war, did y^u ever h e r Captain Ikawa beast of the eating of human flesh and say that eating a niece of human flash gave a man the fighting snirit of ten (10) men? A No, I did not hear that, I seldom saw,Captain Ikawa after the party, I do not know, 16 Q When this flesh was cut from the body of the flyer at the Suyeyoshi Tai, was any delivered to and consumed by the Suyeyoshi Tai? A I do not know. After we ate human flesh at the 307th Battalion headquarters3 various rumors went around the island, I heard of the eating of flesh in other places on the island, and even it it was goat meat, some men would say that it was human flesh, and rumors came on so fast that I do not know, 17 0 Did vou ever talk to Lieutenant Srye^oshi about the exe- cution at the Suyoyoshi Tai, or the eatine; of flesh at the 307th Battalion, ir the eating of flesh by the Suyeyoshi Tni j or about anything Ise in that regard? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E, L. Field, Lt., U.SUN.R. DOC. NO. P463 Page P Yes. IP 0 nrhot did Lieutenant ^uyeyoshi have to say about this?. A I do rot n '"ember. 19 Q Did Lieutenant Suyeyoshi ever s-iy, that ha ^r anyone of his command had eaten human flesh? No, 1 do nnt remember. 20 q Did G.neral Tachibana say that this should happen to all of the prisoners of war, following their executions? A Yes, at a conference at the division headquarters in February, 1945j General Tachibana said that supplies would diminish and ammuniti n would run short, and in the end men would have to fight even with rocks, and thav would be forced ven to eat their own comrades killed in combat, and the flesh of the enemy should be eaten. 21 Q You pe serially heard this? A Ye s. 22 0 '"ho do you remember was present, who also heard this? A Every battalion commander, Not only once or twice, but several times the general said this. 23 q 'ras this General Tachibana's idea, or Major Horie's? A I do not know, but I believe it was General Tachibana's. 24 Q ,Jiras Ka *or Horio present at. the conference? A Yes, he was present. 25 C Arc voi1 sure about this? A Yes. 26 Q Did G n. ral Tachibana, at this conference, menti n the fact that all pris mors of y^r would be executed? A Yes, and that the flesh would be eaten. 27 Q Did he mention that these executions would take place on orders fr^m the Imperial Headquarters? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE C0?Y s/ E. L. Field, Lt., U,S.NCR. DOC NO 8463 Page 9 A I believe that the Imperial headquarters wore of the same policy or h"d the same policy, and also the higher command of this Island had this idea, 28 0 Did y~u ever see any orders from the Imperial headquarters on the treatment of prisoners of war? A I did not hear of any and I did not see any. After the fall of Iwo Jima, this island was completely Isolated and the Imperial headquarters forgot about us. X 29 Q Did General Tachibana say that It was the policy, or that he received orders from the Imperial headquarters to execute and eat all flyers captured? A I do not know if the general received direct orders from the Imperial headquarters or not, but the general ordered the execution of all flyers, and he s^id it w s necessary to ea-1- them. 30 Q Did you hear General Tachibana say, that it was the policy or the order from the Imperial headquarters? A I do not recall that. 31 0 At that time, was G-n* ral Tachibana or Admiral Fori in supreme commond of the island? A Admiral Mori was in command. 32 Q C^uld. General Tachibana issue such an ordor without Ad- miral Mori's approval? A I think that it was impossible to issue such orders without the a~>^roval of Admiral Mori, a, 3 Q ,;hen Admiral Fori was in charge of the island, was he forceful and did he give strict orders, or was he In charge of his department only? A He was a pretty forceful commander and he wanted to know all that went on, and he represented the Navy in any conference which was held on the island. At le°st he cooperated with the Army in any matter concerning the defense of the island and anything that went on, 34 q arhen you said, that to execute the flyers was the policy of the highor command on the islrnd, whom did you in- clude in the higher command? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., U,S,NrR, DOC NO 8463 Page 10 A That means all of the men in the Army and the Navy headquarters including the Haken Shireibu. Admiral Mori of the Navy and General Tachibana of the Ryodan Shireibu, approved of the policy* When Major Horie handed over all of th' ^ris-mers after examination, they were to diea 35 o "n-i.r-n was this "greed upon? A I believe the question came up of the disposal of flyers around +-he time of the inv^.si^n of Iwo Jima, around February 17th, 1945, 're expected the American forces to come a few d~.ys after Iwo Jimaand the question of pri- soners was settled at that time, 36 Q If this policy was not formulated until February, 1945, why w*s it that prisoners were executed in August, 1944? A I do not know0 The executions in August took place before my arrival on the island. I arrived on August 16th, 1944, and I he*rd that the executions in August were ordered by the Ryodan Shirebu, 37 Q '"rhen was it, that the general ordered that all flyers were to be executed, as close to the exact date as you can recall? A It was several days or a week after February 11th, 1945. It was ab-̂ ut the 17th or the l8th of February, 1945. The general stated th":s policy at a conference of all commanding officers, which I attended. 38 C Admiral M-ri or any ether naval representative present? A Yes, Admiral M"ri was present. 39 Q Who also from the Navy was present? A Lieutenant Commander Kamiure or Lieutenant Commander Phinode. 40 Fas Commander Yoshii there? A I do net remember. Commander Yoshii commanded the wire- less station, so that did not put him on the same basis regarding the defense plans of the island. 41 f Insofar as you remember, what were the general's exact words? CERTIFIED TO EE Af-TRUE COPY . . . ... . s / ^ L . / i ^ d , IT.S.N.R. rcc. NO. P463 Page 11 A I do not remember the exact words, but the outline of the general:s policy, which he told everybody at the conference, is what I previously told you. The general said the invasion of this island is imminent and"probably that this would be the last battle prior to the invasion of Japan, and we must fight even though we hod no sunplios and na food, and that we should fight and live on the flesh of our comrades and that of the enemy. He said "kichiku", meaning beastly, and that was used in regard to the Americans. It w^s also said that the enemy Is a boast. In all orders and all decrees from the Imperial head- quarters this word was always used, and all of the military he^ds in Japan used the word in speeches, and so General Tachibana. used it. 42 0 Did you see it in any orders from the Imperial headquarters, or hear it in any speeches made? A Yes, Prime Minister Suzuki used it In his spe chos over the radio. It was a byword in any orders or any speeches. This came from the higher command and for all of the personnel It was sort of a byword, and was used in speeches by anyone ana everyone, This includes ^rim0 Ministers Suzuki and To jo. I do not know about the Navy. Admiral Mori and General Tachibana agreed that all flyers would be executed as soon as Major Horie was through with thorn, and as Majer Horie was in tho higher command, he must ha^o approved of the plan. Therefore, when Major Horie was through, he turned tho flyers over and then they wor~ executed, 43 Q Did General Tachibana issuo an order, that the prisoners would bo returned to the uniujc which captured them for execution? A T V general did not say anything like that. I believe It was Major Horie's idea to return the flyers to the units wh;: ch captured them, to encourage them to capture more, and the flyers were returned as a reward to the units, 44 Q When prisoners of war were given to Navy units, was the order of execution given by General Tachibana, Ad*'ir~l Mori, or Major Horie? A Tho r ̂ sponsibility for the delivering of prisoners of war to naval units lies on General Tachibana, but the rest of th- responsibility lies with Admiral Mori, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Fiold, Lt. U.S.N.R. DOC. MO. F46.3 Page 12 r Wvr« • *'ly,.v was return.! to the unit which c- ntui-'d him, did General Tachibana or Admiral Mori issue an order to execute him immediately or was an order issued to execute th- flyer when they felt best? -A The re ^ s no definite orders issued by anyone. It was jus t ar reed upon Dy the higher command and they did it that way. 46 Q In other words, there was no specific order from anyone? No,T'u r r.j.y be sorre exceptions like the Suyeyoshi Tai. Lieutenant Suyeyoshi actually asked the naval headquarters for permission, and received the approval of the noval headquarters for the execution. Admiral Mori thanked mo for letting him have a prisoner for execution. 47 0 Admiral Fori personally thanked you? A Yes. 48 C .'Vhv was the flyer turned over to the Suyeyoshi T- i by ""*)U? A On February 18, 19 " e, two (2) 'lyers were captured by my unit. On February 27th, one (1) was returned to my battalion from the H-ken Shireibu. Lieutenant Suyeyoshi, upon hearing the flyor was returned to my unit, came over to see me and asked me to let him have the flyer. He wanted to show his-men an American, and wanted to make his men more accurate in their aim and build their morale, Therefore, I let Lieutenant Suyeyoshi have the flyer. 49 O Previous to thr time the flyers were turn d over to the Haken Shireibu., hadn't you let'Lieutenant Suyeyoshi take the two (2) flyers to his unit and show them to his men, to build morale? A I do not know, They might have been token past the Suyeyoshe Tai, but I do not believe they were taken in. 50 Q ""not were the flyer's names? A I gave the pistol from this flyer to Lieutenant Suyeyoshi. One (1) of the two (2) flyers was named Hall, but I do not know the name of th •• oth r flyer, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY a/S.L. Field, Lt., USER DOC, NO. P463 P- - 13 51 0 From whom, at the naval headquarters, did Lieu*. .. « Suyeyoshi receive permission to execute the flyer9 I brieve th + CHinf of Staff Shinoda or Kamiura gave th .icrmissi -.-n or the approval, with the approval of Adrii""l Fori also, 52 r Your previous testimony r-sardine this matter was not the truth, then? A No. 53 Q You said in yorr previous testimony, that an agreement with Lieutenant Sryeyoshi was made long before. Is this true? A I promised Lieutenant Suyeyoshi that I would give him a flyer before the actual date of transfer. nihe pri- soners were still at the Haken Shireibu when I had a talk with Lieutenant Suyeyoshi. 54 0 Who actually took the flyer to tho Suyeyoshi Tai? A Lieutenant Sr^-^-'S' i a*id - sailor? 55 C executed the flyer? A I do not know, I do not know the details regarding this. 56 Q If Lieutenant Suyeyoshi wished this execution to be a morale builder, why did he not order his men to be pre- sent at the execution? A I do not think that the execution was done in secret, I -"a that at least each of the Suyeyoshi units saw the execution, and I also believe that rrr=r»bers of the other units stationed on the hill also saw It. 57 Q Did Lieutenant Suyeyoshi talk with y-m about the execu- tion afte It happened, or tell you who performed the execution and the details regarding it? A I do rot remember if Lieutenant Suyeyoshi said that he was present or not, 58 Q Do you remember, that Lieutenant Suyeyoshi said that Lieutenant Morishita performed the execution? A No. CERTIFIED TO BE A HUE' COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., USNR #GC. NO. 6463 P -- 14 Q Then you told Lieutenant Fuveyoshi that you world give him this .fiver for execution, did you at that time tell him that you wanted parts of the flyer's body sent to you? A No, I do not remember such a thing. 60 Q Didn:t you tell Lieutenant Suveyoshi that after the flyer wr.s executed, he should send you two (2) ken of flesh from the flyer's body? A I might have said it, but I do not remember, I might h^ve "aid it as a joke, I was at the divisional head- quarters at the time of the execution, and I did not know about it, 61 Q At what time9 A The time of the execution, 3e I not know whether the flesh was sent over or not^ 62 0 Was any of the fl sh from the body of the flyer, killed by the'Su.yeyosl-i Tai, delivered to the 308th Battalion end eaten by the personnel of the 308th Battalion, A I do not believe so, 63 Q WV. ->n Admiral Mori thanked you for giving the flyer to the Suyevoshi T"?, did h- mention anything about the liver? A No, After the party at the 30?th B ttalion where human flesh was served and eaten, on my way back 1 talked to Admiral Mori, end told Admiral Mori of the party,. It was then that he told mc to bring down a little human liver from the body of the next flyer to be executed by the 308th Battalion. 64 0 rTho was pr sent, when you held this conversation with the admiral? A The staff officers were present. 65 Q W V c h ones? A Staff Officers Shinoda, Miyazaki, and Kamiura, 66 r' Dii vr>r - rv-rt to General Tachibana, that you had turned this flyer over to the Ftr-.-^shi Tai for execu- tion? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRIPE COPY s/E.L. F-" l1, Lt., USNR DOC „ NO. 8462 P-arro A Yes, I reported the natter to General Tec' ibana. The general just said, "Is that so", -nd nothing more. b7 Q *"h•• n t is prisoner of war was returned to the 308th Battalion, did ho show any evidences of being beaten or improperly clothed or anything else? I do not know as I did not see the flyer uoon his return, o8 Q The two (2) flyers, Ensign H 11 th- — n captured with him, were they be?-ten. kicked, slapped, or other- wise mistreated, while they were at the 30Pth Battalion before they were sent to the R*- I r S'-ir-ibu? A I did not actually see the flyers beaten or mistreated in any way, but I srmed that they were slapped. 69 0 In other words, it was the nolicy of th-> Jr--<-"se per- sonnel to rr-istreat and V a t the captured Am Bic'"s? A Y G, I M - k + --t -ve-y man in the Japanese Army did not think first, and it was natural for him to do that. I - •• Major H-rie saying that one (1) of th-- flyers executed in August, told him. that he was beaten at least twenty times before he came to the Hakon S^ireibUa 70 0 Di" -v s-'V by whom? W-. Th -ccuscd objected to the entire interrogation and answers end novod they be stricken from the record, on the ground that the questions were leading; they called for opinions of th witness and they were very prejudicial to the- rights of the accused, especially the co-defendants Mori and Tachibana, The judge advocate replied. The commission announced that the objection was not sustained» Th- commission then, at 11:30 a.m., took a recess until 2:10 p.m., at which time it reconvened. Present: CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE C0?Y s/E.l. Field, Lt., USMR DOC. NO. 8463 Parte 16 All the members, tho judge advocates, the interpreters, each of the accused and his counsel. Richard H. Jarvis, yeoman first class, U.c. Navy, reporter. No witnesses not otherwise connected with the trial were presort. The judge advocate introduced Taroamura, Fumio, petty officer first class, Imperial Japanese Navy, as interpreter, and he was duly sworn. "rith the consent of all parties to the trial this inter- preter will be used only to assist in the translation of documents, Lieutenant Fredric T. Suss, IT. S. Naval Reserve, the witness under examination when the r .cess was taken, resumed his seat as a witness. He was warned that the oath previously taken was still binding and continud tho reading of the in- terrogation of Major Matoha, Suoo, IJA, from tho Board of In- vestigation, 71 Q T"ll us in detail, just what you know about the execu- tion at the Yoake wireless station, and the cannibalism of the personnel of that station? The accused objected to this question on the ground that it is calling for opinion and hearsay evidence and that no proper foundation has been laid for such a question. The judge advocate made no reply. The commission announced that the objection was not sus- tained , A " do not know exactly if two (2) or three (3) prisoners were taken to th Yoake wireless station. One (1) cut of the two (2) or three (3), whichever it may be, was sent to the Torpedo Boat Squadron. The prisoner or prisoners who went to the Yoake wireless station went either directly from, the Haken Shireibu or from the Rvoda.n Shireibu. I do not know if there were two (2) or three (3), 72 Q How many executions were there at the Yoake wireless station? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY I s/E.L, Field, Lt., USNR DOCc NO. 8463 Paso 17 A I do not know, cither one (1) or two (2), - - cution v/-' s p-rformad by an offloor who was present with his sword, I ->lso hoard that human flesh fron this fiver was served in soup. This was in the soup far both the officers and the enlisted iron, I only heard this-, so I an not sure. Staff Officer Mivrzefi was oresent, Tho accused objected to the last four sentences of this answer on th ground that they are hearsay -nrt requested that they bo stricken from tho record. The judge advocate made no reply. The commission announced that the objection was sustained and directed that the last four sentences be stricken from the record, 73 Q Did you hoar that he was pre sent, or do you know that he was present? A l do not know if Staff Officer Miyazaki actually wit- nessed the execution or not. However, I am definitely sure that Miyazaki w.s present at the party that night at which time human liver was eaten in the officers' noS3, I also hoard that Miyazaki returned to tho naval hoadquaitors with a portion pf the liver. I am absolutely positive about thise 74 Q How arc you sure about this? Did Staff Officer Miyazaki tell you about this? A I heard Staff Officer Miyazaki say these things at the naval headquarters, I was present and heard it personally, 75 0 Were any of th officers from tho Navy base present at th execution, or at the party? A I do not know, but I know that Miyazaki was at the Yoake wireless station. If he witnessed tho execution, or not, I do not know, 76 0 ""hat was tho name of the officer, who executed the flyer at Yoake? A I do not know, 77 f You hadn't hoard that Lieutenant Hayashi performed the execution? CF?iTlFI3D TO FE A TRUE CO?Y s/E,L,Field, Lt., USNR ''-> 5 NO. 846.3 Papo 1P The accused objected to this question on the ground that it was definitely leading. The judge advocate made no reply. Th^ cop-Fission announced that the objection ŵ .s sustained, 78 Q Do you know whether or not Commander Shinoda was present at the execution at the Yoake wireless station? A I do not know, 79Q Did Commander Yoshii receive permission or orders from Admiral Mori to perform the execution? I do not think that Commander Yoshii received any definite orders v< garding the execution from Admiral Mori. However, the admiral must have approved the execution':, for otherwise it would not have taken place. The accused objected to that part of the answer in which the person hein.r interrogated gave oninion evidence, and re- quested that it be stricken from the record. The jud^e advocate made no reply. The commission announced that the objection was sustained and directed that the part of the answer objected to be stricken from the record, 80 Q You and Commander Yoshii were quite good friends weren't you? A It wasn't a very deep friendship. I met and drank with him on five (5) or six (6) different occasions,, 81 Q ">s General Tachibana present at the party at Yoake? A I do not knowe 82 C Did you. attend the party? No. 83 Q What did Commander Yoshii have to say to you about this, •°fter the execution was performed? A I only remember that Commander Yoshii mentioned the fact that human flesh, from the body of this flyer executed by his unit, was nut into the soup. CERTIFIED TO FE A TRITE C0°Y s/F.L. Field, Lt., TJSNR DOC. P463 Page 1 9 84 C He told you personally, A Yes, 85 Q Did Commander Yoshii order the flesh put into the soup? A I did not hear if it was a specific order from Commander Yoshii or rot. 86 0 How soon after the execution, was it renorted to Adriral Tori? A I believe that Commander Yoshii visited the naval head- quarters at least once a day. ..dmiral T'ori and his command, I think, knew about it before it actually happened. The accused objected to this answer on the ground that it was opinion and conclusion on the part of the person being interrogated and requested that it be stricken from the record. The judge advocate made no reply, The commission announced that the objection was sustained, and directed that this answer be stricken from the record, 87 0 What kind of man Was Commander Yoshii? Was he one (1) who would do things without orders? A I cannot tel1 , I do not know5 ]put I believe Commander Yoshii acted on orders or at least an^roval. The accused objected to the part of the answer that was the conclusion and oninior of the witness and requested that this pert of the answer be stricken from the record. The judge advocate made no reply. The commission announced that the objection was sustained and directed that the words, "but I believe Colander Yoshii acted on orders or at least approval" be stricken from the record. 88 0 1?re understand that Commander Yoshii was tried by court- martial twice on this island, Vhy w-̂ s he tried? The accused objected to this question on the ground that it was highly irrelevant to the issue under question. The judge -advocate made na reply, CERTIFIED TO FE A TRU3 CO-Y s/E.L. Field, Lt., FSNR NO, P463 Page 20 The corrlssion announced that the objection was not sustained, A I know of one (1) tire, I k-ow of once Commander Yoshii w-~s called before court-martial, Captain Izawa of the 304th Battalion was detailed to teach fencing at the Yoake wireless station, and one (1) day C-ptain Izawa and Commander Yoshii had a quarrel. Izawa*drew his sword? whereunon sore of the ren under Commander Yoshii jumped out "nd tried to prevent the two (2) ren fror killing each ether* It ended up by Coriander Yoshii piercine Captain Izawa5 but not killing hir, and that is why they >\ave Commander Yoshii a cour:--martial, 89 0 By whose orders was the flyer turned over to the Yoake wireless station? A The one (1) who went from th^ Ryodan °hireibu was trans- ferred on the orders of General T -.chibana, and the one (1) transferred from the Haken Shirelbu was transferred on orders fror J,T"jor Hori-1, 9C 0 Why were these flyers not returned to the units which captured ther? A General Tachibana and Comr-ander Yoshii were very good friends. I think t^at on the request of Coriander Yoshii General Tachibana gave him the flyers because they we^e personally good friends, but I do not know for sure, 91 n. Did you hear that the other units protested this? A I believe that they did not like it. They wanted the prisoner returned to ther. 92 0 What did you heer that TTiyazeki did with the flesh, when he took it down to the naval headquarters? The accused objected to this question on the around, that it is calcine for hearsay evidence and the opinion and conclusi of the witness. The judere advocate rade no rerly. The commission arnounc°d t'~at the objection was not sustained, I heard- that It was e'-fen at the naval headquarters, 93 Q By whom? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E, L, Field, Lt, N°NR DOC NO P463 21 The admiral and three (3) staff officers. The accused objected to this an3-"f r the ground that it is clearly hearsay and prejudicial to the r i o r the accused , The judge advocate made no reply. The commission arroonced that the objection was sustained and directed that this answer be stricken from the record, 94 f Did you hear anything else, when ycu were at the head- quarters regarding the execution at Yonke9 A No. 95 Q Did Commander Yoshil send any of this flesh to the head- quarters of the 308th Battalion? A No. 96 0 Did Commander Yoshil ever tell y->u personally, that he and his officers had eaten the liver or other parts of this flyer? A Yes, I heard Commander Yoshii mention in his conversation that they, meaning he and his officers, ate human flesh and liver. 97 0 Did he say that any of the petty officers "t the wireless station were given this flesh to eat? A The personnel ate the flesh in the soup® 98 Q Did you speak to the admiral, at this particular time at the naval headquarters, regarding the liver of the flyer executed .̂t the Yopke wireless station? A I did not speak of tne liver of the flyer, executed by t.ho wireless station, directly with Admiral Fori. How- ever 5 the matter was discussed between Shinod" and myself„ 99 Q wu.at information do you have on the execution at the Torpedo Boat Squadron, in addition to the name of the officer wno executed the flyer? 1 A What I know of the Torpedo Boat Squadron is by hearsay, According to what I heard, the execution was a public affair, I heard around five hundred (500) to six hundred CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/E. L. Field, Lt,, USNR « 7 - n r'' 3 Page 22 (600) men witnessed the execution, end they came ^rom the Yoake -rea to the Hiyosr: area to witness tho execu- tion, And -lso I heard, that the liver was taken from the body and eaten by the Torpedo Boat Squadron and the 209th Construction Battalion, I also heard that Lieu- tenant Commander Kivasaki was also err sent at the party that night at which the liver was served ~nd eaten. This eyecution was so public that everyone should know about it fror the admiral down to the lowest rank. The aroused objected to this entire answer on th-1 ground that it was hearsay and requested that it e s4 rioken from the record, The judpe advocate did not renly. The commission was cleared. T'e corrission was opened, "11 parties to the trial entered. To witnesses not otherwise connected with the trial were present. The corrission announced that the objection was not sus- tained , 100 Q 'A'ere you present0 A No. 101 r. Were any of your officers present? A Thern right have been an officer fror ny unit present, but I did not know about it, 102 r„ Did yoi or any of your officers narticiuate in the eating of flesh fro^ this executed flyer? A No one ate flesh fror my unit. 103 C Were parts of this flyer's body delivered to the 30fth Battalion headquarters. A No, 104 0 '"as orrt of this liver delivered to Commander Yoshii? CERTIFIED TO BE A mRI^ COPY s/E. L. Fill-", Lt, , IJBFR fT r • P a g c 2 3 A I do not know if any part of the liver or of the flesh was sent to Co"zander Yoshii. I remember I heard that Corjranders Yoshii and Miyazaki were precant at the To mad Boat So-a^ro^. if s ;"i« bri*o, " o t ' • ?-ouI« be sent to then because they were present, 105 Q Do you know of any of the nares of the personnel, who participated in che party at the Torpedo Boat Squadron when huran flesh was eaten? A I have no idea, 106 C Di vnv hoar ~hy the Kur«?saki Squadron obtained or wanted th"* s flyer for execution? A I do not know the reason behind tae execution, I only heard from Maior Lien a that it was Commander Yoshii., who took the flyer to the Tornado Boat Suv^ron V d M"" executed. The accused objected to that part of the answer, "I only heard from Major Korie that it was Commander Yoshii, who took the flyer to rhe Torpedo Boat Squadron and had him executed," on -round +hat it v s v^rs"" -nd r^uest that it be stricken from che record. The judge advocate dl^ not reply, The commission announced that the objection was not sustained, 107 Q Do you mean by that- Commander Yoihii '--d Li-u+:a~^t Kvra«rvi evaci'ta him? A I believe that Commander Yoshii brougnt down the flyer, and the purpose of executing him was to instill better fighting spirit, 108 Q Do you have any evidence, that any of the liver of this flyer was delivered to the Navy base or to Admiral Mori9 A I do not know if part of the liver or even any flesh was delivered to t'-e naval headquarters or not, I heard that human flesh was delivered to naval units In the area, There were T.ny naval u.nics there, under idmiral Mori's com.-'and, Tho accused objected to that part of the answer, "I heard that human flesh was delivered to naval units in the area", -r-d r c r s t t'a- t it be stricken from the record as hearsay evidenc CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/E.L, Field, Lt,, lTSNR DOC NO 8463 Page 24 The -judge advocate did not reply. The commission announced that the objection was not sustained, 109 0 ^hich suicide boat units executed American flyers? A I never heard of any executions by the suicide boat units, 110 Q Do you know of an A" r.ican flyer; who was executed 'in the Kor.inato area by the 307tu Battalion at this time? n I do not know any details regarding the natter, But according to w-.iat I hoard fiom Captain Kosuga, I was led to believe that there were two (2) men executed by the 307th Battalion. Bat Capcaiii Ikawa, adjutant of the 307th Battalion., told me one (1). He told me per- sonally. I know no details. 111 0 Do "ou know who killed him, where, and by what method? A Captain Ikawa told me that the flyer w s executed by men of the various units of the 307th Battalion which lost personnel in the American rai^s, "•"d th^ prisoner w*s bayoneted. 112 Q Was Captain Ikawa an eyewitness to this execution? A I do not know, but it seems that he should probably have been present. 113 Q Did you he~r that parts of this flyer's bedy were eaten by the 3 0 7 t h Battalion- cr by any ether units? A It was quite possible, but I do not know,. 114 C Did Captain Ik--;v?*s eve? t*ll you that he witnessed an execution at any time? A No. 115 C What was Captain Ikawa:s reputation for truthfulness? A I heard that Captain Ikawa was a preity good liar, and I k"ow thd-t Captain Ikawa was a big 'coaster and would talk about email things and make them larger. I think that Captain iKawa knew everything chat was going on at the 30?tn Battalion, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s / E. L. Field, Lt., GSNR • TO P46^ p ag e 25 , 116 Q Did Colonel Kato witness the execution? A I do not knoWo 117 Q Hov ny executions that you know of, took pl-ce on Chichi J lira? A I do not know the exact number, but I would place the total between eight (P) and ton (lC). IIP o s-U'- • rate these, A The 30?th Battalion executed one (1) or two (2); the Ryodan Shireibu executed two (2); the Yoake wireless sta- tion executed one (1) or two (2): the Torpedo Eoafc Squadron one (1); the 3CPth Battalion, two (2); and the Suyeyoshi Tai, one (1), 119 Q Those arc all you know about? A Yes. 120 0 I? it --our o^i-ion th-t there were others? A I do not think so, I believe that personnel on Haha Jima captured and executed flyers. It was almost impossible to believe that there were none, and I believe there wore executions there, 121Q What about Ani Jima? A Anybody captured on Ani Jima would have to be sent ever to Chichi J i n d I io not believe that any executions took place on Ani Jima, 122 0 Wouldn't flyers-7 captured on Haha Jima, have to be sent to and questioned on Chic'-i Jir.:a also? A I do not know the actual facts, but I know that Haha Jima used wireless to Tokyo to show hew many planes werr shot down, and I b-liove that they executed some flyers. The flyers should have been sent to Chichi Jima from. Haha Jima, but none were sent here, 123 Q Do you know whether or not between July 29ta, 1944, and the end of the war, any staff officers were sent to Haha Jima from Chichi Jima and if so, who were they? CERTIFIED TO BE A RUE COPY s/E.L. Field, Lt., ITS MR Pago 26 A Yes, there wore staff officers sent on different oc- casions, and I believe that M- ":or H-ri • "t to Ha ha Jioa twj.ee^ Staff Officers Miyazaki, Kaniura, and Shinoda also went to Haha lira. 124 Q Who was in command at Moko Jir-,">? A M-jor Maketa of the 304th Battalios, 125 Q By whose orders did Corporal Nakamura execute Hall? A Tho order for the execution of flyers or prisoners care fror General Tachibana ci- Major Horio > I personally did no'c know that Hall was returned to ry units Corporal Nak,arura received orders from either Sergeant Major Wada, Captain Sato, or Lieutenant Ono, However, the responsi- bility lies with re. But it so happens that I did not give tho order personally„ Therefore, Corporal,Nakamura would know who gave him the order, 126 Q You "ould h'V~ us believe, then, that officers under your command would issue orders for an execution without your knowing about it? A Y s, th- responsibility lies with no, but one (1) of my officers actually gave the order without my knowledge0 127 Q Without your ord'-r? A H--11 was the last ran to be executed on the Island, and they followed the general policy, 128 0 By whoso order was Doctor T-r-ki to cut out the liver and deliver it to you? A By ry order, 129 0 If you did not order t'ho execution, why did you order Doctor Teraki to be there? A Sergeant Major Wada or Captain Sato came and reported the execution to me. I then ordered Doctor T v ki to go and cut out the liver of the flyer,, I gave the order after I received the report that the flyer was executed. That is, the order for the removal of the liver, 13.0 Q How was it, that Doctor Teraki was already at tho scene of the execution befor^ it occurred with his corpsmen, ready to perform the dissection? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRITE COPY s/ E, L. F-'-ld, Lt,, FSNR > r C vo p / 6 3 P ? g e 27 I did not give any orders previous to the execution, but if it so happens that the circumstances point to no giving the orders, I will take the responsibility. 131 \ Do you know Sergeant Furushika? A Ye s „ 132 0 Va" it that ant Furushika was scheduled to perform, the execution? A Out of the personnel there were some who volunteered and wanted to perform the execution, and Furushika must have been one (i; ci 'eue, Sergeant 'Furushika was sharpening his sword and polished it up and was expecting to execute Hall, when he •/.•e.s revu-.icd :o tne 308th Battalion,, It s ot the ere on of the Japanese to order an execution. Therefore, only volunteers could do tJa<- job. The respon- sibility lies wita me, and I -m willing to take full responsibility for what happened. If evidence points to the fact that I ordered the removal of the liver previous to the executionj or if the evidence points to the fact that it was afterv I 'ill t"kr full responsibility, 133 Q Way is it that an execution would have been performed without your knowing about it? \ ^hn r-' cution at my battalion'was the lest3 In the beginning, execution were handled through the various channels of command, but at the end it was just an understood policy, and it happened that I did not give an order, 134 0 D"d anyone report to you that Ensign Hall was returned to the'battalion? A One (1) men out of the four (4) "T'icr.cd, told me that Hall would be returned. In two (2) or three (3) days0 However, nobody reported the fact of his arrival and I did not know, 135 Q Did you. issue any orders that the flyer was to bo executed and that S rg Frrush'ika was to execute him., or did you order that the flyer be executed and Furushika was to do it on his own? w-- n the matter was reported to me that the f'lyer would be returned in two (2) or thr'oe ("0 days, I just said "Is that so?", L36 0 Are you trying to tell us that your battalion was so poorlv run, or that you were so incompetent a commanding officer, that you did not know what was going on? CERTIFIED TO FE A "FEE COPY s/E.L. Field, Lt., U3NR DOC NO 8463 Paee 28 A This was a particular c°se, and it was understood that when a flyer was returned to a unit he was to he executed All the men knew this and so no specific orde ̂ was necessary „, 137 c. I^ it true that you were drunk at the time Hall was returned to the 308tn Battalion? A I 1o rot think so, I '-ight have been playing chess or something else, 138 r Who reported to you, that a flyer would be returned and sent to you from the Kaken Shi.reltu? A Captain Kanmuri or Captain Sato, and I do not know which because I r-c-ivrd it by telephone, 139 Q At that tire, did you give any orders to Sergeant M">,ier '.V-d- to go to the Haken S' ir-iou and get this flyer? A I believe that I told Captain Kanmuri or Captain 8 to to ssnd someone to get the flyer. 140 0 Didn't Captain Sato report to you, when H^?l "~,riv--d at the 308 th Bet tali—.? A I do not remember,. If the 308th Battalion had been trans- ferring the prisoner somewhere or turning him over to someone, I woult have given specific order, but on this occasion I did take cire of him, 141 Q Why did Corporal Nakamura execute Hall? A I do not know the exact reason behind Co^oral n ^ ^ H r-'s performance, but I know that the corporal told me that he went looking for S rg ,,int Furus'iika and that upon not finding Sergeant Furushika, he executed the flyer in his place. 1̂ -2 0 Didn't -"ou intend that this should be a public execution? A No, The execution was not a public affair. Corporal mure, will tell you about it, 143 0 Exactly what instructions did you give to Doctor Te-reki 5 regarding the disposition of the flyer's a I ordered Surgeon meraki to hurry up and remove the liver because I wanted to take it to the naval headquarters. CERTIFIED TO BE A n'RTJE COPY s/E.L. Fi- lr-, Li, , USNR DOC NO 8463 Pace 29 144- Q Who brought the liver to you? A Doctor T: rn1'i r-oorted to ne that the liver w s brought and left in my orderly :s roor. As I could rot go to the naval headquarters due to air raids, I rr 5 it sliced and drieda 145Q Wasn't t-h«re a party.at your headquarte s, the night of Hull's -recrtion? A It rsr't exactly a party, but they ate th • liver at the 308th B-ttalion headquarters that night. It "-s H " 11 s liver. 146 Q Who do you actually know ate the liver? A Crptain Sato, Warrant Officer Soy-;, Srrg ant Major Wada, Captain Kanmuri and myself ate human liver., 147 Q You Ttually saw these named men oat human flesh? A Yes, also present were Captain Nakajima and Captain Kariva but I ao "-ft know if they ate human flesh or not. Second Lieutenant Ono was also present, and he s~id that he was a C'-ristian and could not eat the flesh. 148 Q What about Lieutenant Watanabe? A No, he was not there, 149 Q How much of the liver was distributed to th,; various galleys of the 30Pth Battalion? A I did not ration out any liver or flesh to any of the men but I ha-rrd that flesh was eaten by toe n-en under my command0 150 G You do not know which men in your command or which galleys in your comrand ate the flesh? P I heard rumors that flesh was eaten5 but bv what company, squad5 or platoon, I do not know, However, it is possible that the machine gun squad and the third company may have been responsible for the nct, 151 Q Do vou rcvember saying to your officers, that eating human liver was good for the stomach or that liver was good stomach medicine? A Y~s. CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt. USNR DOC N^. P463 Page 30 152 0 Only one.:- or several tires? A" Severn! t^ :s, 153 Q T'11 vs >ovt what was done with the liver, when yon deliverer it o the Navy has ;. A I he'd it pierced wit', barb00 sticks and cooked with soy sauce and vegetables , and then took it to the N-vv base and we ate it. 154 q Who was present at this banquet? A Li -t and or K?.-irra, Lieutenant Commander Shinod-, Admiral Mori, Staff Officer Miyazaki, Second Lieutenant Isot.ai, and En si en Ijira, 1^5 n Prior to this, had you t~ken goat reat to the naval headquarters? A Yes. 1560 Isn't it true that b'for- eating this flesh, the other officers :-resent thought that it was goat reat? A All of the rbers present View it was huran liver. There ir no question about it,. The accused objected to this entire answer and requested that it bo stricken from the record on the ground that it was conclusion of the part of tho witness. The judgo advocate roplied* The commissi r was cleared. The corrission was evened. All parties to the trial entered, No witnesses not otherwise connected with the trial were present, Tho corrission an ounced that the objection was not sustained, 157 Q Did you tell them. It was huran livrr° A Yes. I vc—y clearly told them what I brought, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRITE COPY s/F.L. Field, Lt,, FSNR - '0 MO 8463 Pago 3 1 158 Q What were your exact words, as far as you remember them? I told Admiral Mori that, "I brought you the liver as promised", That was prior to the eating of thr liver. 159 Q Then, did you see the men yor r-r-^ , actually eat the liver9 A Yes, definite!.v they ate it. While we were eating the human liver, Admiral Mori mentioned the fact that during the Chinese-Japanese war human flesh and liver was eaten as a medicine by the Japanese troops. The medicine made from the liver was named Seirogan, 160 0 vou sure that you did not tell them it was human live1-, after they had eaten it? A I told them all before, and they knew that they were eating human liver£ 161 Q Then, did yov tell them after they were finished eating it? A No5 I did not need to„ They must h^ve known about it because the conversation turned towards it, and everyone should have known abort it, Everyone knew it was human liver, 162 Q Ar-a you sure that you did not take any goat meat to the n-val headquarters, prior to this? A No, I never took any goat meat personally. One (1) time when I sent a lot of things to the naval headquarters- I might have sent some goat meat, 163 Q Did Admiral Mori and the others think that this was goat meat? A Other than Admiral Mori, everyone might have thought that it was goat meat. 164 Q Are v0r sure that this was not done aS a practical joke on Admiral Mori? That is, you brought the flesh and told them it was goat meat and let them eat it, and then told them it was human liver? A No. 165 0 What did 1'miral Mori, Lieutenant Commander Shinoda, and the rest of the officers think of tue idea of eating the flesh of prisoners of war? CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., USNR DOC NO 8463 Page 32 A They were nil sayine that live- was eoM "> - - the stomach, 1^6 0 In what other cases of cannibalism did you participate? : x three (3) times that I ate human flesh; at tec. 307th Battalion, 308th Battalion headquarters, and at "the Navy base. Other than these, I ate a small pill made from human liver in Singapore. ]'7 0 Then, by your own admission, you are a cannibal? A Yes, I was 0 madman due to the war and that is the only reason I can Rive for being a cannibal, 168 Q What other details of cannibalism do you want to tell us? A In my previous testimony, I forgot to mention certain matters, that I would like you to know now. The liver of the fly r beaten to death by Captain Nakajima was eaten at the 308th Battalion headquarters. The liver of Hall was taken to the Navy b-se headquarters. The liver of the flyer beaten to death by Captain Nakajima was eaten on the day following the execution. The liver of Hall was taken to the naval headquarters and eaten by the personnel whose names I have previously mentioned, that is; Lieutenant Commander Shinoda, Isogai, Kamiura, Mivazaki, Admiral Mori, and Ensign Iijima, The flesh of tee flyer executed at the Sryeyoshi Tai was eaten at the 307th Battalion, 169 0 Who.".-, flesh was en ten at the party at the 308th Battalion headquarters, the nieht of the day of Haul's oxeevtion? A I was mistaken. There w-°s no party that night; the flesh was eaten the night after the day the flyer was beaten to death by Captain Nakajima, Regarding the flyer beaten to death by Captain Nakajima, I have heard that the flyer was a rated man and very young, 170 Q Insofar as you. can remember, what w s the exact date of Hall's execution? A Temetines toward the end of March, 171 n Insofar as you Can remember, what was the date that Captain Nakajima. beat this flyer to death? Toward the end of February, CERTIFIED TO FE A TRUE COPY s/E.L, Fiald, Lt.., USNR roo NO P463 Pn.ee 33 172 Q Then the 1 st of names which you gave us, as eating human flesh at the party on the night of Hall's execu- tion, was actually the list of persons attending the party on tho evening after the day when Captain Nakajima beat this flyer to death? A Yes, 173 Q Who removed the liver from this flyer? A There were two (2) modical officers at the 3CPth Battalion, Which one (1) removed the liver, I do rot know. One (1) was Doctor Teraki and the other was Doctor S"kabfe. If you ask Captain Kanmuri, you could find out. 1-7/. o Who prepared this flesh for the party? A I believe it was cooked by my cook, Konishi, on ^y orders. 175 Q Do you recall the other company commander prr sent at the party at the 30'7th Battalion, when human flesh was consumed? A I cannot recall the name of th' second comnany commander present, and the one (1) which I listed previously as Kobavashi is incorrect. The man present was Makano. I remember two (2) .first lieutenants, Sn.io and Makano. They were at the party but I do not know if they ate the flesh or not. I do not know and cannot recall the third man's name. 176 0 What happened the day that the flyer was beaten to death by Ciptain Nakajima? Tell us what you know about it; who reported the flyer was there; what was goinp on thero: whet was said to Captain Sato; and so on? A At the time, my headquarters had notice from General Tachibana's headquarters to hunt for an American officer who supposedly had 1' nded on Nishl Jimac Major Horie told us that it was a high ranking officer, a lieutenant commando- or something. w e sent a searching p~rty out .for two (2) or three (3) days, but the flyer could not be found. Four (4) or fi^e (5) days later, Malkawa Fukuichlro brought in the two (2) flyers he had captured. On that day, I called In ry comanv commanders and at 1 P.m., we had a party, at 4 p,r ,, Sergeant Major Wada came there and said that a flyer was found and brought to the headquarters. As the hour was already late, I told him to keep the flyer and bring him to headquarters the next day. Before the end of the narty, Captain CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY sA.L.Tn'pld, Lt, USNR DOC NO 8463 Pa go 34- Nakajima left the table, because T'" reprimanded him for over drinking. Due to over drinking, Captain Nakajima had beaten his men and men from the Suyeyoshi Tai several times. When Captain Nakajima left the table, I thjnk that he went to the prisoner and beat him to death, I did not know at the ti<-e, However, the report was made as soon as Captain Nakajima had beaten him. Therefore, I had to report the matter to Major H^rie and General Tachibana, I reprimanded Captain Nakajima for his act on the following dey, 177 Q At the time the report of a captured flyer reached you, did you order Captain Sato and Captain Nakajima to question the flyer? A No, 178 Q You cave no orders whatsoever. I A No, the only orders I gave was that the flyer was to be delivered to the divisional headquarters the next day. 179Q Did Captain Sato leave the party at approximately the same time Captain Nakajima did? A T^ey did not leave together. Howeve^, it was quite possible that Captain S.̂ to left the party before anyone, because he does not drink, 180 Q Then, according to your story, the party was continued that night and the liver of this flyer was served? A No, not that night. It was on the following day, 181 0 So, on the following day you r~primanded Captain Nakajima for beating the flyer to death, and then you had a party at which this liv0^ TO? qp-mrpd? A Yes, that is correct, 182 Q Isn't it rather strange, that vou should Invite Captain Nakajima to this party, when he was in diserace for beat- ing the flyer? A I do not know if the captain ate the liver or not. Any- way, Captain Nakajima did not attend the party, because I reprimanded him at 10 o'clock in the morning. I do not know which body was eaten by various men of the companies. Maybe it was Hall's body or maybe it was the Navy man's body. Many men just came and took pieces of flesh, I heard this, but I did not see this. Sergeant Major Wada would know. CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/E.L. Field, Lt, USNR DOC NO 8463 Page 35 183 Q By v/hosa orders was this liver taken from the flyer's body, and served ~t the party? A By my orders„ IP40 d0 you remember whether you gave the orders to Captain Kanmuri or Captain Sato? A I do not remember. l85Q At this party5 which officers did you actually see eat pG rt of the liver? A I have already given you tha names, but Captain Nakajina was not presentc The liver of Hall was taken from, the body on my order. I do not know if I pave the order personally to the surgeon, but I gave the order, The liver was sliced and dried and taken, to the Navy base, 186 0 Did you have a party one (1) week after Hall's execution at which time you ate slices of dried liver? A No. 187 Q What was done with the remainder of the liver from the flyer killed by Captain Nakajima which was not eaten at tho party on thr day following the execution? A I do not know if there was any liver left or not. 188 Q Isn't It true that this was kept for your personal s- after being dried? A No, 1890 In addition to the liver being left in the galley the night of Hall's execution, isnft it true that flesh was also left there? A Kb, Maybe the gall bladder was there, but I do not know The gall bladder might have been in the galley for quite awhile. The commission then, at 4:35 p.m. adjourned until 9:15 a Saturday, September 7, 1946, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/EeL. Field, Lt., I.TSNR DOC NO 8463 _ Page 36 NINETEENTH DAY United States Pacific Fleet, Comma nder Mar i an a s, Guam, Marianas Islands, Saturday, September 7, 1946. The commission met at 9:15 aBm, Present; Rear Admiral Arthur Gc Robinson, U0S, Navy Contain Eric B, Hoag, Dental Corns, U„ S, Navy, Colonel James V. Ware, Infantry, Army of the United States, Colonel Pierre P. Den son, Coast Artillery Corps., Army of the United States, Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Zuber, UUS, Marine Corps, Commander Orville 0.. Dean, IT,S. Navy, Major Donald B, Cooley, junior: U,S„ Marine Corns, members, and Lieutenant D-riel Flynn, H.so Naval Reserve, Lieutenant Edward L, Field, TT„S, Naval Reserve and Lieutenant Fredric g, Naval Reserve, judge advocates Vivian Kilner, civilian, reporter. Each of the accused and his counsel and the interpreters„ No witnesses not otherwise connected with the trial were present. The record of the proceedings of the seventeenth day of the trial was read and approved„ Lieutenant Fredric T, Suss, U.S. Naval Reserve, the witness under examination when the commission adjourned on the previous day, resumed his seat as a witness. Ho was warned that the oath pre- viously taken was still binding, and continued his testimony. (Examination continued0) 5 Q I ask the witness to continue the reading of the interro- gation of Major Matoba from the Board of Investigation. 190Q Was this flyer beaten to death by Captain Nakajima, the flyer for whom Major Horie and General Tachibana were looking? A No, this flyer beaten to death was only a radioman. 191 Q Who questioned the flyer? A Cantain Sato or Sergeant Ms Wada must havo questioned the flyer, i CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY I s/E.L, Field, Lt., USNR IC" FO 8463 Page 37 192 ^ What was the flyer's name? A I do not know. 193 Q Who wovie know? A I hsve no idea, Maybe Sergeant Major Wada world know. 194 Q Does the name Fi-azier sound familiar to you*£ A No. 195 Q Was Captain 'qato at your party, at the time the flyer was brought in? A Yes, 196 Q Did yov tell him to go out and question the prisoner? A No. 197 Q low could he lea^e the party t'-en" A I am "ot certain if Captain Sato left the party or not,, but it was possible as he was not a heavy drinker. I98C Was it possible that he as^d your permission to leave tve party? A Yes, After the ni^ht of February l8t'-, we gave up the idea of examining or cross-examining the flyers brought In at the various battalions. In other words the prisoner would have "o be examined by the Halren Shireibu. There- fore, I do net believe that anyone w^uld ~o out and question the flyer officially 19° 0 You have tried to give us the impression that your reason for eating tht. flesh was due to the shortage of sunnlies. Why is it tsen "hat .onl^ the liver was taken out and eaten? A My battalion still haa sufficient food, 200 Q In other words, it was a deliberate act of cannibalism? A Yes. The,r were going to eat Japanese flesh once the American troops landed here, I even said that when I was killed they would have to eat me. If you question the officers and men under me, they would probably ^ive you the actual haanenings at the time. However, what I tell, you know is the truth, but I am liable to make a let of mistakes. CERTIFIED TO EE A TRUE. COPY s/E.L. Field, Lt., T'SFF: DOC NO 8463 Pa<" ^P 201 0 Accordir* f" roorts received, huran flesh was kept in. the ice plant at Biyobu Dani' in March, 1945, and rationed out to the various battalions in their reat ration. wh^t inforration do you h^ve concerning this? A I do *v-t kn. w a thing about it, I lerember once eating meat that made me ark and made re feel it was something unusual. If you ask Warrant Officer Soya, yo-a could find out more about this. 202 C wh"t Wns the approximate date? A It was around this time. 203 Q Isn't it true, that liver was left to dry on the line outside of Konishi's galley for weeks following Hall's execution? A I do not believe tnat nieces of liver wer- dried for a long periodc I believe it was gall bladder. 204 Q Everyone told us that pieces of liver were left to hang there for weeks, and during that time they decreased in number. A I cannot believe that this was liver; they must be wrong. I believe it was gall bladder. 205 Q Of what w-.r c -imes were you guilty in Singapore? A In Singapore I received a pill made from huran liver fror ^ajor Asaeda Shigeharu, The accused objected to this question on the ground that both the question and answer showed the character of Major Matoba. No nroper ground work was laid for this question and it is highly irrelevant in this case. The judge advocate did not reply. The commission, announced that the objection was sustained and directed that both th" question and answer be stricken fror the record. 206 Q What duties did you have there? A I was attached to the staff. I was in the headquarters of General Yarashita, and I worked under Li Colonel Kere, I had this job because I know something about water transportation. At one (1) time I comranded a battalion, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/E. L. Fi :ld, Lt., USNR DOC NO 8463 Page 39 207 Q Whet battalion? A I belonged to one (1) of the battalions in the l8th Division. 208 q what was the nare of the battalion? A It — s - — r t of the 56th Raiment. The regimental commander v/as Colonel Nasu. 209 Q How rrany executions did this battalion perform, while you were there? A I did not take a single prisoner on my way in Sj The prisoners were captured after the city was taken. 2100 How many of those were executed? A None were executed which I saw, There were so many that I did not bother with themc 211 Q How many executions did you perform, while yon were attached to the staff? A I was busy with the shipping and I did not have anything to do with prisoners or captured civilians, However, the Japanese Army executed thousands of civilians, but not soldiers, 212 Q You know about them? A Yes 8 TV) jud-*" -dvoe 't'- did not read questions 213 and 214 of the interrogation. They were highly irrelevant and had no bearing on this case. 215 Q How many times did you eat human flesh on the Chineae front? A None, 216 Q How many times did you eat human flesh in Singanore, other than eating this liver riill? A Only this one (1) time, 217 0 Fr'-~ whcro did this pill come0 A I do not know where it came from. CERTIFIED TO BE A mRIF COPY ,/E.L, Field, Lt0 USNR DOC NO 8463 Pace 40 218 Q Did you know it was rade from human flesh or liver? A Y"s, I 'as told by Major Asa da, The accused objected to the answer of th1's question, on the ground that the answer is a confession - gainst the accused and is irrelevant to th's particular case. The judee advocate did not reply. The commission announced that the objection was sustained and directed that this answer bo stricken from the record. 219 Q Fas this pill part of your medical supplies issued by the Japanese Army? A No, It was dried liver. It was not an issue of the Arry P20 0 From whose body did it c^me? »A I have no idea, 221 Q How many executions did you witness in Singapore? A I did not see any executions of prisoners, 222 Q Wh-rt -.bout civilians? A No, none. I heard this t^ok nlace when. I was In the hospital. At th^t time, I heard of these mass executions 223 0 7/v- -nod t'-s- executions? A By order Gf General Yamashit0. 224 0 How many executions did you witness on Chichi Jima? A None3 not a one (I). 220 0 How manv captured flyers did you personally execute on Chichi Jima? A None on Chichi Jimat I executed one (1) prisoner in China, a Chinese. This was -ight (f) w.rs 226 0 By beheading or by spearing with bamboo spears? A By beheading. CERTIFIED TO FE A TRUE COPY s/E.L. Fi-1"1, Lt., U3NR DOC NO ?463 Page 41 At the conclusion of the reading of the interrogation of Major Matoba the accused stated as follows: B "~ro t- jud-'- • dv c- te continues, we of the defense want to call'tha attention of the commission to the statement in the interrogation of M tob". by t'-»* B--r^ ^f Investi- gation on Chichi Jira. The opening sentence read was that Major Matoba was recalled as a witness. I •" '••b.v-ctcd to the entire nroceedings of Major Mrtoba's testimony end therefore can not ask that Major-Matoba's entire testimony and interroga- tion be brought in evidence. But the defense wants to call the attention of the commission to the fact that onlv part of the testimony was read and not the entire testimony, the defense asks some ruling as to whether the entire testimony should be entered in evidence or just th" part that has boen read. The judge advocate replied. The commission was cleared. The commission was opened. All <v -ti-s to the trial entered. N *itne-sos not otherwise connected wit^ the trial were present, The commission announced it was aware of the fact that only a part of the testimony of Major Matoba was introduced by the judge advocate, The accused, however, on cross examination, may request that tho testimony given by Major Matoba at any other appearance before th° Board be introduced in evidence if they so desire. T'a - -̂ •̂•c-frdings of the Board of Investigation were sub- mitted to the accused and to the commission and by the judge advocate so much thereof as contains the statement of Major Matoba, Sueo? Imperial Japanese Army, on April 16, 1946, was offered in evidence. • rcr-"1 "bi' ct--d to the statement of Major Matoba being offered in evidence for the same reasons that were pre- viously given. I"- Edition, it is a statement against Matobafs interest and the accused Is being made to testify against himself N" -v-T 1"es it shew that this was a voluntary statement or that he volunteered this information of h^s own free will. It is •• statement against the interests of the defendant Matoba, and also the co-defendants, particularly Li uJ- -^"t Srv-voshi, Therefore we object t- the statement being offered in evidence. CERTIFIED TO EE A " W * COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., TTSNR DOC MO 8463 Page 42 The judge •dvocate replied The accused further pointed out as a s? round for -objection the rule written down in Court Martial Order No. 1, on paere 72: "A general court martial received in evidence, over tho objection of the accused, extracts fror the t stirony of the accused be- fore a. Board of Investigation as an interested party, T' r r-.-d did not show that he took the stand at his own rcqu-st, but did show that ho was sworn and allowed to testify at length after it was aon.-rent that he was involved in such a way that an ac- cusation a .rain st hir c u2d be implied, although he was not made a defendant until he had concluded bis testimony. It follows, therefore, that his testimony before tho board of investigation could have no evidential value in the instant case, and it should have been excluded by tho court." So in this particular c~.se the prosecution Is attempting to introduce in evidence a state- ment r°de after the Interrogator could see that Major Matoba was involved. The judge advocate replied. The commission announced that the objections were not sustained, and tho statement of Major Matoba will be received in evidence. The statement of Major Matoba, Su^-, Ir - ri :1 J-.rrs" Ar-", submitted to the Board of Investigation April 16, 1946, was so received. 6 0 I '111 • sk the witness to read the statement of the accused, Major Matoba, submitted to the Board of Investi- gation or A 'v>"' 1 V , 1946, Tho witness road the statement of tho accused, Major Matoba, in English, a certified true conv amended, marked "E"'' ibit 2", An interpreter road the statement in Japanese. The accused request- d opportunity to cross-examine the witness on the statement of Ma!ir Matoba, The commission ruled that the crors-examination should take place when the prosecution is through with this witness. The proceedings of the B^rrd of Investigation wore sub- mitted to the accused and to tho commission and by the judge advocate so much thereof as contains the statorent of C-r •or,-l N k-H1"", Shigenobu, Imperial Japanese Army, op 11 Jam ary, 1946, was offer"d in evidence* CER' I EI ED T0 BE A " RUE C0 °Y s/ E. L. Field, IA., USNR DOC NO 8463 PAGE 43 The accused objected to the adrission cf this document evidence or the ground of the pr^vi^us reasons and also the additional ground that this document is dated on a date previous to the B^a-"5 Irv-sti^ation, end therefore we have no proof that this is an authentic ,document. M-r it was brought out before the precept convening the Board of Inves- tigation was signed. The judg? advocate replied. T''> C'•'?•• ission announced that the objection of th^ accused to the Introduction of the statement of the defendant, C r----- \ N'-^mura, was net sustained. The statement of the defendant N-'k-rurr was received in evidence, 7 Q I ?k the witness to refer to the Board of Investigation and read tho statement of C-rnoral N-v---ur:, Shigenobu, Imperial Japanese Army, submitted en II January, 1946. witness; read the statement of the defendant N-kimura, a certified true copy appended, marked "Exhibit 3 " . interpreter then read this document in Japanese. Tho accused objected to that part of the statement which related to the character of Major Metoba on the ground that it is self incriminating evidence, as stated in N'-val Courts Beards, section 235, The judge advocate replied. Th" cm^issi-n announced that the objection was not sustained, 8 a As a judge advocate of this commission, are you the legal custodian of certain dispatches regarding the identity of the alleged victims York, Mershon and Frazier? A I have the original dispatch fror C"«••:• ̂ nder V r4 s te th Eur au of Naval Personnel, Casualty Division, and a certified true cony of the reply received. T'e - -riginal of t'-e reply is in Washington, D. C, 9 Q As to th- reply, who Is the originator and who is the addressee? A It is -.ddressed from the Bureau of Naval Personnel to Commander Marianas, and certified to be a true cony by S .A. S' r i C U.S. Navy. CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE s/E.L. Field, Lt.,USNR COPY DOC NO 8463 Pace 44 10 Q Can yor produce before this commission the original dispatch from C~- - "-o -r Marianas to the Bureau of Naval Personnel and the certified true copy from the Br1" "~u N'val personnel to Omrnnder Marianas? A Yes, I have her* the original fror C--- r.dar M-riores* to the Bur au of Na^al Personnel and I can not produce thn original reply from the Bureau of N v-1 P rs bee..use the original is in the N- yy Den- rt^nt in Wash- ington, but I have the certified true copy as received* TK" two dispatches, C < " n.V-r Mf-^i-nas dispatch to Bv- au of N"-v-l P' "s^nnol (Casualty Section) and the Bureau of Naval P- -'-'a1 (Casualty S.-cti a) '5 sn-tch to Grr-< r-.l-r M-rie^as were subritted t" the accused and to the commission and by the judge advocate offered in evidence, T' '̂ e b in0, no objections thry were s° received, 11 0 I sk the witness to read. thes. two dispatches, Tv witness .read th' two dispatches, certified true copies of these dispatches appended, marked "Exhibit 4" "Ex'-jbit 5" respectively. An interpreter read thes* dispatches in J-^ " so, 12 0 As ~ judce advocate of this commission are you the legal custodian of a certain dispatch from C • r-a-r Marianas to the Department, and the reply relating to the identity of the alleged victim Woellhof? A I have the original of the dispatch from Commander Marianas to the Bureau rf Naval Personnel and the reply fr^n the Bureau of Naval Personnel to Commander Marianas, the original of which is in Washington, but I bave a certified true cooy. 13 0 Can you. now produce befor this cormission the original dispatch and the certified true copy of the reply? A Yes, The two dispatcher wore subritted to the accused and to the commission and"by the judge advocate offered in evidence. There being no objection they were so received, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt. USNR DOC NO 8463 Page 45 14 Q I ask the witness to r ad these two dispatches. Th" witness read the two disnatches, certified true conies of these dispatch s amended, marked "Exhibit 6" and "Exhibit 7" respectively. The interpreter read those dispatches in Japanese. 15 Q As a jul -e advocate ef this commission are you the legal custodian of a dispatch fror Coriander Marianas to the Navy Department regarding notice of this trial? A Yes, 16 0 Can yov produce this disnatch? A I have the original. The dispatch, C-n-ar. "her Marianas to the Navy Deportment, Judge Advocate General regarding information being sent te the Imperial Japanese Government of thrs trial now in progress, was submitted to the accused and to the commission and by the judge advocate offorod in evidence. There being ne objection, they were so received, 17 f I ask the witness to read this dispatch, mho witness read th dispatch, certified true copy amended, marked "Exhibit An interpreter r~ad the dispatch in Japanese. Cross-examined by the accused: 18 C Was this ord r that was reported to be signed by Major Matobe. on March 9, 1945, actually signed by the major on March 9? A I can only answer that question from the appearance of the document. It appears that th" name ef the major is sub- scribed as a signature. It seems to be a reproduction of an order from his memoey, 19 q Was there ever an original written order? As it says in the statement, the orders given were verbal, CERTIFIED TO BE A TRITE COPY s/ E. L. Field, Lt., USNR DOC NO P463 46 Neither "the jv". a advocate, nnr the neevsed, desired furth r te oxarino this witness. The corrission did not desire to examine this witness.. The witness resured his scat as judge advocate. The prosecution rest The corrissi-n then, rt 11:45 a.r., r.djourned to root Monday, center.ber ?, 1946, at 9:00 a.r. CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY s/E.L. Field, Lt., USNR V oeument ITo. C462 \ t . Page 1 t ORDER RSG-iPDira E'CXITJ TC".T 0"? IISRIHAIT ?IIS0TIER3 CF TH. "Lieutenant Suyeyoshi, Ocrnony Goarunder of the Sryoyosbi Tai_, receive a Prisoner of Qar from Adjutant Kannuri, Execute this Prisoner of ¥or on tho -plateau to the East of your company area, Got the details regarding the method of execution fron Kannuri", Llajor I "AT 03A Connander of Arny and ITaval Forces northern Section., Date: February 22nd, 1°45. Tine: 1400 Febru.-ry 22nd, 1945. HETKCD 07 I33IJHIG QTLSE: I • i od to i?y presence Adjutant Aarimari and Lieutenant Suyeyoshi end personally issued a verba?, order and a v.-rr'.tton order. REPORTED CCfTLSTIO"; 0? ORDER TO: Corr_'X.dor in Chief of Combined Amy aud Ua'?oi Forces, Chichi JIna: hb.jor General Tachibana. Connander in C M of Special ITaval .Tor cos: Roar Adniral Ilcri. The 30Sth Independent Infantry Battalion, Certified to be- a true copy "E3IIBIT 2" (l) /s/ S. L, Field, Lt, US"?. Doc. No. 34.62 Page 2 GRSSR REGABDICTG OTXTTIO;' OF .. '11ICAT PRI30l".:r.S OF "YJI. I "First Lieutenant Kc.nr.uri have the Anorican Prisoner of Far Lieutenant (junior grade) Hall csiecutcd at soncplace fronting the headquarters at 10 a.n, on the °th of March, 1945," Battalion Coinandort Major Matoba Date: Ilarch 9th, 1945, Tine: 9 a.n, March 9th, 1945, Place: Mikasulci Kill Headauarters LISTHC'D 0? ISSUING ORDERS: Called First Lieutenant Kanriuri and gave verbal orders. PLACE TC IIT?.^ AFA'Tl Cu jr,:BTI0tT CRD^R: Brigade Conrr.nder: Major Gen- eral Tachibana. Infornod Chief of Staff of de- tached rivisional Headquarters, Major Paris, The 308th Independent Infantry Battalion. Certified to be a true cony /s/ 3. L. Field, Lt, USFR "ecfait 2" (2) Doc. Ho. 3462 ORDER REGARDING EAT I7C- CiT PLS3H 07 ;j37JC..7 71, 31S I "The Battalion wants to cat the flesh of the /iticrican Aviator, Lieutenant (junior grade) Hall," II First Lieutenant Kanmuri see to tlic rationing of this flesh. H I 9adc7- Sal-cabe (-iofiiccl corps) attend the execution and have the liver and gall-bladdor ror • vod., Battalion Connander: Major Matoba, Suso Dates March 9th, 1945 9 a4n« Viaec$ E4hmvd. Hill Headquarters, IISTHOD 01 ORDERSs Galled to ny presonco First Lieutenant Kannori and Cadet Sakabe and gave ver- bal order. FLAGS TO REPORT AFTER OOI?aETie".T OF ORDER: Brigr .0 Conr.ander: Major General Tachiban Also inforncds Detached Divisional headquarters: Major Hor.io, The 308th Independent Infantry Battalion, I Tvrote the above freely, believing it to be the truth. "AT OB A 3ITE0, Major, IJA 16 April, 1946. Certified to be a true copy /s/ E. L. Field, It. U3"R 'EST33IT 2" (3) Doc. Ho. 34.62 Page 4- I, MATOBA C-aoo, being duly se-orn on oath, state that I have had read to no and understood the translation of the foregoing transcription of r.y staterient consisting of three (3) pages, end it is the truth to xhe best of ny knowledge. M£,T0BA SOLO Subscribed and s"orn to before ne this 16th day of April, 194.6. ROBERT D. SHAFFER, Major, 06652, u . s . r . c . , Senior Menber COFMA'IDER OCCUPATION! FORCES ) ) ss CHICHI JUL1, BOIIU'I ISLCDS ) I, Frederick Arthur Savor;*, civilian, interpreter, being duly se-orn on oath, state that 1* truly translated the statement and answers fron Japanese to English end fron English to Japanese respectively, and that after being transcribed, I truly translated the foregoing statement containing three (3) pages to the edtness; that the rritness thereupon in ny presence affixed his signature (none or nark) thereto. FREDERICK IRTKUP. S.LVO?J Subscribed and s :orn to before no this 16th day of April, 194,6. R0BERr D. SKAFFSR, Major, 06652, U.S.M.G., Senior Umber, COMAIIDEP. CCCIPAMO"! FORCES) ) ss CHICHI JU'A, BOiTIT ISLANDS ) I, Robert D. Shaffer, Major, 0665"!, U. S. Marino Corps, c e r t i f y that on the 16th day of April, 19-46, personally appoared before ne MATOBA Sueo, end according to Frederick Arthur Savor;-, civilian, gave the foregoing statencnt set forth therein; that after his testimony had been transcribed, the said FATDBA Sueo had read to hin by the said interpreter the sane and affixed his signature (none or nark) thereto in ny presence. COIf'AITDER r .TL'Je.S GUAM, APRIL, 194.6, ROBERT D. SHAFFER, Major, 06652, U.3.I\C., Senior Menber. Doc, Ho. G462 Pago 5 Guam, Marianas Islands, 16 April, 1946. Tho foregoing statcnont consisting of throe (3) pages, nr.do by ne, was not obtained under duress, not pronptod by promises, threats, or indue on ents of any kind. I m'oto tho foregoing statement freely and willingly. Matoba, Sueo. Major, Imperial Japanese Arnjr, Certified to bo a true cooy /s/ E. L. Field, Lt. DS1R rtEffiI31T 2" (5) Document No, 8/+05 Page No, 1 AFFIDAVIT OF CAPTAIN JOHN D. MURPHY, U. f. N.£VY, DIRF-CTOR WAR CRIMES, P.'CIFIC OCEAN AREAS This is to certify that the undersigned is and lias been since 2 October 1945 the Director of War Crimes, Pacific Ocean Areas. In this capacity he has been the direct representative of the Commander-in-Chief, II. S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas, and the Military Governor of the Pecific Ocean /reas, in all matters pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of var crimes in the Pccific Ocean Areas. In carrying out the a>>ove indicated duties the undersigned has caused investigations to he co?ducted in the following atolls and islands: Harianas Islands iic'.rchall Gilberts Area Truk Atoll Peleliu Island Koror Island Babelthuap Island Anpuar Island ' ake Island Bonir Islands Yap Island As s result of the above investigations war crimes •""ere discovered to have been committed it: Koror Island, Palau Islands 1 ake Island Kwajalein Atoll Mill Atoll Ainoman Island, Jaluit Atoll Guam, Marianas Islands Dublon Island, Truk Atoll Chicbi Jima Island, Bonin Islands haloelap /toll, Marshall Islands The neture of the established crimes were (a) Mistreatment of Prisoners of War, native inhabitants, and. civilian non-Japanese nationals of various countries in Violation of the Lavs and Customs of xr, and included murder, assault and battery, and canabalism (b) Neglect of Duty in Violation of the Lars and Customs of ?cr (unlawfully failing to protect prisoners of war and failing to control members of the Japanese Armed Forces) and. (c) Violation of the Lavs and Customs of War (unlawfully preventing the Document No, 8405 Page No. 2 honorable burirl of American prisoners of war). In so far as my investigations are concerned it is established that a lerge number of American military personnel, the exact number unknown, 'ere captured alive by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocean Areas. There is attached to and hereby made a part of this affidavit lists, in part, of six hundred ninety-eight (69?) persons that are knora to have beer lost ir the areas. Of course many of the persons listed '''ere undoubtedly killed •J r battle, but or the other hend many were captured by the Japanese, It is significant that not one of the persons listed or any other American or A Hied prisoners of rar were found alive in any of the islands or atolls of the Pacific Ocean I ret.s at the time of the Japanese surrender and subsequent thereto. Ho,_ many were transported to Jarrn orior to the surrender has not been determined but from the results of attempts to establish this number it spoearr that only a relatively fe*- and insignificant number ever retched Japan or "*ere subsequently repatriated to the United Ftetes and Allied Powers, Invest: gat ions show thrt ore hundred forty-nine (l/*1?) Americans were illegally executed by the Japanese military authorities while being held as prisoners of war ir the Pacific Ocoan ".reas. All records concerning prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Pacific Ocoar / --oar wore destroyed by the Japanese authorities and in every instance investigators beve been confronted rith false information by the Japmese Commanding Of* icors as Tell as the deliberate intention or the part of the Japanese to conceal any and all information concerning persons who were known to have been captured alive. Accordingly it has beer impossible to determine the specific disposition of each individual concerned. In ceses where it has been possible to determine the dis- position of specific individuals it has beei found, thrt they were un- lawfully killed by Japanese authorities. The following is e brief of war crimes cases nhich were tried by orders of (a) Commanc'er Marsh: 11 Gilberts Area and (b) Commander iarianas /rea. This brief shews tho names of the nri ciple accused, offenses, place and date of o^enses, plrco and elite of trial, evidence for prosecution, basis ox defense, and reports mt.de by v.rious persons concerning the disposal of prisoners of war in various pieces throughout the Frcific Ocean frets. oc. Nc. 34:^ MARSHALL GII3E^r AREA page ' 3 ELi.CE AND .SE OF OFFEtTSE PL;,OS M P DATE OF OEIEITSE DATE GF TRIAL . Colonel Oishi, I'urder of five Mili Atoll Ewajalein Chisoto, IJA, et al American flyers February 2, 1944 21 November 1945 II. Rear Admiral Murder of three Jaluit Atoll Kwajalein Masuda, Nisuki, I JIT, American flyers March 10, 1°44 December 7, 1945- et al (Masuda suicide prior to trial) III. Rear Admiral Murder of ninety-eight '.Take Island Kwajalein Sakaibara, ..Americans October 7. 1943 December 21, 1945* ShigeiSatsu, I JIT, lit. Comdr. Tachibana Soichi, I JIT CHPIATDER M^L-EAS 1P.K1 I. Captain Kawasaki, Murder of one -nerican Take Island Guam Susumu, IJIJ, et al civilian May 1942 /padl 11, 1546 II. Vice Admiral Murder of nine American Kwajalein /.be, Eosc, I JIT, et al Marines October it, 1942 Guam May 15, 194^ NO. 8/4.O5 CCI.: AI3DER M.-.RT3E-TAS JRIA (Continued) page < PLACE AMD ~ OF OFFEKSE PLACE AND EATE GF 0 E F 2 S E D-.TE OF TRIAL . "T a. Jl . Captain Nakajima, Murder of one .jnerican Chichi Jima, Benin Islands Guam Noburo, IJA et al flyer. February 23, 1945 June 3 , 1946. 1 7 . Lt. Colonel Ito, Murder of two American Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands Guam Kikuji, UA et al flyers. August 7, 19V+ June 19, 1946. V . Colonel rate, Takemune, Murder of one . unerienn Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands Guam ITA et al flyer. February 25, 1945 July 12, 1946. VI» L-t. General Tachibana, YoshioVice Admiral Mori, T"unizo et al Murder of eight Americans Violation of Aews and Customs of ¥ar; Neglect of Duty. Chichi Jima, Bonin Islands August 1944 through March 1945° Guam August 1 5 , 1946. ET I. , c • 8405 T0E FOR PROSECUTION MiREHALL GILBERT ..HE.. (Continued) p-ge EASIS or DEFENSE REPORT TO HIGHER -JJTHORITIES •rce flyers executed simultaneously - various ..ray units on Mili Atoll, 70 flyers executed by the Navy. Three flyers shot and stubbed to death as ordered by defendant Masud- the Atoll Commander, Jaluit -.toll, execution carried out in secret. III. Mass execution of 9? civilian Americans, October 7» 1943- ^ne Americm executed July 7» 1943 end October 15, 1943 respectively. Superior Orders Superior Orders Fer.r of invasion by U.S. Forces made executions military necessity. An accused, Lt. Facta, Kiycshi,IJN says account of execution of one fly^r by his unit put in unit log and also ut in ..toll Headquarters log. (R.p.88, Q. 76 & 77) •fitness for prosecution, Lt(jg) Iwanami, Kenicl testified that .admiral Masuda in battle report 4th Fleet at Tmk noted on report that .unericai flyers v/ere killed in an dr raid. (R.p.13. 0,. I Admiral Sakaibara testified he reported by dispatch to Japanese Governmait (Bureau of Military Affairs) "Riotous conduct orison have executed them". (R.p.48, Q.100, R".P.51, Q,. 141. 142. 143)• CC:i:-'E)ER ILEl-EAS . RE.. (Continued.; I. One American civilian beheaded in presence of other .jr.oricr.ns. 11.Nine of C'rlson's Rriders captured on Makin Island -*ugust 1942 were transferred to Kwajalein in Sept. 1942 and there beheaded. Victim had broken in storehouse and stolen supplies. On advice of Staff Off- icer Okad a, (Com and er, IJN) that First Depart- ment of Naval Gener-1 Staff desired to have prisoners disposed of (R.p.57, 0,-36). Staff Kawasaki states that report of execution submi in monthly report to Tokyo via chain of comma re (Ex ?5, P. 9 & 10). Report mod" to Fourth Fleet concerning arrival prisoners from Makin (R.p. 56, (*,24). Received- orders to return prisoners to Japan but two or three days later second telegram cancels order return prisoners to ^anaa (R.p.56 . Repor executions taken to Fourth Fl-et by Staff Offi (Commander Kiyashi)(R.?,58 R.P. 39 To. 8405 COm&HDER I&RIAI-liS Ei\ (Continued) page W — FOP 'PBOfWOCTIOK B.'JSIS OF D~r:72E mr* rfT/̂TJmp yTTHORIT IES III. Defendant Naknjiraa beat victim to death with stick. IV. Colonel -to supervised execution by bayoneting and beheading on orders from 3ri,cade HerdQuarters V. Flyer disposed of on instruction; of Brigade Headquarters. VI. Eight Ancrican flyers executed by various units on Chichi Jima. Four cases cannibalism. Officer, Connander I ID.', of Fourth Fleet, stated that Fourth Fleet agreed to tho disposal of tho prisoners. (R.p. Intoxication Superior Orders, Superior Orders Commander Hiyashi testifies ho reported executions personally to Captain Eoma, Senior Staff Officer of Fourth Fleet (R.p. 12 ̂ -57 > R.p.13 <4. \5>) Nahajimr. statos that Captain Sato reports this murder to the Battalion Commander (Ex. 5B) NO evidence that this execution reported to any other authorities other than those on Chichi Jima. Colonel Ito states that he reported executions to Brigade Commander, Tachibana. (See account of Major Hone's report in Tachiba.na case.) Tachibrno-law of nations did not hold him responsibleo Mori - Did not know executions taking place. Other defendants - acting in accord with policy of defendant; "achibana. Kato reports oxocution to Brigade Headquarters (R.p. 6l q,. 45). 2To evidence that this execution reported to any other authority otnor than those on Chichi lima, ; Major Boric testified that he reported the execution of tho two flyers in August 192|4 to Divisional Com- mander Earibaye.shi at Iwo Jima and received a reply from Kuribaynahi' s Chief of Staff (R.p. 272 Q,. 5 through I3.) No evidence that other executions reported to .:.ny authorities other than on Chichi Jims.- Tho lists referred to In paragraph 4 abovo are hereafter included. Document No. 8405 page No. 7, ARMY 12 R BC°17 y. ISO" KEL LOST OVER TRUT-: NAME Rf-NK/RATE 5-ERI;L NUMPJ. BASSETT, Richard K. 2nd Lt 0-8134.60 BAKEtf, V'arroR P. 2nd Lt 0-760228 GERSKON, David N. 2nd Lt 0-702407 D/LEEE, Alfred J. 2nd Lt 0-702021 CASTNER, Earl K, S Sgt 19158893 MERCURI, Francis ?. Sgt 33668862 03?HL, Edward J. S Sgt 3283 0136 G?:SKTL, Merrill R. S Sgt 12022941 RYAN, William J. Sgt 15374025 THOEt S, Beatv H. Jr. Sgi 14092803 EAY,TES, VJilmer R. 1st Lt 0-801330 BP-DEN, Charles R. 1st Lt 0-801823 iVE'TERL,"!®, Gerard R. 1st Lt 0-801047 AMES, Chcrles F. 1st Lt 0-662233 TER^STRA , John R. T Sgt 12031295 P1EYA, Frederick E. S Sgt 12038503 ESROCK, Yale E. T Sgt 3^380389 FEATTY, Robert L. £ Sgt 33205925 PEDEN, Thonas J. Sgt 32435216 WlTTSCHACK, Rudolph H. S Sgt 32310402 •°ETFR'-, Earl R. 1st Lt 0-797173 '••OFFETT, Jed R. 2nd Lt 0-756285 MUID00N, Janes W. 1st Lt 0-2045311 SHOUT IS, Alexander W. 1st Lt 0-741708 COBURN, Lloyd T Sgt 32408751 FREDERICK, Leo . £ Sgt 35506588 CLARKST0V', Hr rold B. T Sgc 33209040 STOT.TZ, Robert E. 5 Sgt 39680389 /.LIFH/'USKAS, Francis T. S Sgt 33345463 MORRISON, George S Set 17051530 BENNETT, John. C, 2nd Lt. 0-686311 IDDC" SON, Ste-'art I.., Jr. 2nd Lt. 0-765373 NORTERTTP, Jerome K. 2nd Lt 0-708214 FTEVENC, Hustus F. MU'TENS A. 13. 2nd Lt 0-765854 S Sgt 18183529 ?TRAIT, Robert E. Sgt 35797615 FR'KCESE, Gaetano D. S Sgt 31290589 FOIJST, Albert C., Jr. Cp̂ 38589060 LA'VSON, V/illiam J. Sgt 14136150 -1- Document No. 84-05 Page NO. TH All AIR BOP NE PFRSOHiEL LOST OVKR TRUK (Continued) NAME RANK,-'RATE SERIAL Nt LOK, Eldred J. fgt . 37676377 BRF.IT, Eugene 2nd Lt 0-690178 DIVER, Aloysius J. 2nd Lt 0-758431 MIRIER, Harold C. 2nd Lt 0-700815 LARAMIE, Franklin 2nd Lt 0 -69A454 BOUCHARD, Harold W. Pvt 39615741 FRANKLIN, Omer E. Sgt 35567567 SPARROVE, Donald I. s Sgt 39119995 WISNEWSKI, Stanley A. Sgt 31170627 VERNE, Jerome L, Sgt 16105A09 GUNTHER, John P. Sgt 32803733 COCK, James E. Sgt 17097730 DAVID, LaVerne . F/0 v-187393 THOMAS, Joseph L. F/0 T-51415 MAIER, George P. 2nd Lt 0-692043 RODGERfc, William J. 2nd Lt 0-754772 TIFFIN, Oscar R. Sgt 34394250 SWEET, Charles Sgt 13118080 LANE, Thomas F, S Sgt IIII.724.9 GOVE, Kenneth C, Sgt 11057275 SHEEN, Ernert J. Sgt 19171370 EALTON, Joshua B. Sgt 3334487 DYER, Donald VV. 2nd Lt 0-678201 JONES, George N, 2nd Lt 0-691048 MALLEI, John F. 2nd Lt 0-689620 FRANK, Charles L., Jr. 2nd Lt 0-751898 GRFNZ, William E. S Sgi 37263995 MALINOWSKI, Bernard A. S Sgt 36216903 MARTIN, Walter S Sgt 35671201 STOIJ./F, Seymour J. S Sgt 324.19449 OTT, Melvin W, S Sgt 328304.56 MIKESELL, William S Sgt 15019606 BELAIR, Arthur J. 2nd Lt 0-691219 BACHARD, Alexis C. 2nd Lt 0-696308 PRICE, James R. 2nd Lt 0-703015 WHITE, Clayton A. 2nd Lt 0-691624. EVANS, Lee H. 2nd Lt 38Z-47798 OLSON, Harold J. S Sgt 16056002 CURRY, Warren R. ' T Sgt 15085286 PARSONS, Howard G. S Sgt 38268507 GINN, Edward J. S Sgt 15097483 APETORTH, John E. S Sgt 39541054 - 2 - . ̂oument ifo. c/f.05 Page No., 9 i.;j-.y /'IR BORNE ' t?C m I. OCT OVER 1 "'UK (Continued) N/KE RANK/RATE SERj tit, VX ABDO, Edward S. Capt. o--;:fo39 ANGELLAKO.c, Peter W, 1st Lt EDWARDS, Robert L. 1st Lt O-o ̂ 450 FAUNCE, James J, 1st Lt O-Y-,9792 FURMAN, Irvin E. 1st Lt 0-738o31 GENDERING, Nathan 1st Lt. 0-806975 LEWIS, Walter F. let Lt 0-748700 SMITH, Edwin R., Jr. 1st Lt 0-658398 ANDFRSOF, Donald 1st Lt 0-67440 MEIMLICK, Philip J, 1st Lt 0-678640 LYNCH, Edgar L. 2nd Lt 0-755719 PICKERING, Russell W., Jr. 2nd Lt 0-693816 SAWYER, John R. 1st Lt 0-672873 BFATTY, Merrill L. Sgt 3231824.0 WOLFSBiRGER, Clarence F. Sgt 17120936 RICH, Carl E. T Sgt 16073824. ROBERTS, Malcolm D., Jr. S Sgt 12158014 RAY, Marion T Sgt 37390833 McCAIT ISTER, Branuel A. S Sgt 153944-75 Hi! NOT FY, Robert W. S Sgt 182004.79 BORROR, Curtis5 Jr. S Sgt 15340759 ROifllNE, Gene G. Sgt 39331901 REA, Grant M. 1st Lt 0-68404.7 FOE, William H., Jr. 1st Lt 0-692807 BIA.NCE'.RD, Henry M. II 1st Lt 0-691699 •CE5;"?.FL, Judd C. 1st Lt 0-685036 BENNINGTON, Erneat R. T Sgt 35367050 HEDRTCK, Von 0. S Sgt 14165136 LeC..' KES, Gregory T Sgt 12128256 EVANS, Reuben M. S Sgt 34396817 MATTHEWS, Joel L. s Sgt 14128920 CURRY, Earl 1. S Sgt 36014451 ROBIEON, William G. 1st Lt 0-736368 BOTTS, Walter C. 1st Lt 0-676614 SMITH, Robert H. 1st Lt 0-66744-5 HEDDRICF, Robert C. 1st Lt 0-671357 McINTTRE, John (n) Sgt 32434292 WINHAM, Kenneth N. •c Sgt 18133906 DOLSKY, Jack (n) Sgt 16124.052 BRADY, Vincent S Sgt 10100436 HUFP1AN, Albion T . S Sgt 38121812 THOMAS, Michael (n) Sgt 35210565 ' - -it . 0 . 8405 » Page No, 10 NAME RANK/RATE SERIAL NUME' PETERS, Farl R, 1st Lt 0-797173 MOFFETf. Jed R, 2nd Lt 0-756285 MULDOON, Jamec W. 1st Lt 0-2045311 SKOUTIS, Alexander W. 1st Lt 0-741708 GOBURN, Lloyd T Sgt 32408751 FRED RICKS, Leo W. 2 Sgt 35506588 CLARKSTON, Harold 3. T Sgt 33209040 STULTZ, Robert 3. •S Sgt 39680389 ALISH/'USKAS, Francis T. S Sgt 33348463 MORRISON, George f. S Sgt 17051530 •̂o.rirnert i;o, 8405 Page No. 1' r.l-Z / JR. BPRNP "VtfnvTiEI.. LOST OVER T :Hir (Continued) A LTGEIER. ROBERT F 2 LT KIA AC 16AF.R I 6 0 6 9 2 8 A 5 ANDERSON C-.PJ, -I 1 LT ¥Ili G 23JULA 6 1 2 8 7 4 5 7 IW®ASOH G/ RL J 1 LT H A /C 2 8 J U L 4 6 1 2 8 7 4 5 7 ANDERSON KENNETH R c k. SG M A 'IC 10/ PR4 3 1 1 5 1 6 8 7 ANDERSON KENNETH R S SG /G 11-'^R 5 3 1 1 5 1 6 8 7 BAILEY JOHN H 2 I T KIA AC 1 0 /PRA 6 0 6 8 4 3 3 0 BEFCROFT GORD'^ . D 1 LT n: / C 06" AY 5 6 0 7 6 2 2 1 4 BERG GORBO C 0 V SG KI:" / C 10/ 16046394 BURKHOLDEST 10BERT L C SG MIA AC 05. AYA 3 5 5 4 1 2 7 4 BURKHOLDFR ROPEIT L C SG FDD /C 0 6 - AY 5 3 5 5 A 1 2 7 4 GLARE RODNEY C LT i,i: C 10/"RA 6 2 0 4 3 7 2 1 CI, ' R E RODNEY C •i LT FDD C 1] PR5 f 6 2 0 4 3 7 2 1 01/ RK DAVID S 2 LT KIA AC LG-,R>-IA 6 0 6 8 3 9 0 1 COLT.INS IYND0J V 2 LT yji •AC C5.VAYA 6 0 6 8 9 5 9 4 COII IAS IAND0A V 2 IT FDD /G 06f.';A.Y5 6 0 6 8 9 5 9 4 CORR JOHN V c WJ SG KI/ AC 10APRA 1 3 1 1 7 7 2 7 CORR JOHN W C 50 T"DD . G 11/.PR 5 1 3 1 1 7 7 2 7 D VI FS RATI A-D H 2 LT 1/ AC 10APRA 60742069 D/ WES A-Y: AND H 2 LT FDD /C 11APR5 6 0 7 4 2 0 6 9 DEV/UGHAN THORAS L c SG M" . S 05IVAYA 1 4 1 5 3 9 1 8 DEVAUOH/N TH I AS L >CG T,DP . C 06IVA Y5 1 4 1 5 3 9 1 8 EDDY I.00ER K 2 LT MI?. C 05' AY4 6 0 7 5 2 6 1 0 EDDY ROGER K 2 LT •°DD /C 06MAY5 6 0 7 5 2 6 1 0 -TJ>TIS " I N R R R 1 LT .viz- •FC U J : N5 6 0 6 8 1 6 3 3 EDPTIS WIT LI/1.. R 1 LT KIA •C 1AJAN5 6 0 6 8 1 6 3 3 ' EIAIEIOHTAR ED"A RD C 1 LT KIA. /G 2 8 J U L 4 6 0 6 8 8 9 5 8 CFLSTEICHT1 R ED?i RD C 1 LT KT •'•C 23JULA 6 0 6 8 8 9 5 8 GHIT.II/MS JOHN A 2 LT IA A AC 15 1 ; EB5 6206 .^407 GUTT,J.I'HS JOHN R 2 LT RTD AC 22PEB5 2 6 0 6 3 4 0 7 GUYETT JOHN H £ SO MIA C 2SJUL4. 1 2 2 0 7 7 7 8 GUYETT JOHN H G k SG KI/ AC 23JULA 1 2 2 0 7 7 7 8 HAHRIN THO E J R c; PT KI/ AC 2 8 J U I A 6 0 6 6 1 9 2 7 H'MRIN THO E J R Gl PT KIA , C 28JUI.A 6 0 6 6 1 9 2 7 HFCKLER CH RI,FS H i I,T f 11 0 10/PPA 6 0 7 3 7 9 4 7 HECKLER CHARLES I T l LT PDD :C 1 1 / 0 1 5 6 0 7 3 7 9 4 7 HEI#S N' TIN S 2 TT KIA AC 1 2 J J N A 6 0 7 5 6 8 0 2 HITT HARVEY A SO •T " LIA AC 16. FR4 1 9 1 3 0 1 1 0 HITT fL'RVS / f r -T LIA ,'C 30A PRiA 1 9 1 3 0 1 1 0 ION T'OWRKI ' I. VI I F 1 TT TWA :C 30JULA 6 0 S 0 9 6 1 6 IGN' TOJ;F KI '.LVT i LT RTD 0 23UJG4. 6 0 8 0 9 6 1 6 KALTER D J t Sf EI. C 10, PRA 1 2 1 8 1 2 . 7 5 FLOCK HENRY J R T SG KI., ...C 10. PRA 3 2 4 0 6 3 4 4 I 'TIB'RTF ROBERT c 1 LT V?U. :C 30JULA 6 0 6 8 9 0 6 5 L ; L I P E R T E ROBERT c 1 IT RTD . C 09/UP A 6 0 6 8 9 0 6 5 Docuncnt No, 8405 Pr.gc No„ 12 ARMY A IE .LlpliNE PE.RSONNEL LOST OVER TMUK (Contlnuct.) LARSON ALVIN L 1 LT MIA AC 10APR4 60733665 LARSON ALVIN L T LT PDD AC 11APR5 6073^665 LLIFI'ILR LO./J LL I F T J. LT KIA AC 10A PP.4 60742488 MA C INT OS F JOFN G JR T SG 5*. IA AC 28JUL4 1506928^ MCINTOSH JOTTN G JR T SG KIA AC 28JUL4 1506928^ MACKEY JOTTN W 2 LT MIA AC 28JUL4 6075627B LACKEY JOFN W 2 LT KIA AC 28JUL4 60756278 MAS ON WALTER W •-v o SG I IA AC 05MAY4 36565554 MAS ON WALTER W s SG KIA AC 05MAY4 36565554 MAX RALPF N 1 LT MIA AC 28JIL4 6068488^ MAX RALPF N 1 LT KIA AC 28JUL4 606 84883 MC DEREOTT EDWARD V 2 LT KIA AC 10/ PR4 60679637 MESSICK 3 AJOR M 2 LT MIA AC 05MAY4 60677832 MESSICK MAJOR M" 2 LT PDD AC 06MAY5 60677832 METCALF FREDERICK F S SG M L. AC 05 AY4 19124301 MET CALF FREDERICK F S SG KIA AC 0^ AY4 19124301 MYRICK BAN! JR 2 LT LIA AC 05: AY4 60758839 MYRICK Bi .NI JR 2 LT PDD AC 06MAY5 607588^9 NAPOLITANO VERNON F S SG KI; AC- 1 OA PR 4 39106247 OSBORNE ROSWILL A S SG 1" IA AC 10APR4 37384238 OSBORNE ROSWELL A s SG PDD AC 11APR5 37384233 PAFL ELMER T 2 LT LIA AC 16APR4 60685090 PAFL ELMER T 2 LT LTD / C 19JUN4 60685090 PICK ALEX 2 LT LWA AC 12JUN4 60688461 PE.CK ALEX 2 LT RTD AC 23JUN4 60688461 PIPES DONALD E S SG MIA AC 28JUL4 35581321 PIPES DONALD E s SG DED AC 29JUL 5 35^81321 RAGUSA PAUL S T SG LWA AC 12JUN4 12190319 EAGUSA PAUL S T SG RTD / C 12JUN4 12190319 REFY JOFN W SGT KIA AC 16APR4 32456221 RUPNOW FRANCIS i'rt J- SO MIA AC 10APR4 15077357 RUPNOW FRANCIS T SG PDD AC 11APR5 150773 57 SILSKY ALBERT * T SG I IA AC 28JUL4 12185766 SELSKY ALBERT T SG DED AC 29JUL5 12185766 SMITF GEORGE C S SG MIA AC 28JUL4 13136358 SI ITT' G1 ORG I C S SG DED AC 29JUL 5 13136358 SMITF PFILIP 1 LT MIA AC 10APR4 60736039 SMITF PHILIP 1 LT FDD AC 11/ PR 5 60736039 SNOOK FRANK W S SG MIA AC 28JTJL4 39280472 SNOOK FRANK W s- SG KIA AC 28JUL4 39280472 STILLA FRANK V s SG 1 IA AC 10/ PR 4 13079519 STELLA FRANK V s. SG FDD AC 11APR5 13079519 STOTSLNBURG WILLI; '.M ] 5 S SG 1 IA AC 05MAY4 33^44121 STOTSENBUEG WILLI/ -M ] 3 S SG PDD AC 06MAY5 3^344121 SUii.IES GEORGE C T SG KIA AC 1 OA PR 4 13136909 SWI FT Ci.KL B SGT KIA AC 16APR4 33208997 SZCLYPINSKI EDWIN T 2 LT SIA AC 16APR4 60745975 Document No. 8405 Page No, 13 ABUY AIK BORNE PERSONNEL LOST OVER TEUK (Continued) S?X2YPINSK1 EDWIN 1' 2 'LT EDS AC 02ATJG4 60745975 SZYDL0M3EI EENI.hT ,r COT SIA AC 16APR4 36 50 204 SZYEL 0"'7KK1 ERNEST J SGT EUS AC 02AU04 -'.6 50'-<204 TURNER SCOTT E T 3G MIA i\ 1 .10 IO.\P:I4 3^2^875 TURNER SCOTT F T SG PLD AC ILAPF.5 267878 TURNER EARL B S SG KIA AC 1CA ?:i4 12073542 WATEROUS W00DR0W W 2 LT LWA iv -12<r;iN£- 6C?464o9 WATEROUS W00DR0W W 2 LT RTD AC ]&JUN4 6074 '.489 WEST LESTER R SGT K J A i\ ̂ Ji O 1 oA PR 4 35639267 WESTPFAHL EDWARD B. SGT KIA A 16.4PR4 3273.HI2 WIENCKOWSKI BERNARD 2 LT KIA f n Ai. v / lcAPD.4 6C691845 WONG VANCE S SG MIA AC C'5 MA "4 14170332 WONG VANCE S SG PLD AC CoMAY^ 14170332 BARRETT JOT-TN F SGT * * KIA * * AI * 19JTIN5 31364776 UNITED STATE,3 PACIFIC FLEET C onnr na e r Ma t1'\ 11a s Serial: The foregoing compilation of A m y Air Foraes personnt.1 lost in missions over Truk was furnished this oifice hy Headquarters U.F* A m y Forces Mid-Pacific hy ltr. dated 10 June, 19465 Headquarters Pacific Air Command, TJ„3.. Army, by ltr, dated 8 February 194-65 and by Headquarters^ U.S. A m y Forces Western Pacific by ltr0 dated 6 May 193-6, Doc. No. 8405 Page No. 14 NAVY AIR BORNE PERSONNEL LOST 07:R TRUE NAME M W&kVJL SERIAL N Q M M STOVER. HANCOCK, lis ha ck (n) Jr SCFIEBLERj Henry A KANE, Donald C3 CHALMAN, Ovaries A 0 HAMILLDick A, PHILLIPS, Jo'm Lloyd OGG, John Ritchie BRIDGES, Janes Irwin BRUTONs Robert Ellis GREEN, Janes /.lbert P?TILLIPS, John Paul FARMER, Gilbert Janes TEPAS, Paul Ednuna LEACH, Harold Frank BULLARD<, George Cicugr GLASS, George L, AUNSPAUGH, Claude W 0 BIRKES, Newton B3 McKENZIE, Fredrick S. STUMP, Stanley S, APPLE'FILD, Joseph A. lieutenant ARM2C ? Lieutenan Lieutenant AMI 12 c ARM2c: Lieutenant Enaign Lieutenant AMlc A IM2c Lieutenant A CRM Lieutenant A Rill c Lieutenant Lieutenant ARj"I2c Lieutenant A 0 H 2 C AMM3c 9 3^-7 5 2.34- 3 5 79 t (junior grade) 157172 NICHOLAS, Lloyd DOCKTER, Wiliert THORNTON, Len C. COX, Linton L,, Jr. DEAN, Donald McGORRY, Juries Joseph GIRRITY, Willian B. HILKENE, Vfill len K e ODEM, Robert N. CARTER, Arthur D 0 DILANIY, Parker A. PITERS, Janes L. SANCHEZ, Albert No LE PINSEL, Anthony L, BROWDER, Eugene C- SCHUETZ, Wallace McAFEE , RelpV D, CARLISLE, Taonas KENNIY, Duane Je FISHER, Hale "D" J UPSON, Richard SEARLES, W'ERTi AN, TVc missions dispatch and Bureau of 7 June 194-6. P . D o R.E. foregoing over Truk 090301 of Naval (junior grade) ^onrander Lieutenant Willirn ARM3c Ail 3c Ensign Ensign ARAilc ARlQc Lieutenant Ensign ARE 2 c A CRM CJ lc Ensign ARlv:2c AH I3c All'2c Ensign Ensign Lieutenant A M lc Lieutenant (junior grade) (junior grade) (junior grade) 129975 300 48 46 628 36 74 72284 176896 104354 381 48 07 669 09 73931 224 18 49 104814 311 43 51 •114339 630 16 50 156678 622 54 31 156322 639 0 5 91 382 46 "3.6 278 8 250786 606 58 11 (junior grade) Connander Lieutenant ;.K'2c conpilation of v/as furnished t January 1946 to Personnel ltr. Navy Flier personnel lost in M s office by CinCPac's Connander T?sk Unit 94.3.1. Pers. 5321/.-tp dated Document No. 8405 Prge No. 15 NAVAL CASUALTIES OCCURItINO _I?T A0TI0N AGAJN3T BONEN. ISLANDS NAME CASUALTY DATI. DUTY ATTACH INT STATUS SWAGER, Vincent, Jr., 32c 4 July 1944 USS 3ATAAN (CVL 29) Derd GRAFAM, Alfred T., KAGINGER, Csrl -J.-, Sic COHEN, ilichr.el F,, ADI2c "r< ARM3,c SCH.IDT, NornenW., AEM2c SCFIFART, C ^ s , E. ARE?3c LIUZZI, Victor L. Sic KOZLOFF, Bcnj « J-J I PKA2c OLDFAH, Ferrcrel T, G7 A SFANDLEY, John W, S2c COLBURN, Vernon, S2c KEYS EH, Fowrrd P,. F2c LAFDE, Robt. A., IIIQ IIURPFY, Geo. K., F1 11 Nov 1944 USS YORK!OWN 11 ccv 1 0 ) 5 J? n 1945 USS BURNS (DD 538) n 8 Sept 1945 USS I S S I X (cv 9) 11 11 Nov 1944 1! •1 11 it it 11 11 ti ti 11 II it 1: ti 24 Jf n 1945 USS LEXINGTON it (' cv 1 6 ; 15 June 1944 USS INGERSOLL 11 fDD 6 5 2 ) ti USS INTERS OLL 11 (DD 6 5 2 ) it USS ENTERPRISE it ( c v 6 ) 5 Jrn 1945 USS DAVID W, TAYLOR " Crd551) •JSS DAVID W. TAYLOR " (DD55i^ USS DAVID YJ. TAYLOR " (DD551) USS DAVID w. T/YLOR " (DD551) FENDERS ON, Paul II. Jr. Lt. 15 June 1944 VF-1 FOGUE, Jack, Ens. SFIVIY, J?So Ins. RE INI RT, Errl C, Ins. ti 16 June 1944 " 24 June 1944 " 4 July 1944 " 3 July 1944 " 4 Sept 1944 " 24 June 1944 VF--2 3 July 1944 " HOSIERY, WE. C. Lt, WARD, Arthur J,, Lt.(ig) FART IN, Gerrld J. Lt.(jg) ELLIOTT, Con?rd, Lt (Jg) BUTLER, Robt R,, Lt. CARLSON, Carroll I. Lt, Q g ) 7 Sept 1944 '' CZIRNY, JoVn B» Lt(Jg) 4 Aug 1944 VF-8 FUDSON, Ancil C„, Lt. 5 Aug. 1944 VF-13 LI STRANGE, Roger VJ,, Ins. " DOUGFTRTY, Jos. , Ens, 4 July 1944 V7-14 NISI, Alberto C., Ins. 4 July 1944 " JONIS, A1 fred A,, Lt. (jg) 15 Jane 1944 VF-15 STEARNS, Robt, LI 24 June 1944 " FAEBLEN, Ltn S,, Ens. 8 Sept 1944 " THOMPSON, Theroif E,, Lt.(jg) ll Nov 1944" Document No. 8405 Prge No. 16 NAVAL CASUALTIES OCCURRING IN ACTION AGAINST PONIN ISLANDS (Con:t) N A U DATE DUTY ATTACHLI NT STATUS BURNETT, Foward Lt u(jg; if o ' r M- KELLEY, Joe WAKEFIELD, Bla WARNKI, Parry, Ens, BE OWN ? Parry Jos R B J J-1 t 3 n » <; le 5 inSo Foward A V- c a COX, F O L D I N E , E L E Z I A N ; FANCOCK, Frank, LOOMIS, IIF 1 coin Dii.IBILL Ens, (jg) 5 Aug 1944 ii 4 Aug 1944 15 June I944 5 Sept 1944 t. it VF-19 it VF-20 1; Fa Ig Jr, v-, ns JR< L5 Lt Lt a •j L "c . (J g) /RE 3 c Ens, Ins, (jg) July 11 1944 VF-31 JCSo u PRYOR, Fred 1,, DRYSDALL, Jack, T-TINTZ, Owen v., WRIGFT', Warran K., Lt, DALTON, Bruce W,, AH!3c EONAR, Milton J., Lt. T̂OLI STROM, Carl B.A., Lt 24 June 1944 4 July 1944 it n II t; II LOINTFAL, Albert D. EROOKS, Walter, Jr. BRADY, Cvas. E FOOTE, John S. CLEMENT, TVeo, ? •, r.ns o , Lt«(jg) Ens. KRAMER,"T^cnry P., Lt. AVERY, Joyn I ., Ens- LIVESAY, Kelvin C«, Ens„ JACKS ON, Kenneth L,, ARM3c ALBINI, Edw. B., AH 2c SNOW, Jo^n Es, AH 2c Jo^n I., Ens CAVANAUGP, MAJORS, Roy F, FERGUSON, Stuart M, BAIN, Jas A Cfcdr, 6 Aug 1945 AH!3c 4 July 1944 ARMlc 6 Aug 1945 4.July 1944 11 Nov 1944 15 June 1944 8 Sept 1944 11 Nov 1944 11 15 Juno 1944 4 Aug 1944 5 Aug 1944 (jg) 5 i-ug 1944 4 Aug 1944 Lt L,ns, Jr., llli2c O S B O R N E , J A S V . NORLAND. 9 'ed KILL;Ex, Jo>n 'T •'DIN; A If: Th LBS TIE, I dvi, R, , CAi.PBFLL, Clarence C 1 Sept 1944 1 Sept 1944 Jr, AH:1c 6 Sept 1944 Lb,(jg) 15 June 1944 P. . A0M2c " All-2c " Lt, 4 Aug 19A4 r VF-50 VI-1 it tl t! VB-13 II II ,1 VB-14 ti II it » II ti VB-19 II it 11 VB-20 1 r. F I V L Y , Wa A 01 He 5J •Iter D., ROBINETTI . Ralph T., AH 3* GOODWIK , Marren /.., A0M2< DUDLEY, Farold R« LIFSIT, Leonard C, ? 1.11.2c AH :3 c GA] MicVael, Ai.M2c 5 Aug 1944 11 4 July "1944 15 June 1944 I! II VT~i ti VT-2 VT-13 VT-14 VY-15 II Dea »t ti 11 11 11 11 11 11 it it ti it it ti it ti n ti tt 11 ti 11 ti 11 ti it ti 11 it ti 11 11 11 11 it II it 11 11 11 11 it 11 Lccui.cnt No„ 8405 Page No, 17 NAVAL CAS UAL TIIS OCCURRING IN ACTION AGAINSl PONIN ISL/KDti (Con't) NAME CASUAL IT T,.> T'V J.'. i 1 iJ ATTACH.:; NT STATU FORNBLRGEr., Donald L, Lt .-> ( ig) ANDERSON, Robtn A., AM.2c PQIiL, Kenne-h J,y Ala 2c DEE/.NIY, J orn L , ' AK. (83) WFITE, Wn 0., Lt, (jg) 4 Aug 1944 VT-31 3 Scot 194-4 7T-50 Tr •! Dead tr it tt »t if. :<f >jc * :f * * UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET C01 SLANDER. MARIANAS Serial; TVe attached compilation of Navy rnd I erine Corps prisoners of v;ar executed by t"e Japanese on Cvicvi Jina s Bonin Islands on or about 7 August 1944 to 26 March 1945 v;as furnished by the Record of Proceedings of a Military Ccmr.ission convened at United States Pacific Fleet? Commander Marianas, Guar;, Marianas Islands? by order of Ccrrj.iand.er Marianas Area, August 15, 1946, m re Lieutenant General Yosvio TACFIBANA, Imperial Japanese A m y , et rl, , and BuPers despatch 0630/31 cf May 1946 to ComMarirnas and BuPers despatch 1143/31 cf May 194-6 to ComMarianrs, M-IU^D. MiMIM' CORPS NAME PI RSONNIL LOST OVIR BONIN ISLANDS lANK/IiATI SERIAL NDl EI.R CLASS IF. WOELLFOF, Llcyd Richard DYE, James Wesley> jr. YORK, Grady AIvan FAL L, FJ o vd I Y» ing Ml.RSHON, Margie William VAUGFK, Warren I; rl FLAZILR, Glenn J-mi or One whose n-'ne renained unknown, ARZ120 623 65 11 USNR ARM 3 c 245 22 93 USN A0iI3c 556 82 32 USN Ensign 364023 US NIi ARM 30 565 40 88 USN 2nd Li;6 US1 CR / OT.fOrt 629 81 32 USN Doc orient No. 8405 Page No, 13 UNITED S T A T E S PACIFIC FLEET COFFANLlh i i i v h l A K . S Serial: Ti e attached compilation of I >r ine Corps personnel lost in missions over the Bonin Islands was furnished by the BuPers despatch 131700 of January 194-5 to Ceni and or Marianas* MARINE. CORPS AIh_BCRfi: PERSONNEL LOST OVER BONIN ISLANDS Attached VflB~6l2T"~ NAME HANK/RATi SERIAI NUMBER FALGOUT, Cleo Joseph 1st L t- 023003 JANES, Clifford Lafayette 1st Etc 022461 JOFNSTON, John Soger 1st Lt0 '027 533 ICOEPPEN, C"rrrles Bernard 1st Et j 024792 IvIAD7A Y, Edward 1st Lt> 02^042 BOBBINS, Janes William 1st Lt, 025741 BINDER, Kelvin William T Sgt 451629 BOLIN, We rren Ariel Cpl 024148 BOYLAN, Robert John Sgt 455279 BhUSA, Sandro Jose Cpl 539528 CONSTANTINEWilliam Ross Sgt 498730 DDI.ARY, Frank, Jr. MI Sgt 464750 FBEEtiAN. Thomas Janes JWer Sgt 323964 JONES, Robert Clarence I.iT Sgt 387289 KNCP, John William PFO 813038 NIDIK, Tony Alphonse s Sgt 8C8638 PETEILLI, Richard Farold Sgt 834311 (Attached FQ Ron 4th FAW) lie ELROY, James Joseph Sgt 880230 Docuncnt No. 8405 Pa go No. 19 ARMY SERVICE FOIiCIS Office of the Quarterns.ster General We sbington in reply refer to SPQYG 293 - MIDPAC 15 March 1946 SUBJECT: Transnittel of Case Fistory Reports for Search Teans for missing and Unidentified Marine Corps Dead in the Vicinity of Hakin Island, Gilbert Islands. TO C onna ndinf G enera 1 Arm:" ForciSj Mil- Pacific Area APO 958, c/o Postmaster San Francisco, California FOR: Chief, A: crican Graves Registration Service 1. Inclosed arc copies of 16 Case History Reports for use by search teans for nissing and unidentified dead prepared by the Marine Corps Headquarters for tve below naned Marine Corps per sonnel, w> o were nissing in the vicinity of Makin Island, Gilbert Islands Nrme ALLARD5 Robert Vincent CASTLE, Vernon Leroy lARLES, "I" "B" GALLAGHER, Willian Albert GASTON, Daniel Albert KUNKLE, Kenneth Kirk MACIUEWSKI, Edward <NMI) MOULDING, Robert Benton MONTGOMIRY, Kenneth Mauric MORTENSEN, Noman Warren MODLAND, Franklin Merrill PALLESEN, Willian Everett PEARSON, Robert Brooks SELBY, Charles Austin VANDLNBERG, John Eugene YuRBROUGF, Mrsor. Cpel Rank or Branch of Serial No, Rate Service 262210 Sgt® USMCR 307868 FMCpl. USMCR 293609 CPI, USMC 307593 Pfc, USMCR USMC 340727 Cpl. 268716 Cpl. US1 C 299^49 Cpl. USMC 337436 Pvt. USMC e 3 0 53 26 Pf.::. USE CR 326651 PfC e USI c 333878 Pvt. USMC 3^6074 Pfc. USMC 275291 Cpl. USMC 326661 Pvt. USMC 335768 Pfc. USMCR 309064 Cpl , USMC 2. It is requested that when the above area searched for isolated burials, the inclosed forms has been be returned to this office accompanied by'the burial report if remains are located, or a statement on report that the renains could not be located. F 0R T^E QUARTER! ASTIR GENERAL: /s/ Ray II. Foster M.V. TURNER Colonel, QMC Assistant Document No. 8405 Prge No. 2 0 (Page #2, Ltro 0C1G, 15 March 19-6, to CO, USAF MIDPAC, Subject - Transmittal of Case Fiscory Rpts. for Search Teams for Missing and Unidentified Marine Corps Dead in the vicinity of Makin Island, Gilbert Islands, File SPQYG 393 - DID P/ C) t A 223 16 Incls: Case History I-.rjorts, as listed® SxrJIL: 2377 MPYQM 293 (15 Dar 46) 1st Ind, (S-15 Hry 46) Headquarters United States Army Forces, Middle Pacific, APO 958 5 Apr 56, TO: Commander, Ma:.ianr Navy Noc 926, % Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. 1* This headcuarters has no official information on the extent of the searches for missing personnel t^at is being conducted by t^e Navy, therefore the attached forms are being forwarded for any available information. 2. It is requested tvat they be returned to this headquarters when completed * FOE TFI. COMMANDING G1 IDEAL: 16 Incls. n/c /s/ Hs, S. Thatcher F. S. THATCHER Lt Colonel, AGD Asst Adjutant General Document No. 8405 DGU-rs Nav LIC FQ-PD 31 Oct 45 Page 21 CASE HISTORY REPORT FOB. SEALCF TT'AMS FOR HISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED DEAD NAME (last) ALLAMD (first) ROBERT (middle) VINCENT RANK S£t_ SERIAL NUMBER 262210 BRANCH OF SERVICE USMCR Co B. 2 RdrBn,. Amah Force, ORGANIZATION TO WFIC-F ATTACHED FMF PLACE OR AREA WHERE DISAPPEARANCE OCCURRED OR BODY NOT RECOVERED. Me kin Island. Gilbert Isles If a finding or determination of death was made give below a complete statement of facts upon which such finding or determination was b< sedc. If reported dead without sub-sequent report of burial give all available information regarding circumstances of death with identifying dates Sgt. Allard was a member of the Second Marine Raider Battalion on August 17, and 18, participating in a raid on the enemy on Makin Island and were reported missing as cf August 18, 1942. Reports state that considerable difficulty was experienced by this landing forcc in its withdrawal from Makin Island due to the heavy surf encountered through which landing boats could not be navigated by any means * Enemy planes flew over the area strafing such small boats as were available. No further information has been received regarding Sgts Allard and on 19 August, 1943 was declared dead in compliance with Section 5? Public Law 490 NOTE: The above information also applies to the belew named Marines. BEECFER, James William COOK, Dallas Farry GIFFORD, Joseph KERNS, John Irvin PAILLSEN, William Everett OLBERT, Richard Norman ROBIRTON, Donald May A< LARSON, Carlyle Oscar DAVIS, Richard Ills\7erth MATTISON, Aiden Curtis SMITH, Cletus Corp. USMO 299268 CcE Sgt USMC 291466 11 Corp USMC 213498 11 Pvt USMCR 348233 11 PFC USi. c 336074 11 PFC USMCR 349489 it Pvt USMC 348240 11 Pvt USMC 346391 CoA PFC USMC 334063 11 Pvt USMCR 337253 it Pvt USMCR 347545 n drBn-AmphForcc FM5 Incl. 1 Address reply to The Bureau cf Yards and Docks and refer to ISA:rib DAVY DEPARTMENT Wasrington 25, D, C, 17 Jul 194-6 CONFIDENTIAL (Declassified 29 July 1946) MEMORANDUM TO CAETAIN J. J, ROBINS ON, USNR - Boon 4B915, Pentagon Building Subj: PNAB Contractor's Employees - Partial List of. 1. The attached list of Pacific Naval Air Base contractors' employees with their hone addresses and occupations is certified to be a true copy of t^e records available in this Bureau® This list represents the nane^ of those employees who are unaccounted for at the expiration of hostilities with the Japanese. 2.-, As a result cf an investigation conducted by a representa- tive of this Bureau, tie Commander Marshalis Gilberts Area in a letter dated 19 December 1945 (Confidential;, Serial 02641, stated in part, "(a) Ninety-eight (98) American P0Wrs remaining on Wake Island were deliberately executed on the order .of the J panese Commander Rear Admiral Ca^aibara, ninety-six (96) of whom with hands tied and blindfolded were shot tye night of 7 October 1943 on order of I ear Admiral Sakaibara0 Previous to that date one was decapitated on order of Rear Admiral Sakaibara. On or at ut 15 October 1943 he personally decapitated the last remaining American on Wake," 3. As a result of the above, this Bureau notified the next of kin, the UoS. Employees' Compensation Commission and other interested parties that in view cf tV. fact that all other Pacific Naval Air Base contractors' employees have been accounted for with t^e exception of ninety-eight, it rust be presumed that the ninety-eight employees executed on Vvnke Island were those that were unaccounted for. 4. The addresses given in the enclosed list represent that address of tie next of kin r̂ the person t^at the employee assigned as the next of kin upon his departure from the United States, but does not represent, in all cases, his actual home address * ,/s/ J, Jo Manning Lncl: (A) List of the Ninety-eight (98) Civilians who lost their lives on Wake Island cD;d 7/16/46 J.J, Manning Chief of Bureau Document No. 840? Pago No. 23 16 July 1946 LIST OF THE NINETY-EIGFT (98) CIVILIANS WTO LOST TFT IE LIVES ON WAKE ISLAND NAME FOME ADDRESS 1. Abbot, Cyrus W», Jr« 60 Glenvocd Glado A. 2, Allen, Horace E. 3. Anderson, No m a n 4. Andre, Roland A. 5. Anvick, Allen E, 6. 3a aseh, Carl Alfred 7. Bellanger, George 8, Bowcutt, Don R< 9. Boyce, Dave 10. Cantry, Cbarles E. 11. Cavanagh, Allen Ec 12. Chambers, Davis S. 13. Cbard, Donley D a 14„ Cburcb, Carleton G. 15.. Cornier, Louis M. 16, Cox, Karl L, Oakland 12, Calif, 826-17tb Street Sacranc ito, C?lif, OCCUPATION Plunber Welder 6113 Southeast Rh-^ne Deckhand Portiand, Oregen st» 111 South Perkins St. Dredge Captain Pendleton, Oregon Klamath Falls, Ore-gen Mechanic 4548 Ellen Street Oakland, Califv 661 Terrace Street San Francisco, Calif, 3457 Nollis St. Oakland, Calif. 836 lest Seventh St. Bastings, Nebraska Las "Vegas, Colorado 15 Caine Street San Francisco, Calif. n uc arpenter Tug Operator Mechanic's Felper Carpenter Forenan Carpenter Carpenter Forenan 310 'Jest Vergess St.. Tractor Operator Grants Pass, Oregon Ponerey, Vva svington Robles Delrio, Calif. Carpenter c/o Mrs. Margaret Meddleton Secretary 3775-6.4th Street Woodside L.I., New York Box #121 Asotin, Washington Carpenter Document No. 8405 Prge No. 24 NAME 17- Cui rings , David L, 18. Cunha, Janes A 19. Davis, Joseph R0 FQME ADDRESS OCCUPATION 20s Dean, George V V 9 21. Dobyns, Farold 22, Dreyer, Fenry Milton 23 c Dunn, Jo s e ph la 0 24. Fenex, Jack t 25- Flint, Faward A 26. Fentcs, Glen Bt 27. Fcrsberg, Floyd F, 28. Francis, Dale G< 29» Frencv, albert P, 30. Froberger, Lrurence 652 Sequel Avenue Welder Santa Cruz, Calift 1236 Arguellc BlvcM Dentist San Francisco, Calif. 4507 North Maple St. Carpenter S pokano5 Wash ington 1037 North Second Ave, Carpenter Payette, Idaho Weaverville, Calif. Shovel Operator Aplington, Iowa Surgical Nurse 32. Gibbs, Charles A 33» G c wibfil, CI a rence 8C9 North 17tr St„ Boise, Ida10 E,FD #1 Cedy, v. yon ing Route fr2 Idaho Falls5 Idaho 819 North 23rd St. Boise, Idaho Carpenter Crane Operator Sheet Metal Workt Laborer 1210 North hilkin Place Carpenter Fcllywood 385 California. 154 Fa. nil ton Street Deckhand Casta Mesa, Calif. Apartnent #320 Roofing Foreman 265 Guerrero St» San Francisco, Calif, 209 Lincoln Place Electrical Supt, Brooklyn 17, New York 31. Gerdin, William P. 1.8 Foely Street Little Falls, New York Box 7,:924 Lancaster, Calif. Mechanic Ca rpcntcr Forener 653 Fast 113th Place Reinforcing Los Angeles, California Steel Worker Document No. 8405 • HAL-IE Faigbt, Ralph E, POME ADDRESS Box 302 Winfleld, Iowa Page No. 25 OCCUPATION Carpenter 35c Ha inss, William F 0 .Route #4 Boise., Idaho 36. Hansen, John Vernon Clarks County, Neb-. 37. Harris, George 38. Harvey, Wilbur C, 1 39« Hastie, Frani: 40. He111ck, .Howa rd L 41. Hochstein, Ernest Ac 42. Jensen,. George I836 Oak Avenue Redwood City, Calif. Carpenter Carpenter 834 Northeast Union Ave Second Assist? Engineer Portland, Oregon 4502 Noyes Avenue Welder First Charleston 4, West Va,.Class 109 Last Main Street Scraper Operatoi Visalia. Califcrnia Route -f2, Box #4 Newbeig. Oregon Mechanic First Class Route #1, BoxJrl58 Office Engineer 1 EarlierCalif, 43o Jones, Alfred Alyayne 1366 King Street _ Deckhand 44. Keeler, Ora Ks 45o Kelly, Martin T 46. Kennedy, Thomas F< 47„ Kidwell, Charles A, 48c Kroeger, Woodie W« 49» Light, Holland 50e Ling, Henry Sa n Bernaa ino s Ca 1 if 240 Evans Road Waterloo, Iowa 130 Parrot Street Roseburg, Oregon 175-25th Avenue San Francisco, Calif, Cook Roofer c/o Pvt, Ethel Clevenger Welder A605901 Second Clas; Sqd, E, 2137th AAF B.Ue Hendricks, Fla« 432 Crlspoo.ta St. Albany, Oregon Carpenter Nocnan, North Dakota Dredge Deckhand 1016 G Head Laundry Opj Honel&ne, Honolulu Document No. 8405 NAME / • " 51o Lythgoe, Gene 52, Hackle, liner 53, McDaniel, Janes B. 54, He Inne s , Th one. s L 0 HOME ADDRESS Page No. 26 OCCUPATION 38IO McLoughlin Blvd. Labrrer Vancouver, ¥esvington 3820 North Gentenbein Labor Foreman Portland, Ore., Ave 428 Courtland St. Atlanta 3, Georgia 400 Dock St. Tacoma, Wasvingten 55. Marshall, Irving E. 18 State Street Lowville, New York Cobbler Port Captain Dragline Operate 56o Martin, John 57. Migacz, Frank 58. Migacz, L elvin 59« Miller, Irwin E. 60. Mitchell, Foward F. 61. Mitchell, Wayne I. 62. Mittendorf, Joe F. 63. Mueller, Carl 64. Myers, Richard B. 65„ 01nstead, Clifford A. 66«, Pease, Gordon 67, I-ratt, Archie Fays 2718 East Bonne Ave, Carpenter Spokane, Washington Route #5, Bex #412A Shore Foreman Milwaukee, 14, Wisconsin Route #5, Ecx #4l2/i Mechanic's Felpt Milwaukee 14, Wisconsin Box 7,7 Price j NortVi Dakota Duchesnc, Utah Duchesne, Utah Eox #51 Mayer, Arizona Dredge Deckhand Mechanic First Class Oiler Oiler 7 Oak]and Drive Baker Pa tc^ogue, L oIo, New York 314 Sycamore St. Carpenter Clark's ton, Washington Route #1> Bex #10 Shovel Operator Gr-idley, Calif. Box #226 Lander, Wyoming Oiler 1021 South Record St. Field Mechanic Los Angeles 23, Calif„ Document Nc. 8405 NAME POME ADDRESS Page No. 27 OCCUPATION 68, Preston, Donald Wn. 69a Rankin, Norton D* 305 Jess Penthouse Carpenter Lewiston, Idaho 4745 Seventh A v e . N E Carpenter Seattle 5, Washington Apprentice 70» Ray, Wiilian F., Jr, 812 Summit Street^ Grading Supt. 710 Reynolds, William ID 72, Robtins, Sreldon G. 73. Sher.el, Claries H. 74, Schottler, Herman 75- Shank, Lawton E. 76. Sheperd, Orbin R„ -̂'owners urove, Illinois c/o George Lt Funk Electrician Crerryville, Oregon 9304 Fiokory Street Los Angej.es, Ca^iia Carpenter Box 533 Carpenter Dnior-town, Wasv:; r-g'on 11Q5 Valota Road Roofer £eu<VOOd C1 '37 S.-.n Iran^iscc, Calif- i'rrop B'l i.ld j.llg I. agoxa , Indiana Physician 1633 Northeast: Saratoga Crane Operato: j-'oreland, Oregon St» 77. Sherman, Glonwood F- 1511 Suncourt 78,. S^riner, Gould F, 1 79' Signan, Russell Jr. Rockville, Illinois 142C Y.\ Second St. £ i o ux C i y , Iowa 267 Cleveland St. Idaho Falls, Idaho Welder Welder First Class Electrician 80. Simpers, William T. Wapiti, Wyoming Carpenter 81. Smith, Charles Elmer 82c Sto Johr,, Francis Carl 83. Stone3 Willis C, 84. Streblow, Alvin 85. Stringer, Wesley W: Grant, Florida Box #1202 Eastlong Pa s ca g oula , III s s» Reinforcing Steel Worker Mechanic First Class 408 McAllister St, Chef Greenville, Mississippi 161-15th Ave, South Baker Wisconsin Rapids, Wis* Eox #1386 Medford, Oregon Laborer Document No. 8405 Page No 9 20 86. Sullivan, Donald 8'/ , Susec, rt.hur J, 88. Tart, LpCy Franklin 89. Thompson, Glenn 90. Tucker, Earl t. 91. Vancil, Vernon 92. Van Valkenburg, Ralph 93. Vent, Glen % 94. Villines, Charles 95. Williamson, Frank F. 96. Wilpei, Redmond 97* Woods, Charles 98. Yuen, Farry T.K. POLE /.] DRLSS Route #2, Box #517 Longview, Washington Route 7, 2, Box #303 ^ilisboro, Oregon OCCUjVoTK: Deckhand Mecvanic1s Fel c/o Gary Clifton Leveeman Route 7;-2 Raleigh, North Carolina Route #2, Box #100 Laborer Cadiz, OVio Gold Fill, Oregon Laundrynan Star Route, General Carpenter Foreman Snyder, Colorado Delivery 6112 South Fausett Ave.Tug Operator Tacoma 8, Yiashington Route #1, E x #1823 Carpenter Modesto, California Apprentice 1145 Last 13th South Drill Rigger Salt Lake City, Utah Felper 1524 Grand Avenue Carpenter Edwards, I.asvington Foreman Rcute #5 Bcise, Idaho Carpenter 227 West 50th Street Carpenter- National City, Calif. Metropolitan Market Messman King Street Fonolulu, To Fc Document No. 8405 Page No. 29 Based on ray experience of over one yen in investi; - and prosecuting war crimes, and on such matter as is briefed in tils affidavit it is the opinion of the undersigned that • policy wr3 adopted by the responsible officials of the v' "r < a T 1 lovc-raimcnt, relative to the disposal and ir>.at; .- ill .L is- nors - -f war, which was in violation of established international lawi end the Geneva (Prisoner of War) Convention of 27 July 1929. The pattern of the policy of the Japanese Government seemed to be to require and permit local military commanders to unlawfully kill on the spot ell prisoners of war. except certain ones wanted for question- .ng by higher authority or other specific purposes unknown. It is further my opinion t^et the unlawful killings of prisoners of war, which have been proved by trials in specific cases, were done pursuant to the Japanese Imperial Govern- ment's sanction. /s/ John D. Murphy JOHN D. MURPHY, Captain, U. S.'Navy, Director War Crimes, Pacific Ocean Areas. 13S I. John D, Murphy Captain, U. S. Navy, of lawful age, being duly sworn on oath, state that I have read the fore- going affidavit consisting of thirty-one (31) pages, and that mattei contained therein is true to the best of my knowledge, and belief. That the lists of persons given therein arc made from tve files of Commander Marianas Legal Office. /s/ John D. Murphy JOHN D. MURPHY, Captain, U. S. Navy. Subscribed and sworn to before me at this 19 day cf November, 1946 /s/ James J. Robinson Capt., LT Nil 52853
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