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JimADQUARTE:Rs : EIGIITH ~\,.1U,1Y

>Ul1i te'd .Sta.te'S Arr.w
Of'f'ice of the Staff Judge Advocate
Yokohan~,

Japan

9 June 1949

lHTlTEp STATES OF .L'MERICA VS KAF/JIIB SAKA.BA

UNI TED S'fil.TES OF .ii.MERI CA VS lllirT Jl SUZUKI
Reviei.-1 of the Staff . J~dge il.d~r::~
_. l~
The a.t-Gacli,ed record of trial of the case of Ka;nar:i.e Sp.kabo. and Kunji
SUzuki tried at Yol~Q'}1ql'.10., Japan, froi:1 3 June 1948 to 19 No'Ve::iber 1948, by a; Military Coinr:1isaio1i. .appoiJ.1.ted b.y pa.rO.gra.ph 12, Special Orders. Ho. 120, Hea.dqua.rters
Eighth, Ari:1y, tfni tod St1J..tes Arr:.1y, dated 26 Mo.y 1918 9 o..s o.r,1enclocl. by paragraph 1,
Specici.1 Or,ders No,. 17{i:_, Heaclquar'l:;ors I:ighth .\rny, United States Arr.iy, da.ted 2 .
August 1948 1 and . a~ .:fu:rthcr r.nondod by pu:ragraph 3, Spe<l-inl Orders No. 214,, Head- .
qu;:i.rtQr~ Eighth An:ty;, United Sto.tos Ari:w:.- da:ced 21 Septer.ibor 1948, and further
a.r.1e:tid,Qd by pci.ra.g;ra.ph 1~ Specia.l Orclors Hoo 218, Hcadqua.rtors Eighth :..m.y, United
Sta.tos Amy, dr.d:;Q<j. 27 Septonber 1948 a.nd further a.nonded by Spocio.l Orders Na.: .
222, :11oa.dqua.rtors Eightl1 ~1.rm.y; United Sta.tos .\.ruy, dntod 1 October 19 l:8, ha.ving
boon rof'orrecl to tho Sta.ff' Judgo . Advoca.to, ~hin rovio,r tho roof is subn.i ttod to tho
Cot11:l0.Udiri~ Gcnoro.lo
1

Porsona.l D~~on~ning l.1.ccusod

DA~'E OF C01!FINE1JENT:
14 Doconbor 1945
NAlim: Ka.nru:10 Sa.kn.ha.
. AGE: 64
DL'l'E OF li.RPJ...IGN1rEHT: 3 June 1948
f"1~~1.c:E OF TRIAL:
Yokohru:m,, . Jo.pan
RESIDENCE:: . Tolcyo-To, Shinj~.1:.11--Ku,
.PERIOD
OF
TRIJ1.L:
. 3 Juno 1948 to
Ni shi-O<lhia.i, 1-Chono 28 2
19 Novoubor .1 948.
MA.RITAL~.. STATUS: Ma.rricd
DATE OF SENTENCE: 19 Novo;:1bor 1918
REU~TIVES: Uif c, s itJto:r
SID.TTElTGE: CHL for life.
E})U'CATIOW: Nili.ta.ry ..i.ca.dor.iy, Infantry
School, Toyru~ia. a.nd Tokyo Foreign
CL.--:!MENCY RECOMIIENDED BY COl.tt1fiSSION: Mo
La.riguo.g;o Schools
. . VOC:A.TION: Profossioi1a.l soldier
. ]/JI LI1'4~ CAREER:
Gra.dt?-a.tod Hili ta.ry 1~co.c1ony
1906 - 001:missionod 2nd Lt. Served
in Inporia.i Ja.pcmoso .'..r1J.y until 1931..,
Rooa.llod 1937 a..nd servo cl until surroncl0r ..
HighE)st rank C.t-~ufnod: Colonel

Hl:...HS:

Kunji Suzuki

:AGE:
54
HESIDENCEf .. Chiba...;Ifon,, Kashirla.-1.fachi,
Toyoshil<;:i. 832 .
.
-MiJUTAL .. STATtJS: l\fo,rriod
. RJTILL.~S: TF:ifc ,. 2 brothers;, 3 sisters .

'E:ptJCJi.TfQM: . Mili.:tury.f.. ca.dotiy

DL.TE OF CONFINEHEHT: 14 Soptor.1bor 1915

Dli.Tg 0 F iJtlliJ GNl.IEJNT : 3 Juno 1948
PLl..C~ OF TRIJ..L: Yokohnno.~ Japan - '
PERIOD OF Tfil:.. L: 3 JUllC 1918 to
19 lfoi:.:onbor 19~8
DATE OF_ SENTENCE: 19 Novonbor i9,.!:8

SENTENCE: CUL for life

. VOCATtoiT: .Pto:f.'ossiorici.l sdldior
-0 .
-c1EivlENCY HECOHMENDED BY COMMISSION:
MiLi'T.fl,Ry CARE3R: . Ir.1porio.l" Ja.p~1.cso Arny,
. 1~12 until surrender. Highest rank
o:t:ita.fuodi: - Colo;nc l

_,.,. ,,

Mo

......

.: ..

.....

<~~

Synppsi~ : df :Cl:i'argo:;; .. P).oo.E1, FindinS o.nd Logo.l Suffioioncy.

Ktu10J'J.e , SAKABA ..
'Acou;sed:;
a/.; tho ..tjJio
s a.nd pla.cos' sot fort;h :HG .
.. . .. :.
. -.. , . .
f
iil tli,O, spocifioo:pipns, h~roto o.tto.chod,
. oi1<l_.'*;riiig ':a. jiin.o 9~ wa;r bo.tr:oon tho
Uri:Ltoct'Statos of' ,[kl:iori c o.i ~ 'its 11,1 lios und
popoil'd.tincio s, . o.nci J o.p ru1'~ 'did; violuto : tho
I

. .

Finding~

Lega.lly
Susto.inod

G.

Y;os

\.

Laxis a#d Custous of ;;a.:r" .

l: B9~wo31 April 19~14 r.i1d AUb1.lSt. 19<io~ NG

o.t br iiohr Onor:f P1. ! CC\r.1Psi a.ccusod did ui1,...

' Sp

lo.\:r.f'l.illY~disro go.:rd ruid fa.iJ. to . -1.is.oha.rgo

his

duty - ~., co.U:sine; ru1ct pcri-.4tt:i..11g' nunor ...

ous Ariorioru1 nnrl . Allio d Pri conor s of T/a.r

to poJ,"fo~fa ~tork n:rtd l t>bor in diroc-G support o.f ~"ia.r opora.t5~ons, and by ca.us inc; a.rid pcri:tl:cting ~~1om to -rrork o.nd live on and
in: tho . fl;Jnodia.to vicinity of .Milita.ry
Instnllb.tiori.s o.nS]. plants a.nd fa:ct_o rio s
ongo.gg,.\l....i.J~k directly supporting wnr
opora.tiob.s, cxpo qcd to tho perils of vmr
wi thotit providing i;hou i;tlth a.doquo.to pro"
t6ction thorofron.,

a:

~oJ~roon April 1941 .ruHt August 19:1:5 _, i'JG,

Sp
G, except tho
".(cs .
.a.cpuso'd. did un~a.TlfUlly disro_go.rd a.nd fni~.
f rords "by. fn.iling . w1d neg"!
to . discha.rgo . M,s duty by po1-ni.tting fil-i;,lly
looting to provide o.doqua.to
ruid :i.nso.hita.ry. ooriditions . to exist in a.nc.1
quo.rtors ru~d hont; by fo.il - .
ci.bout :~f'.l;id onnp; by fo.~ling and nogloot :b~.g
ing ru.1d neglecting ~o provide
, "!:io. pro,ndo a.doquo.to. qua.rtors and hoa.t;
suff~ciont food ru1ci clothing";
11
by fp;iling o.nd noglocting to provide sufrofusinG"; 11 thoroby contribuf:toio.1?-t footl o.ncl clothing; by rofusil1g,
ting . to tho .doa.ths
Horport
fniling n.nd ncglooting to provide o.cloqua.to
: ; McC(1.!1ts, ru1 .A1:1oricru1 Priso.
a.rid hwilt.mo uocHca.1 ca.r'c o.nd a.ttention o.nd
oner of T:cu-, Roy Consta.blo, 0.
a;doquo.to ,a.vo.i1dbJ.o, ncc.lioo.1 supplies; by
British Prisoner of ":lo.r~ Ario
: cnsing o.nd pc_rr;iittins ~ ~1;1o ri9011 und ;~11iod .
Heynis o.nd Po"frol Albert Louis
P~,isoriot~ of '. :a.:r to vork cmd porfornhnrd
Vru1 Pola.non .. Dutch Prisoners
of '::o.r, n11d Erno sto Sa.xiba.,,
,i.1ritl.ua.l . l .P.bor Yihilo ill, disco.sod und
physi<JO.liy unfit to por.:f.'~:rn such lo.bar 11
an Ito.litm prisoner of wo.r. 11
thorpby oontributinK to t ho doo.ths of .
Of tho cxcoptocl words, Not .
Horbert Yi. McCa.nts, 0.11 .Ar.1orioa.;.1 Prisoner
Guilty.
of ;-:a.r; Roy Consto.1J1o, a. British Prisoner
of 'Jrir; Ario Hcynis. Md Peto 1 .Albert LOuis

of

van Polo.ti.on.. . D\itoh Prisoners of .".'"!o.r a:nd

Ernesto so.xiba., a.l.1 It6.lia.n Prisono1:" of Fu.r .

Sp ~lotw:oon ::.'l.pr~J, ' 191:1 - DJ.1.d I"ugust 1945, NG
O.ccusod .did unla.va'Ully disrogo.rd DJ.1.d ' . .
l'a.il to discha.rgo his -duty to restrain
and oontro'l r;ior.1.bors of his couua.nd a.nd
pcrson,s under his siipcrosion a.nd ~ control .
.
by pcrr:iitting tho1:1 to uisq.ppropririto Rod
. - Cross ti.iid other supplies intended for the
.... USO a.l1a.i: fu1~cf'it'

of

.Ar~crioo.i1 ci.l'-d Allied

Prison6r:s : o#.'. .to.t 'a.nd. per sonril 1property .

'i;>ololl.ging
to. said. -Pr~sonors .
.
.. .
.
.

..

;_

. .

~.

.1

NG

.6

(p". 2 of 101

Sdmba. ct 1, C::tsc lTo.

-:'- ~; ,~/ft/,'~l ~,,,/

305) ~,;- , '

-

-~:,.

.-

Sp 4:. BetvioonApril 194:1: a.i.-i.d .'..ugust 1945, NG

a.ccused di.d unlnwfully disroga.rd o.nd
fa.il to discharge his duty to rostra.in
o.nd control nombers of his oor:n:mnd o.nd
persons under: h:l..s su.porvision a.nd control
by _porni tt~1ig_ tho1:1. to i;rithho ld fr on
.l'..n.erica.n. a.nd Al.lied_ Prisonors of .:o.r their
irloor.tlng -nnil, . orid by porr.1itting; thoa to
,Tith.hold o.nd do stray both tho inconinG , .
a.nd outgoing r.h.'\11 bi' : ...norico.11 n.nd Allied .
Prisoners of T:'rire
Sp _5: Botrroo!l "\pril 1914 a.ncl.Ji.uguot 19:1:5.? N'G
a.ocusod -did urila.ni.'ully disrogard and fa.il "i:;o disoha.rgo _his cluty by pornitting lu.torioru.J. o.nd Allied Prisoners of '.."a.r to bo
stood a.t o.tto:rit:lon for long periods o:f
tino.

..

Stricken (R 60)

..
Stricken (R 60)

.si? .6: BotvroonApril 194-1: a...11.d l ..ugust l945: _NG

a.ocused ~id unla.wful,ly disroga.rd a.nd fa.il
to di.scho.rGo his duty to rost:ra.in a.nd
Control. l:lOl:lbO_rf? . of his C01'.1J;l...'U1.d a.nd parsons under h:i.s . suporv:Lsbn Md control
by porniti:;ing th.or.t to colloctitroly punish
11.r.iorica.n a.rid Allied Prisonors of ':"!a.r for
individua.l nets"
Sp 7: Bott.icon April 1914 a.nd lmGUst l9<:l:5., NG
o.ccuscd did unlmr.fully disroc;a.rd o.nd fo.il
to discha.rgo his duty by co.using o.nd
pornittinc; Aucrico.n Prisonors of' :io.r who
,-roro r.tornoers of D-29 ru1d subna.rino crous,,
known o.s -"Sp_ocio.1 Prisoners", to be discrirain,a.tod o.go.inst in troa.t;.1 0nt o.nd to bo
mistroo.tod ru1cl nbusod in -tho followinG
pa.rticulo.rs, thereby co.using tho de a.th
in or o.bout tho nonth of' July 19~5 . of
Author Gill, a.n Ano:rica.n Prisoner of :.-a.r,
to-uit:

G-, oxcopt tho

yrord "co.using" in tho next
to _tho lo.st lino,, substi tuting thorofor tho Yrords
11
contributing to". Of tho
oxcgptocl_Yrord, Not Guilty.
Of tho substituted m:ir ds,
Guiltyo

O.o
By ordoril1G .that "Spocio,.l Prisonors" bo given no r.1 odicn.l care;

NG

b. By ordorinr; that "Special Prisonors" bci plctcod on hrtlf ra.tions of food;

NG

NG

o. By ordering thc.t a Spocio.l Prison NG

ors" bo oonfiiiod to b::i.rro.cl:s ::-.nd n.o t bci
a.11011od to o.s,aooio.to nith other Prrsoners
of'' r:a.r;
\"---

NG

d. By ordering tho.t 11'spocio.l Prisonors 11 NG .

bo confined in. ro1 a.roa. subjoctod to bot1bing ra.ids-, o.nd by prohibiting thou tho
uso of o.ir ro.id. shelters;

NG

- NG

f. By <lo;nyin;; 11 Spcoin.1 Prisoners" n.ll 1m

;religious pr~:vilogos;

NG

By denying 11 Spocio:l Prisoners"

o.11 conta.ot with rclo.tiv~; ,
Oe

g. By confinil1c; 11 Spcci::i.l Prisonors'i

. in insrul.ita.ry quo.rtcrs, a.nd by denying;
thott o.doqua.tc f'a.cilitics with which to
koop thoir persons a.ncl clothinG cloa.nf '

NG

. ~ . -.1 --L',; -4./ft/ ,-7/;_x, :f'

Yes

Yos

Yos

Yos

'

(p 3' of 101, .S.:.\!:o.b~ ot l, Ca.so No.' SOS)

{ ...

--

h . By ft:'.iling to provide "Spccio.l

Prisoners'~ uitli i:l.doqua.to clothing;

i~, _By, ca.usiii.g "Spocio.l Prispnors" tQ - HG

bo boo.ton by tho Ja;pa .nose soldiers, and
by forcing 11 Spocia.l Prisoners" to bco.t
ca.oh otl~o~ for'. punishr1, nt;

. j,, By requiring . 11 3poo1.a.J. Prisono1s 11

during tho vrin~6,r...;ti1:io -l;o sto..nd in snO'il"
i;rithbut shoos _at roll~ca.11;

---

. NG

NG

NG

NG

NG
,/

v-----

11

k.,
By denying -Spocio.l Prisoners" o.11 NG
library privilogos;

HG

i. By roquir:i.i.1g n Spocia.1

Pri sonors 11
MG
to .,:rorl: on lct.bo:r doto.ils ho.'-vin::; direct rolo.tions with 7ro.r operations;

NG
~

n._ By ca.using iio bo 1Iithhold fron . . HG

Yos

''Spooio.l Priso1iorsli Rod Cross nodic:i..nos,

i1odico.l oquipnont a.nd clothinc;;
l1..
By pomltting col'.octi VO punish...
nont of 11 Spoc:'..a1 P;isonors 11 i f illness
provontod r.1a.ny bf th01:i fron reporting
for Yrork;

o.

to bo

By" roquirinG "Spocinl Prisoners"

quostio~od

by

NG

NG

NG

J~po.noso sold~oF~,

o.nd by o.llowing tho;.1 to bo boo.ton for not

giving so.ti sfn.ctory a:.nsw-ors.,
Sp 8: Botrroon ; .. pr:i. 1 19 ,~l n.nd .l.ugu's t 1915, NG
. o.ccusod did unlcmi'ully disroGo.rd o.ncl fa.il
to discho.rgo his duty by co.usine; ::m<l pcruittine; .Anorico.n a.nd . .Uliod Prisoners of
T:a.r 1:.rho hold tho. l"ru1k of officers to bo
or.1ployod n.s uorkors without thefr . qonsont.,,
Sp 9:. Bomroon .:.pril i944 a.nd Aueust 19,~5, NG

Yos

NG

o.cousod did unlo.TJf'ully disrogo..rd a...nd

f6.il to discha.rgo his duty to restrain
CUld control ::ionbors of his cor:ir.i..'1.nd 6.nd
:persons UJ."l.<;lor his supervision o.nd control
by porr.1ittii1c; thon to subject .'..uoricn.n
c.nd Alliod Prisoners of :.-ar to tho ridicule r: tho Jn.pti.nosp oi viiinns,.
Sp 10: Botrroon l.1.pril 19,~-';, o.ncl August 1915 1 HG
o.ccusod did unla.1rfully c1isro150..rd r..t.."l.d fui.J.
to discho.rgo his duty by causing o.nd rc'cl_uir:i..nt; l1norionn n.nd .'.1.llioc1 P.risonors of
::o.r t.o . sb.luto o.n<l b011 tc o.11 Jupnnoso
so ld,5.0rs,, Ja.p:mo so cool io s, Jo.po.no so
. ci.vilians 0...'1.d to troos a.nd by ca.u!3illg
a.rid poruittinG Auoriccui o.i1d .c"..liiocl Pris011.ors of -:o.r to: be 900..ton n.nd othorrriso
o.busod - f"or .fcd:l:.~ng to do so..
_,

Yos

l:

(p 1 of

101, Snl:o.ba. ct 1.11 Ca.so No. 305)

II ~ - ,

'~ /. -L._.

, . -~ >-v~/:~~~d, . '

,.

,j

Sp 1l: Bo~rocn1 Lpril 1941: c-.ucl J,u0ust 191--5 ~ HG

a.ccusod did unlnyrfully cli.,'3ro-:::;.xcd a.nd fa.iJ.

to dischorgo his. dqj;y by oa.usinr; o.nd porni tting .k:ierician a.ncl Allied :Prisoners of
r:a.r in cho.rgo of prisoner of vmr deta.ils
to bo boo.ton o.nd, othorvriso t'..busod for
fa.iling . to calii their dotnils to a.ttontion, yrhon nccti.'socl pa.ssod 15y.
I .

Sp 12: On rui.~ 0060.si.021 botrroon Soptonbor

NG
J.9tJ:1 ru:id Murch 191155 a.ocusod did Ylronr;;full~r- and un:lo.y{~lly .r.iisbr.oa.t ono H0.,,ol.c1.
H. vrui.. '::ornor, m'l. ;,.-.iorioa.n Prisoner of
.~ :;o.r, by beo.tinh; .. L"\nd othorvriso a.busfa1G hin.,
.

NG

---

Yes

Sp _13: DU.ring July 194f-' . occusoC. d:l.c.

FG
i"!!'Oj'.lg;i'ully .a.nd ti.11l ~w:f1 1J.l.~ 1:1istrcmt ono
:.>- J. Dortrm.uJI a. Br.i ti sh Pri so:nor .of .ia.r, by
confining hhl.' i);l tho g;ua.rcl roo:.1 for ton .

Stricken

(R 69)

".,

clo.ys.
Sp 14: -Botwoon :~pril 194,1 a.nd .;'..ugust 1945, HG
a.ccusod did v.nlo.wfully clisrog;a.rd o.nd fo.il
to discl1a.rgo hin du.ty to :..~o s"bl'a.in a.nd
cmrbroJ.. r.1or.ib0rs o.f' his c::n:u-:mnd and por~onf.
under his suporvis:wn m1d control by porni ttins ther;l to co.-mi t t :10 f:o lloning
a.troc.i tics a.ncl. other offon sos o.ga.inst .
ru:1or.ico.n n.nd l .. lliod Pr.isonq1s of -:-~a.r:

G.

G, oxcoptins
Yos
tho nerds, in tho la.st +inc,
11
11
. a.nd la.to1 doa.th
n.ncl 11 on 11
11
1..ucust 19-15 Of tJ'l.o oxcoptod
,-rords, lTot Guilty,.

n: In or a.bout the spring of 1911.: 5,, tho HG

unla.vdul nistroa.t.-.1011(; by o.n unidentified
Jo.pa.p.eso of \;j,lli.an Boyas, ono Da.vrson,
ru:i.d :otl:i.or British Prisonors of ::a..r by
boa.til1r; o.nd oth01"'1nso c.hasinr:; then . thereby
ca.using the oolla.pso a.nc~ lo.tor doa.th of
Do.wson on 11 .tm~st 1915,.

b: In or c.bout tho sunnor of 1C~5>' tho NG

m1la.vr.t'U1 i.~istroo.tnont by n .Ja.pru1ose lo::v:in:.1
a.s t;ho 11 Mndr.'!.cin11 ::md sov0ra.l unidentified
. Jq.panoso guo.rds of Norr.1x.1 1. lbortson"' n:r..
k . 1orica.n Prisoner of ."['..r, by boa.tili.r, ~cl
othor\-riscv
a.busin:.._,: h:in.
.

Yes

0: :h or o.bout ~Tulv 19-:~4; tho unloxrfuJ. NG

nis_trca.tuont by cm 1.mi.c.i.onbifiod <To.pnnezo
of Uoi"i.1.'1.n. Albertson:- n.n Ji.noricru1 Prisoner
of :;ci.r.1o by boo.tine a.nd o:t;:1orrriso o.busind:'
hir.1 0

>

Yes

Yos

cl; In or o.bout July 1915, tho unlmrful UG

Yes

uistroo.tnont l:iy .a. Ja.po.noso . gu-0.rd knovri1 a.s

:tho 11 Ma.cl:.mn" of ono St'Jffo s, cu1 ,"tlliod Pris-011.or of' ;-."o.r 0y boa.tin.:; o.nd otho:nriso ::-.bus
ilig ' h _it1.
o: On a.:;.1 ooco.sion bu t\;0c;:i 1'.. pril 19~5

. .,

lTG

fiG '

a.TI.cl
.Aur.ust
1915,
tho unla..-f:f'ul; \ uistroo.tnont
.
.
v
.
.
.
.

py

-~

:tmidontifioc.1 Jcpm1oso Qio.rd of 0110

Sovo.tld.u, ::u1 iu;1orica.n Prisoner of iu.r, by
boa.tinb Md othorttisc a.busine hm..
OJ.1.

< .

- (p 5 6f. .101, Sa.kc.ba.

o:t

l; Co.so Uc. 305)

j--~ ./, ,.74. : /: - ~ ~/

/ l

.(.-J_,.,(

{7/iX-..

..

,;: _

:t . In

. . .

qr ti.bout August 191 5 . the unJ.aw~ HG.

ful mistreatm1mt by nn un.id0ntified Jap:ll1~
ese of HQ:try :fl~dg~s~ an American Prisone:>.
of .'ITar, by bea.bing ,;and otherwise . O:l;using
him., .
.

NG

g., Between Sep"l?ember ;I.944 and August

NG
1945 1 the unJ.awfui . rnisbrentment of one
West,.
Allied Prisoner of War,. "oy plD.C- .
ing h:i.m for ten mon'\;hs in sol_itary . con-

NG

---

an

finement m0ideq1.u)-t;0ly cJotl;l.ed, .shod r.lld

proteo~ced against :th~ .elements vrhil~h .
confinement resulted. in his loss :o;:' both
grea.t toes from freezing
. h. On an occa:s~:6n between September
. NG1944 and December 19L1A .. the . unlo:wful iitis~
treatment by 0.11 u:.11.ldentH'ied. Japanese of
Lee G. Floyd, an American Prisoner 'Of
'Jar, .b y bee.ting and otherwise a.busing hil119
I

'

i. In or between Apri 1 1945 and Aug...

ust 1945, the unli:twful. mistreatment by
an unidentified Jo.panese of Melvin L~
Greene, e,n. llL1aricEn Prisoner of Wa.r, by
placing him in soJ.ito.ry confinement for
the period of five mon-Ghn and otherwise
a.busing him.

.\ .

NG

NG

jo In or ct.bout Septembe 1 1944.. the

NG
unla.wful mistreatment. by a Japunose lmq'\m.
as Mina.J:wru of one Ashton Hill, a. British
Pr~soner of Wo.:r: who ':ms thon ill r.nd
runp.ifig a. high temperature, by beati,ng
a.nd othen~.so abusing him, thereby causing his doo.th on 27 September 1944,.

NG

k(J (a.a tUnendod) ln or a.bout the la.tter NG

pa.rt of the yenr 1944, tho unlo;wf\<l mistrea.tni.ent ond abuse by one Anzia, a._
Ja.pMese _ civilia.n foremu:n, one_ Fujiga.wa.~
0: JD.pa.nese guard~ Dlld other unidentiffod
Ja.po.ne se guards of ono Rue, a. British
Prisoner of.Har, by boa.ting him~

G,

Yea

as a.mended '

1ti In or about tho ea.rly po.rt of 1945,, NG

Yes

Yes

the unla.wful miotrGa.tmerri.; by one Anzio..,.

a. Jo.pa.nese oivilio.n forema..."1., and o.nother
knovm n.s tho 11 Fo.t Mo.n", of one
Go.lligher,, .n British Prisoner of Ha!', by
beating a.nd otherwise a.busing him.

-~ra.pa.ne sei

On

m.
on o<:rcn.sicn between September
NG
1944. and December 1944 the unlawful mlstr_~a.tment by Koita.re Fuld.jima., a. _Ja.po.ncse .
solclif:}r, of Robert H.. Ro0hn: an Allied
Prisoner of Wo.r_. . by boa.th1g ::md oth(:)I"wise a._b u.sD:ig , hiril.
I

(p 6 of 101, Sri.ka.bh. ct 1.. CO:so No. 305)

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-~

./, l~~ttcTd

n. In pr a.bout

F~bruo.ry

1945, the

un-

NG

Yes

o~ In or about September 1944, the un ... NG

la.wful . mistroo.tme~1.t by Kei:to.ro Fukijimo.
o.nd }l4ts'lihiro Wa.to.no..be; Jnpo.neso sold:.c:::s~
of Adanto A. S. D'A.moro 11 o.n American Pr:i.soner of '!fa.r, by 'be~ting a.rid otherw1:se
a.bu sing M.,m,

Yes

p~ On cm occo.f;ion betweei\!Jl.pr.JJ--1944
NG
a.nd l!J.o.y 1945, the ui;i.la.wi'ul mi~eatment
by -ICei"to.ro Fukijim.ti. . o. t.Tnpo.nese soldier,
or' one Kit sock, ru'J. 1Jr1ericu.Il I'ri;;wner of
Ua.r, one' Lowi.s, on .1\mGriC';O.l'l Pr:1.sone:r of
1:10._r , cno N-oville, o. British P'risml.or o:f
Wo.r; o.nd one Pa.in~ a. British Prisoner of
Wo.r . by b9a.:t;i:ng D..nd othor-Niso a.busing thom,)

- G

Yes

10.w.f'ul mistrea.tmont; . by .Keita.:ro FUkijimn., '

n. Jn.pp.:nese soldJ;'er . of . John M., Puerifo;r,

Jr.y o.n.' A"iliod Pri.s-onor oi' ':far, by boc,tll!.g p.nd otherwise a.qu~ing him.

qc In or a.bout July 1945, tho unlawful

mistroa.tmont by the 11 Ma.ctnrui11 .~ o. Ja.po.noso
soldier I of o.n ur.idontif iod Chief Potty
Officer, a.n Juncrica.n Pris0nor of Wo.r, by
boa.ting o.nd othorvri.se a.busing himo

N~

NG
\,

r. In or o.bo11t July 1944~ tho unlo.vrfu.1 NG

mistroa.tmon:t by one S1.lga.ho.ra., o. Jo.po.nose "'
soldier, of Milfor:d L. Bonnet, o.n .Amorican Pr:i.sonor of Vfo.r, by boa.ting J.Ud other-.
vftso a.busing himo

Yes

s~ In or a.bout Ja.nua.ry 1945, tho un

NG
lawful inistrocmtmcnt by Mutsu!liro \fatoiJ.a.bo ~
a. Ja.pa.ncso soldier, of R.. ff. H. Acton, a.
00.Ua.dio.n Prisoner of Wa.r, by beo.tine; o.nd
othorw'~so a.busing him.

G-

Yos

t., In o;:- a.l?ou t J a.nuo.ry 194 5, the unlifG

16.wf\tl mis tret\.tmon t - by lv.liJtGUM.ro . rI o.ton '.lbc,
a. J;:i.pnnoso soidior :- of one Ooloma.n 9 one
Burton o.nd o.bout i'orty oi:;hot C.!a.na.dfo.n .
Prisoners of \far 9 by boa."::ing o.nd othorwiso abusing thcmo

Yos

~ u., In or about Juno J 9s/~, ; -':;ho unla.rr

NG
:ful mistroa.tmont by one ,':L1_,,tf'::,, o. Jo.po.nose .
civilian gua.rd, of Jorry ~Tc Ahern, o.n
Amorica.n Prisorior of ITa.r, by boo.ting o.nd
. othorwi.so uhusing him.

.G

Yos

v~ In or nbout Ho.y 1944, tho unla."'irl'ul NG

m:i,strco.tmont by Totsuta.ro Ko.to a.nd
Mutsuhiro TI'a.to.na.bo, Jo..po.noso sold-i orss
of Co.pta.:im. B.. ,J s lk..rti.n.. n.n /i.:;i0r~.C.J.l"l
Prisoner 01' ' i'a.::- 1 by ~ing 0.nd othorvr.iso
a.bu sing hiino

Yes

"'

(p 7 of lGl ~ Sa.J::.':lba. ot ~' Ca.so No. 305)

\ .

~UZ~ i

w. On o.n 0cb.siori botvroon October 1944 NG

o.nd. December 1944 ~ the unla;w'f'ul mistreat; ment by Mu-'csuhl ro.1fato.nabo, u Ja.po.noso
soldier ~ a.n uni dontif'iod ArO.cirican
Prisoner of "'dci.r, by.l>oo.ting a.nd 'otherwise
o.busig him.
x.,, In pr a.bout t P.o s:ununor of 1944,,
NG
tho u.nla.wf'ul--ll!istrotttm!.nt 'by Mutsuhiro
rra.tana.~e,, a J&ptu1.ose soldiG.r ~ of . Prank
Ster1illg Arcerio.ux, nn ' Amorib6.n Prisoner
of \Ta.r, by beating end oJche i"Vrise abusing .
him.,

Yos

y. In or o;bout tho slUllIUor of 1944,

tJ-:ie unlawful ~istreo..tmen-t; by Mut~U.li.;i.to
-:::a.to.r1.0.bo, b. Jo.pa.nose soldior.r of o:rio
Ma..yor, d.n Amo ~i c a.n Prisoner of T'fo,r, by
boating an.cl otherwise. abusing l).im..
.

Yes

NG

''

z. On on occasion botvmon April 1944

1iJG
and December .19-14, - tho unla.w'f'U:l mist:roo.tment by Mutsuhiro .,..Ta.ta.no.be_, a Ja.panoso
sold.i or, of F.rnnk Sterling Arcenaux a.i:J.d
six other .Amorico...Yl Pri sonars of ;io.r, by
boa.ting; a.nd othorvriso abusing them .

NG

a.-1,; In or a.bout November 1944, tho

NG
unlo.wf'ul mistro.a .tment by Mutsuhiro.
\To.ta.n:ci.bc, a. 'J a.pa.neso soldier . of Jolm Co ,
A:mo.ld, a.n: American .Prisoner -of 'i7a.r,. by
boa.ting
a.nd other1;iise a.busing .hime
'
.

NG

ti"".2e On tuo o.c co.sions in or a.bout Nov- NG

ember. -i944: . tlio unla.vrful mistreatment by
Mutsuhiro Tia.ta.n:abo, a. , Jo.pa.nose soldier~
of Eugene R. Bo.rnhart, a.n .American Prisoner of Ua.r, by boo.ting a.nd othorwiso
a.butin,g him,.

Yos

a,;..3_. On divers occa.sions botrroori Juno NG 1944 a.nd August 1944, tho unlawful mistroa.tmont by Mutsuh:l,ro r:a.ta.no.be .~ et Ja.pa.ncso soldier, of Milford L. B,mnett, an
American Prisoner of '.::::i.r _, by be a.ting o.nd
otherwise a.busing him.

Yes

a.-4. In or a.bout December 1944, tho

NG
_unla.irful misbrca.tni.:mt by Mutsuhiro ~-;-c.t~a.bo,
a. _Jo.po.nose soldier, of Ifarold G. Beiorstcdt,
ru1 Amerio~ Prisoner of_ :: a.r, by boo.t ~.ng
and otnerrr.).so
a.busing
him.
' .
.
1 '

Yes

,
o.5o '. In or a.bout lfovembor 194~, tho NG
unlmrf'ul mistroa.tment by Mutsuhi!'o
r;a.ta.na.bo, o. ..Ja.panose soldier, of' Ca.pta.in
Ado.nto DtAiii.oro: an .AJp;oriCrui Prisone1
:Ta.r, by boa.ting nnd 1othervrisc a.busing him~ . -

NG

'

NG

'

of

-~

..

." '"'

., .

a ... 6. On a.n:. ocoa.sion botwoon April 1944 NG

O.Jld Dooombor. 1944,; tho unlo.wi'ul mistroa.tmoI+t by Mutsuhiro ;:a.ta.no.be a.nd , Hiroshi
Fuj'i:i.., Ja.pa.noso soldi9rs 1 of Arthur Ho.
Bu9honoil, a.n American'. Prisoi1or of ::n.r, by
- boo.ting_ and 0thoruise a.busing him.
(I;> 8 of

G, oxcopting the Yes

uords "Mi tsuhiro '..a.tano.bo and".
Of tho oxoeptod uords, Not
Guilty:,
. i
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101, Sa.ka.ba. ct 1, Ca.so Ho. 305)

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o.7 ~ On: a..n occa;sion bot-vroon April 1944 l'TG

a.nd DecC3mber 19~, the vnlnwful mistrea.tment 'Qy Mutsu.hiro) -:::a.ta.no.be; o. Jo.po.nose
sold:i.er~
Arth\ii.- H. Buchanan, o.n Amorioa.:n. Prisoner of l7o.r, by boa.ting and otherwise a.busing hill4 '.

a.-8 9 .On an ooccision between April

NG
1944 and Docembor 1944, . tho unla.wful mis.troa.trnent by fut S\:i.hiro T;a:l:io.nCl.bO 1 a. Jo.pa.nose soldier, of or..o T:O.~or, an Amcrj._oa.n
Prisoner of :;o..~.11 hy boa.ting and otho.rwir.:o
a.busing him.,

NG

Yos

et

o.~9.- .In or a.boilt iJovombor 1944j tho

NG
unlCi.vr.rU.l mistroo.trn.ent by _Mu.t.suhiro ~a.no.be,
a. Jupa.nose soldio .r~ cf Helson Acs BusQh,
o.n Amorio,a.n Prisonor of '::a.rs by boi:~ti:r.g
a.nd otherwise cib{rning hi.111>

Yes

a.~10 0 . In or a.bout lifoveml;>or 1944, tho

HG
unla.i.rl'ul mistroa;t.mont by Mu.t suhiro 0 :o.tn.no..bo,
a. Jo.pa.nose Aold:i.or, of one Arnold 0.nd
another un.idontifi.cd Allied Prisono;~ of
-:;a.r, by boC\.ting o.nd otho:nrisc a.busing them;)

Yea .

a.-lla In or o.bout Dccombo.r 1944, tho

!JG
unla.wful mistroa.tmont by Mt1tsuhiror:a.tru'l.o.bo .?
a. Ja.pa.ncso soldier, of one Colom..'Ul, a.nd
other uriidontii'iod Ca.no.dia.n Prisoners of
tia.r, by boa.ting a.nd othcrvriso a.busing .t hem.)

NG

a.-12. On divers occa.sioi:ls bot>won

April 1944 and August .194,1-, the unla.wful
mistroa.~nont by Ivlutsuhiro rio.to.na.bo, a.
Ja.po.rioso soldior, of Lci:ns 't:iillio.m Bush;
. a. Briti~h Prisoner of 1:0.r, by boa.ting
and othol:"\viso ubusing him.

NG

Yes

o.-13. In or o.bout Juno 1944, tho u.~NG

lawful mistrco.tmcnt by Mutsuhiro lia.tci.na.bo,,
0. Jo.pa.no SO soldier 1 Of tFO U:1idcntifiod,SiOk, Allied Prisoners of T1-a.r, by prtio
tioing Jiu Jitsu on them o.nd othor\riso
a.busing thomo

NG

o.-H,. In or a.bout October 194'1_, tho

NG
unla.wful mistrco.tmont by I\futsuhiro
~ia.ta.na.bc, a.Jo.pa.nose soldier, of ono Ma.t~)::
Ja.mos, O.n Alliocl Prisoner of -.;a.r, by boa;t; .
ing and othorvriso o.busing him.

G.

Yes

Yos.

o.;..15. -On di vcrs occo.sions _boi:;1;roon

April 1944 a.nd bccombcr 1944, _tho unla.vvful mistrca.tmont by Mutsuhiro Uo.ta.na.'Qo,
a. Ja.pa.ncso soldier,, of Fort Hammond
Cq.1la.ho.n,
.lUnorioa.n Prisone r ot -:io.r,
,?Y boa.ting and othorvrise 0.bus:i.rig':'him

NG

an

..

NG
divers ooca.sioris 'betirccn
NG
, -April 19'1.4 and December 1944, tho unla.vl. fui miatrea.tmont by Mutsuhiro r,-a.to.na.bc,
a. Ja.pn.n.oso soldier, of Arthur Cooling,; . o.
British. Prisoner of 1.-ar, by boa.ting o.nd
otherwise a.busing him.
(p 9 of 101.11 Sa.ko.ba. ct 1, Cci.so No. 3<?5)
n~l6. On:

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f .A V./

0..:..17 !n ~r o,pout Fobruo.ry 1945,-' the

UG .
. unlo.wfu 1 mistro tttmeJ@ by Nil t suhiro Yit\to.nabo, .
o. J~pa.n_o~ ~:0:1:1~~r (_of' 0~1:0 aaH~ghor:~ 0.11
AllJ.od. -P risomrr o!' \mr; by .< oo.using h::i.m
to be stood nt o.ttontion. fror4 9 6~ clook
p.m. _to micin'i:'gM; 'di:vily i'or 20 do.yso
n '""l8 0 Op. an .occo.sioii bot-wo.on,: Octobof

NG

Yos

NG

194<1' 'o.n:d Docol'!lbo:r 1944 1 - t,ho ;Uilla.wful mis.trco:tin.ont byi, ;Iiltsuhiro T:nta.nubo; a. Jupo.n01;10 soldier. of on:o ca.pta.in Sampson a.nd
sovc:raJ. oth~r unid0:n.tif':Lod Amoi-icnn Pris""
onors of 'Tia..r.I' by boo.ting mid . othorvriso
a.busing them(>
. a. ...19 On tl'ro ocoa.s:i.ons botvroon SopJ,;<:)m.~ NG
bor 1944 and Doo0;rib0r :944i: tho u nloxri'v.1. .
mistroo.tment .by :fli5.i.:t;suhiro lia.tn.na.bo;? . ii
Ja.panoso so.ld;i.or, .;f' .. Bornnrd Lo . LoBoau,;
a.n AlJ.l.od Prisoner of rf a.r :- by bcubing and
othorwiso a.hl~sing him~
a.-20. In or nbout Ootobor 1944, tho _ l-JG
unla.wi"ul mistroa.tmont by Mutsuhiro

iTo.ta.nb,bo, a. Jo.pano so soldiol~; of' one qomma.ndor Mp.yo_r a.nd O:bout 125 other Allied
Prisoners of ~:a.r 1 by . boo.ting c.11d othorw'iso
a.l;>using tho:m..,

Yos

Yos

a.... 210 In. or o.bout Doc.ember 1944, the

NG
unlti.wf'ul mistrea:cmont by Ml,;:bslihiro
Unto.no.be, a. Ja.pa.neso soldier .. of Ltouten- .
a.nt Cqlonol H,,. Pike, nn 1\r.lorj,cru1 P:::-isomn
of -:-:a.r, by boa.ting cmd othonviso a.buSing
hitno

Yos

0..022. On a.n ocoa.sion. botwoon Septombor NG

1944 a.nd Ootobor -1944, tho unlo.wful mis-
troo.tmont by :Mutsuhiro 17a.to.ria.be, a. Ja.pa.n..:.
oso Roldior; of Don Ga.lonterriok . on .Amori~
oa.n Prisonor . f :Tar;, by boating and other. vnso a.busing him9

NG

a.-23c In or a.bout Soptombcr 1944, tho

unlo.vr.ful mistroo.tmcnt by Mute;'Uhi!'o
77'0.tannbo,, a. Jo.po.nose soldier.., of 0110 D(,
Colentorner, a.n AUiod Prisoner of r.~o.r,,
by boa.ting o.nd othorrrise a.busing; himo)

lIG

NG

. .a.~24o In or a.bou,G Soptombor 1944,, tho

Un.lcwr.f'u.1 mistroa.tmont by Mutsuhiro
:,~a.ta.rtnbo,, . o. Jq.p.anoso soldier,_ of 12 -unidentified Allied Prisoners oi' -.:o.r, by
boo.ting o.nd othorwi se a.busing them

N~

NG -

. a.-25. .O.n nn occo.simi between Soptem

NG
bor .1944 o.nd D~oombor 191 .l:, t;.ho 'Ltnlo.v.r.t\~1
mistroa.tmon:t by }Au.t;suhiro i:ra.-crumbe,, a.
_
Jo.p::moso soldior, of ono Ca.pt:',in Sti...'llpson,
.Q,?i Amorioo.n Prisoner . of ~T;:ir ~ by boa.ting
a.nd. othor'wiso abusing him~

'

. (p '10 of

J.01 , Sa.knbt'. et l, Cnso No. 305)

1i~~~

Yos

';, ,. ! , .' .. :

.; ~ . . ..

: a.,.;;26~ On divor~ ooca.sions betwoon

NG
. Apr-il i9 .14 ruid,:_Deoombo:r." 19441 tho unla.'\r-
ful mistroa.t~)jt by Mut:"uhiro 17ci.tnna.be,
. a. Jo.po.hose soldier, . . of. ono Corpora.1 HillF
a.n Allio~Pri~o~ror of -.: :O:r, by boa.ting n.nd
other.vi so :a.b~sing him~ .
.

NG

a.-2 7 11'). or. :about Ma.y 194L'c, tho unlti.vr- NG

i'ul mist:r:-oa.tment by Mutsuhito rla.ta.nO.bo, '
a. .Jnpd.Uose ~oldior.,, of ~ .Da.vid Albert Hurt,
a.n Amorioa.n Pri$,oncr of -::.-nr, by boa.ting
and othorvns.o a:bt1.sfug Jiim:

Yes

a.-28~ In or a.bo~t Novemb~r 1944,11 . tho NG

unln.wful mistroa.tmont by Kiyoshi ICoi.wo:
a.nd MU.tsuhiro i10.ta.nO:bo . Ja,pa.noso S.6ldiors, .
of :flori.ry Fe Inman :me, i' i vo otho r. unidoriti'-
fiod Al'lied ;P:ri~ono rs of' -.:-ur, .by boo.ting
' roi~ cthorrriso o;pusing. thom"

Yos

o:-29e Iri or 'o.bout Docombor 1944,_. tho

NG
unla.-\rlU.l mistrda.tmo.nt by Mutsu.h iro ~-.-a.ta.no.be,
a. Jnpnnoso soldier~ of one Tremeor, n
Ca.na.ditl.n Prisoner of -;:~a.r 1 by knocking . him
dovm and othorvri:=w a.bu.sin!; -him..

..

NG

a.-30:,, On an occasion botuoon April

NG
1944 a.nd Ma.y 194'-1 1 tho unln.vr.f'u.l mistroa.t
mont byMutsuhiro \Ta.tru~abc, a Ja.panose
soldier, of Laona.rd. P3 Knozorowski~ cm
Allied Prisoner of ~ far, by boa.ting a..nd
othonviso abusing him.

NG

a,..31. On di vors ooca.sions bo~roon

HG
Soptombor 1944 and November 19L14,. tho
.
unlmr.f'ul mistroa.tmcnt. by Mutsuhiro -.-;-o.tnnO.bo J>
. a. Ja.pa.ri.oso soldier, of Nelson l!c- 1to.uffma.n,
n.n :tuii.orioa.p. Prisoncir of ~ :o.r, by boa.tiag
and ot.herwiso a.busing him..

o.-32. In or a.bout Scpter.ibor 1944 0 tho

NG

Yes

NG

unla.wf'ul niistroa.tmont by Mutsuhiro ; ,-o.tcma.bc ~

o. Ja.pa.noso soldier:. of one Go.p_to.il?. Dumont,
a.h 11..mor'io.a.n . Pris onor of '. ,-a.r, by boa.ting
a.nd othcirvr.L se a.busing himu
a.-33. In or a.bout July J.911, tho un....
NG
ln.wful mistrop..tmont by !\lutff..th::.ro rra.to.na.bo,jl
a. Ja.pt\.nose soldier"' of Oscar.' Powoll; an
Allfod . Pri senor of ..-o.r, by boating o.nd
.otherwise a.busing him~

ao.34 ..In qr a.bout November 1944, tho NG

: u11ld.Tii\il. mistroa.tmont by Mutsuhiro
tra.ta.na.bo of one Nelms, nn Allied Prisoner
... of Y7a.l', by boa.ting ruid otherwise a.busing M_m.
a.-35. On o.n Occa.sion betvreon August
NG
1914 and1 Dooomhor 191'1:, tho 1.mla.vti'ul mis-
treatment' .by MUt.su:P,iro TI'a.ta.:na.bo, a. .Ta.pt:i.neso soldier, of ono Nordquist a.nd five .
othor unidentified Amoricim Prisonon; of
:-ro.r 1 by boa.ting b.il.d. othonrisc :ibusirrg tr.om::.

(p 11 of

HG

NG

101 1 Sa.ka.ba. ct 1,: Ca.so No. 305)

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Yes

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..

~-36. On di~er~. dcctisio,;~

: AugUst' 194-i

bot1-roort

and.Ddcom'Qor 1g,g. tho \mo:-

NG

Yes

Yes .

Yes

Yos

lo.)-d\lLJniiirt_f~n);~o:q:l3 by- 1fu.t~uhiro ITa.t;rumbo :ct. Jo.pQ.ne:sd- soldio ~~' .:of:,Frnnois MO:peyp u.n .
Allil'cLPrisonql;- of', ::-;a;r, by boa.ting nnd
othcrtriso. o.bu:sirig'
him~ .
.

o.-3-'7 .On ' di;~rs . 6000.sions .b otrreon

UG
Soptombo:- 1944 o.nd Doconiho1-' l~M, 'th'i(
la.wf'ul ma,stro~o:J:; by lfutsuh:i.ro ffatino.bo~
.n -Jo.pnneso .. f!oldior ,; of' one (Jo.pta.in Sherry,
a.n AlUe d P:ti~oncr of ~ :a.:c . by boo.ting n.l1d . otho.n riso' abusing . hi.in.
.: . .

u:i .

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o..:..3a.
On o.ri
occb.sion
bot>;ocn . N.ovombcr
HG
.
I
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.
. .
19.- .o..nd Dooombcr, . J.9~.:'.1 1 tho 1..m:Lo.Vri'ul mi:
trcO.t:mont by M.ltsU:hiro \'fo.taimbo,, o. Ja;po.n-
oso so1d;i.6r. of ori0 A. J.; .Toulon, _.Jro, o.n
All;i.od P:dsoner of ::a.r.~ by boa.ting ond

Jo .

othorw'iso -a.l?using him,.

a.-39. On an occO:sion betrromi Soptombor NG .

194'.l: ::ind Deoembe.r 1944, the ui1la.v;ful mis ...
trco.tme11t by Mutsu;_1iro ":io.tru1nbo_, a. \Ta.]?a.nese
soldier~ of Arthur Grenville Mcintire,
Stof::u1. Myra.do. . a.nd other Allio~ Prisoners
of ~-~o.r; by bec\tinf~ and ot~orwiso .abudng thomt
1

a.~1=0 In or about .October 194<1:~ tho unln'wi'ul r!listroa.tmont by Mutsuhiro Tfata.ha.bo~

ct. Ja.nanesc so~dior, of Ifu:rold vro1 ~-:ormer,.
o.n 'li.lii~d Prisotior of : :o.r: by boilting o.nd
otherwise o.busing . him.

b..-41 In or a.bout Novei:'lber 19114,,. tho

unla:vr.f'ul mistreo.tment by ~,fu.tsi..lhiro
~;~ta.no.be, a. Jo.pa.nose soldtcr, of Goorgo
Jo };fuller a.nd six other unidoutifiod
Allied Pr_isoners of ~:a.r, by boo.ting and
othorrnso a.busing them~

~-rG

NG

NG

NG

. a.-42. On .'n.:;1 occusion b_..0ii(wb:m April

NG
194'.l: a.rid Dooomber 19'14, thd U:nla:vrful mistroa.tmont by Mu.tshiro TI'o.to.nr..b6, a. Jo.pa.nose soldier,; of Jo.mes lifovilJ.o, a. British
Prisoner of ;;a.r . by bea:i:;ing mid othorrrise
a.bus ing hir.i..

NG

_o..-43. On an ocoa.sion botwoori i:..ugust

NG
19:1:1: o.hd December 19 -~~1:, the unla.'r rful mis ...
' . tr:co..tfJOnt b_y Mu~si..thiro f!'a.tro10.bc 1 n Ja.pru.10130 soldier~ of Ep1ost 09 lTorqu~st, 0.11
.
Alliod
Pri'scni.or of ::u:c, by b6a.ting dnd
1
. .:.--' othervnso a.busing him. .
.

NG

a....;1,4. In or a.bout October 19<1:~, -the

1TG
Ui'J.lo..vtf'ul mistroo;tncnt by Mutsu.hiro .-.
Li~ta.nO.'bo., 1 b. Japa,noso s~ldicr, of Ernest
_Fro.nk . .Puul ~4 ::;q:Y::gr_q,lothor 1.m~tlo!!ti'f:i-0. ~
Alliod -Prisoners of :;a.r, by boo.ting a.nd
othe:Mrlsb 0;busing thoo._:
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(p 12 of ' 10~ Sc.:ko.ba. ct 1, Ca.so lfo.. 30'5)

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Yos

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o.,1~~ , ~n._.'or , ci'.b_~\i ~ov.embor 1944~ ~he .

NG
1To.troia.bo 1
0.. . iJO:PQ.l;iCSQ. s olq;o?4; j yf ErJ;'l.e st Fro.nk Paul,
o.n . Klliod<Pri's oner ot . 1-0.r 1 by .boo.tL"'lg oiid
othC":.....,rl.so o.bUsiltg .him.
. .
unla,~1f'ul -mi~tpoo.tii16~t by , Mutsuhir.o

:.

. . lio.'.1;6~ . _I n o.r--:o.bo-t . D~;oemb.er 19.1:4, tho

.u.1110.j-{:f'u.1 .m fstt oa.tment :h y,Mlt'auM.r o
rra.tnll.a.l>o,. : a.c JO.panose . SQldier, 9f Ernest
Fx-nntc Pb.u1,, a.ti . .A~llied Prisoner. of . ;1a.r,, '
ruicl: .of
Unidentified British PrisOl1.or
of ::'ro.r, by- boa.~illg a.nd. othon'.r ise a.busing
thomo -,
.
. .
a.-47. . On . a.n o.c 9a.sion betvrooi;i April .

Yos

G
.

NG

NG

on

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NG

1944 and Dooeibor 1944, the unla.wf'ul mis-

troo. tmont . by, ~tsuhiro rra.ta.no.bo i 0. . Ja.p0.11- .

oso . soldioJ.4 1 of ono D. s. M. PO.go. a.nd:
Rowen J6nos 1 British Prisonors of ;:a.r, by
bea.ting o.d othonrlsc a.busing them.

NG

a.-4a. 1n or .a.b9ut Novoraber 1941,, the

unla.vr.f'u1 mistroa.tm.ent by Mltsuhiro
;,-o.to...110.bo, a. Ja.po.noso soldie:r;, . of Joe
Gutierrez, a.n Alliod Prisoner of :rnr, by
be.a.ting nnd othonrise a.busing him.

NG

Yes

o.49. On t\n , occo.sion betvreen April

NG

Yes

194~ a.rid Dooom'.:>or 19:l:4 1 th'3 unlmrful r.ri,s. troa.~1qnt by r.Jfu.tsuhiro 110.ta.na.be" 0. Jo.pon-

es!'.>_, ~oldior, of ono C:;l.pta.in Goo.d a.nq .

Fro.dor.iok Henry Richo.rdson, Jr., lllllerioo.n
Prisoners of ::a.r, by beo.ting o.n:d othorvrl.so
a.b\lsig them.
"
= a.-50. In or a.bout August ).944 1 the un- NG
la.vtf\Ul. mi)3~rea.tment by Mutsuhiro lio.ta.no.bo,
o. Jo.pa.neso soldier 1 of one Pa.ul, an. Alliod
Prisoner of ";fo.r, by . bo.t ).ting o.n_d othen-riso
a.busing hin.

NG

o.-51. I~ or a.qout December 1944; tho

NG
u,nlo.wful mistroa.tment by Mutsuhiro
Tio.tD.no.bo, a. Ja.p6.noso soldier, of one Do.tti;
.l\morioa.n Prisonor of ".7a.r j by bonting
a.rid othorvrise a.busing h~m

Yes

. o.-52. On a.n 0000.sion botrroo Juno 1944 NG

and Deoer.ibor. 194.4 1 the urp:m-rl.'ul raistreo.t. r.1ont by hfu.tsuhiro i7o.ta.nnboi a. Jo.pa.nose
soldier, of linlter F. Toms, 0. British
Prisoner of .--:a.r, . by boa.ting o.nd othorrrise
a.busing him. .

Yes

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Yos

an

: 0:-5~. In or about Juno 191-:l:, tho un-NG.

1 0.uf'ul. mie:troo.t6.ont by ,Mutsuhii:-o
:-ro.taila.bo, a. Jo.pqnoso soldier~ .of -Henli?ig
'!'~ /-... Tinde,, .a.n Allied Prisoner of ":to.r, by
'1:>00.ting all.d othorvr.i. so a.bu sing him.

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(p 13 . of' 101 ~ Sa.ka.bQ. ct 1, Cc.so No. 305)

/7.vu1t-~d

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a-54. On diwrs occasions in or about NG

July ';l.944.', ~the . unlav~l mistrea.ttnent by

Tuil:.t,sq~.ro Wata.,n*be, a Ja.pan,ese sbldiE:!l\1

of oi'l,e , ,C~ptaip. -!f~lson , a.lld cine Captaifi

We~~"jje:f;n, 1une~~oi;\11.~ Pri.soP.ersr oi'
on
o.n oa~n64on not : her~.ill o~hervd.se speoi-

wa.r,

.f'ied; . by betiting and, othernise a.busing .

them 9

. . a... 6_5. On divers occasions in- or a.bout UG

Novemb~~ 1944, the unla.w.f\{l mistrootment .
by MUti:mhiro 116.ta.na.be, a. Jo.pa.tie se soldierl
of bne N,yUI"a.dyp an Allied- Prisoner. of War,
by be1iting and oth.enrl.~e a.busing him.

NG

a.66. oll divers ooca.sions .between April NG

19114- o.hd .December 1944, the unlt\.vd'ul mis.;. .
trea.tmE:int by M,.:ttauhiro t1ato.nabe, . a. Japanese '
soldier, of>Clmrle.a Warren, an Allied
Prisonet. of War; by boa.ting o.nd ot:hervnse
abusing him.
. .

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a-~7. On divers oooa.sions between April NG:

1944 a.n,d December 1944, the unlci.vlful mis- .
trea.tmont by Mutsuhiro lfata.na.be, . a. ja,po.nose soldier, of Alfred A., 1.Veinstein, e.n
.L\morioa.n Prisoner of Tio.r, by boo.ting a.nd
otherwise a.busing him.

.G

Yes

a ..5a. In or a.bout N:ovomber i944, . the

N(f:.
unla.wful ntj.~troa.tment by Mutsuhiro Wa.tana.be,
. a Japanoso soldier, of gne Acton, one
~far.ton . and one Cololno.n,Ca.no.dion Prisoners
of Wa.r, by boa.ting o.nd othe"rvrise a.busing
thom@

NG

a .. 59. In or about December 1944, tho NG

unla.w:f'u.l mistrentm~nt by Mutsuhiro ITattlllnbe,
a. Jo.parieso soldier, of ono Le G. Adrons,
a.nothor unidentified Allied
ono Acton
Prisoner of' Tfo.r, by boa.ting o.nd otherwise
a.busi.ng tho111 ~
I.

NG -

and
'

. o.-601! I~ O.r a.bout Novombor 1944, tho

lTG
unla.w:rul mistreo.tment by Mutsuhiro ITo.tona.bo,
a Jo.pa.nse soldier, of one. Fish, an /ll!lorioa.n. Prisoner of .ro.r, by bea.ting and othorvtise ~busing him.

NG

a.-619 On :o.n oooa.sion botweon _Soptombor NG

19 .1:4 and Doocimbor 1944; tho unlb.wful mistroatmeri.t by Mut~hiro Ua.ta.no.be, o. Ja.paneso soldior, of Louis Silvio Zamperini and
nillo othor unidentified Alliod Prisonors
. of "J'o.r, by boating .and otherwise ubusing
. thonf

NG

. a,;..;.62. In oi:- a.bout Mo.y 1944, tho unla.n- MG

ful niistroa.t.mont by, Mut.s uhiro 11a.tQ.na.b6, n
Jo.pa.nose . soldior) of Robert A. Tuskon, an .
Amorioa.n Prisoner ot War,. by boo.ting and
othondso O:busing him.
.

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(p 14 of 101, Sa.k:O.ba. ct 1, Co.so Mo. 305)

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NG
l944.:i0,n:d. 'j~b'.oo#b-Or i944, ~ ,tho unla.1'1-

~~,~~;~;-~~~~~if?k~'.t~~~~.~~~o.Xflt:~,

Wo.r

o.nd..Amori..QJ~.p._ ;.,P,r.ll,so1~ers . of' .

1 , by slci.p11;ti).'g ;::it.oilij'. :'~o.n,{iiig thoinj. ;p_ra.9tioillg .Jiu

..

Jit~ii. ~P.~ri., ~h.p~iJ:_:;~oquir~& ,th~m to :~tq.nd

a.t : .a.:j;to~':i;ion "f'9~ long po;rl.ods of- t~#
plq.~illg :thorn ,i :, ai9l~tnry ' oo~f:;i.ncmont~- ..
out~i\1,e{ ~bini/t~o,~~- food ra_iq?1s1. tPr~iJ:lg
-th9m . .to '; ifo~J.f -:Ym:i.le ill o.nd by otho~nso
O:bl..lsizig :.:tho'~.
~

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. ~ .. '!-' .

G, oxoepting
Yos
tho third from
tho la.st line, 11 placing thom
in solitary oonfinemont, outting down their food ra.tions".
Of the exooptod words, 'Mot .
Guilty~
.

the words

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:~.;.;64~" Iri' o~: abo.u t Juno 1949; tho' un- . NG

lp.v~l ..mi~:t;reO.~nt -~Y, a. Jo.pane so guO.rd
lcnov~ _a.s. 11 P~o~.~Y. Boy;'' of Hi.i.rr;T C. .
'u ai.tovrsity,,' o.n ~A:l~iod Prisqner of'~ Tio.r, ,by

Yes

boa.t.
irig iin.d:1otl;:o#-r1so
a.busing .h:iJ-iJ..
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'.~ :

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or
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. o.~65. :In.
about Juno 1945, tho Un..; NG
luvt:f.'ul. mis'.l;r.Ontmont by a. Ja.pa.neso guo.rd
knowil: .a.a tho . II.old Mo.ti" of -HO.ro ld Dc:i:lo .
.~e:', o.i:i~t. t.hroi) .:o ther unidontif-.i od Allied .
. Pri:~onors of 'Jo.r, by. boa.ting a.na othor- .
-v1iso Jl.btlsing -:thom.

.

a.-66.~ In qr 0.bout Aug,st 1S145, tho un- NG

lo.wflii ~istrca;tmont l>y a. -~~pa.nose offioor
kriovm ~s _'.' Shorty!'. o~ Fl_
oyd Ca.verly, :ono
stoc\dP.f.d: :o.nd aioha.rd ~~ P' Kan~~
:Al.l~od PrJ.~onqr,i;; of "':ia.r, by boo.ting ruid

capta.4'

: P;bhQ~vise:
'.j

Yos

nbus:t,iic; -tjhoni.

'

_G1 oxoopting
the words "Floyd Ca.vorly''
Of. tho oxoopted Yrord~, Not
Guilty.

Yos

In or a.b.~l1t. July 1945, tho un l~wt:f?u,l nii~trQ:itmont ' by~ . ;Jo.pa.nose oivil:Lt\ll
.glitir.ds kn~ , ci.s." l}oris", "Spoopor",

a.:..in.

NG

Yos

iTG

Yos

p~:'_'about August _lQ4l) 1 tho un- NG

Yos

Yos .

"_Sn()tgfc:\.ss'! ~ '!:Mummy and.11 Spidor" of .

Ho.ro1~

He.rl:>ort Gould, one. MoLoan, ono

Cuttc~~ ono Da.vr~on and oito Cook, AlliQd
Prisonors o.f ~ta.r I by bonting aild othori.o

:w iso : a.bus~g them.

o..;.68, ., on: ~ >~9oa.sion durilig tho yoa.r

mistroo.tmont b~
Tetsto.ro . KO,to; :a. .JO.paneso soldi'tJr of
one 'J).nrood arid, onci J{i-o~gor; l~oi'ioa.ri
Pyisori.ors of :.'rci.r, b'y' boci.ting cuid ot}:ior'"'
vli,s p ~ .i:l.b~sing th~.
_194'.k~ :tho \iln\if'ul

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;tri:

l~vrf:Ul., _nu;s-p:r,oil~nt . by ..ono Priva.:to Sulruki,

o. Jllp~oaq : sql~ior~ o~ Koni,-iotb.. Stull, a.n
Allibd ; Pr'i~ono~ of Ito.r, .by boa.ting a.nd
-othorwiso a.b\lsmg him.
.

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o.~.70. ,

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On an, o:o oa.sion bottroon Abril .

NG

19~.:~t\n,4 Augli_st; I~~; 1iho .unla.wfu.i mis-

~rca.tmoAt by 9no:"i>r:i.Va.to T..l-i, -a. Ja.po.noso .
l~.clio;4l '.CP,.ohnio1Q.il.,, of Arthu,r l l. .Buohruia.n,

:o.zi4.'ono' 't.O:dd~ .tilliQ,d, . P,~i~oriora

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of' :-:Ja.r, ,.by,

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'Qoo.tig, ...iu;ict" o1illohnse:~ a.}>_using thom.

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.. . . . ~'ll../ on .;di~~8,;: ~()9.9~t3.i9A~ b.~~~en May . NG

' .. 1944'""''d.'\ Janu . '':}].;946 .(the

un)};~l

mis

NG

. :w~~~~~1~~~~~~t~~~
MoCbriiiell and'. otbQr. Uniuentifiod Allied

.~PrisQiicrs ' ot tra~'i'~byf ti~atfu~ ~ D:ria: other . . : . _;'Tiile" '~l>_Uiin:&'-!h~ .' : . '
'.c:

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Q...;'1,2 . JP. . o;r ,a@q~t . Ma,y .lp.~9 ,the .~- . NG

. 1~r; fi:48:tr~~1Jirient . l>y .~O: : J,&f>~oui>-~ :~o~dier
_krl()Wjl '. a.'~>t.h() ',' 1.Angal11
:th,!i ...'~S~g'ger~ . of .

. Iri;:tilt~:

and.

NG

:.a.n Ann:r.:toa.n ~is oner .-.

and:'o.ther'vri:sQ hbusing _
' .. , . ' . . . . . . .. . ., ~ .

s~ ' N'etniian~

o~ rr~~- by ~eatillg

'h:tni~

~- ~~-73. I~ O~.ri~out Y.?-Uu~r:r, . 1~~5~~ th~

NG
unl6.Tl1.\ti 'mis1;reo.~(3nt .by a. J~pii.n~se ,
~!:\ref lgiot1t1;"as 1i,r#)phead!' or' chb.r.l,es M ....

". G

Yos

Yes

Yos

Jtc>m:.cf aii(l, clioJlos Jra.za.riti.n .Al~J~ed Pris... one~~~, or<t!a.r, b~ :beO.ting

othonirise .

and

O;pu sing
. thom:.
:. .-. .,. ,.
~

a;.-74~ : . In or a.bout Novembor 1944 tho - MG

unl.a.vd\il' inistrea.tmont by on.O F\$>da. a. .
J~pa.11e~9 ' aoidiert of' Qri.O Joho.nsonl a.n
": ..l\motioa.n. Prisoner 9f ITa.r, by boo.ting o.nd

-. . ,o~h~rvd-~o . ~us~$ ~him~'.

.

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a.,-75. On divers oooa.sion'S betwoen

NG
Apr11- 1944 a.nd DOo:er~ber. 1944, tho unla.vr :ru~ i)iistroa.tmont , l)y.Mutsuhiro Tia.tana.bo,
.a. 1.JQ.p~oso soidier, Gf Ra.ymond r.. wcia.,
;all. li,morioan Prisoner .of -::arJ by boo:ting
oi.td cithorviso a;busing him:. .
. ...
. : a.-:76. In or a.bout DooolJlbor 1944, tho
NG
.un:L1ufql mi~troa.tmont by M.ttsuhiro .
".70.t~a.bo . (Uld othor unidontif'iod Jo.pa.nose
soldiers
ono Qufll:i.Oln. a. British Pris
onor :of ,T7a.r, by 'boa.ting o.nd othorwi.so

.,

NG

of

a.'buf!illi hj,m.

~-11~ In or a.bo~t April 1944, tho un- NG

la.\-itul 1Iiiatroa.tmor,it by lhtsuhiro ITa.to.no.bo,

. NG

4 Japim.oso soldior, of Dil.vid Hurt. mi

J\m.QrioQ.11. Prisori~r 'o f ~: ar, by boa.ting and

otbPrwiso ~~using !.iim.

.: a.-1a ... In: or about tho first po.rt of

1-:G

thO~ y00.r 1945~ . tho unlo:~rful mistrontraont

J~Y ~t~r~ \ia.ta.nri.be, . n: JC1.pru1oso soldier .
of . konn~th stull~. o.n Allied Pri:sonoI" of

-:'ro.r/ by boa.ting nn.4 oth6~7ise 0.busiiig him.

a.79~. On Q.i1. oco.a .sion bot\roon July l944 NG

o.n-d , Do'o(>mlfor
l94l:;.
mistroa.t.
... .
... .-_tho., unici.w:f'ul
,
... _, .
..
mont 'by: ?Aitsuhiro 'ITO:ta.na.o; a. Jo.po.no so .
. s:olclier~ .. ,p~ : one. stookt'iold,; o.n Alliod .
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Pr#oliof :or ~,,;, ~y boa.ting tuid otQ.onvis~

'a.waing
.. him.
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(p 16 of' 101. So.ka.ba. ot 1, Ca.so No. 305)

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tho .un1P,,:r,CU.l. inll:s~r,ontnqnt by Michi6' , . .
. Ku.i;j,.ya.t10.,:,_ ci. ..Jnp~~s:e . s.61diJ~rl
of ono
.
tfopt!);~:: Mcl)Qb.O.W.d:;' w;1e .Lio,tentmt 4tod.o.;;.
Oilcii_ LiQ~tona.rt1i;)1d'G'r~th _
a:na on.o Co.p1;o.in .
H:i:n'i;t6~,...At1iC3a,;j?~isoile.ts . of. '.~.7ar, .by b op.ting~ ?71'f 6,;~lioX:viis;o_ ,,pfu~'.sing ,~h~Li- . .. ;. _

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On divers 6.coo.sions boiiroen

Aprii l.J)44: a.n.a. ..~hgiiil::t i944, . ~h~ t&ia.trru1

I .

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lTG

ri):is-~.i'non:b 9Y'. M:t~hi.:9,: K'.uri,~~- o. Jo.pa.n~ .

6so.'. ij'~i'dio'r; of' on4 L~ )l. BU~h,/0. B~it.ish
P~f~o:i;iO.:r qf ;~:a:r."' : ru::i,Cl. of' othe?'. : ~i.4o:iftif'iod
D:i.'itlsh fris'Onors of -.i'a.r, by r o quir:tng
thom :t o irt;a.n.C:I; p;t; a.tto1ttion for peri9da .
. .a;s:>~qi.ig t\S q#(j .:hour at 5: 30 . o' o16ck a..r.1~;
;thoti: roqu;rili.g '-fjhom 'to go . to \'Tork Yritnout

their: b.r~a.lWO.~ts'e
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In .or ' .~bout tho i-rintol;' .or 1944,

MG

NG

NG

UG

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NG

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NG

---

tho urtlnw'f ul mistroa.tr.iont a.nd 6.buso by

. Mio.hio Kuriya:mn, a. Ja.po.noso soldier, of
. ono . J~mtloy, .on3 McGra.th,; a.nd .ono JCitsook,
4111.od ;I?risonors of ': -:ar, .by boa.ting a.nd .
- othorrriso a.busing thom
'.

or

a.bout the fC'.ll of 19'1:4,

t~o Uri.lo.~i:f'Ul trl. stroo.tmont by OI!;ichio
<K~:riy(l.tl...'l.1 a.. Ja.pa.noso sold5.or, of a.n un
. idontiJ,'iod Britis}J. Pri. soncr
T:o.r, by
~cq.ting b.nd . othorvtiso a.bus:l.ng ,h in.
. a.-83. In

of

~4;; I:ri o~ o.bout''tho 06.rly pa.rt of

NG
194,4, . the unlt;l.-rrt\tl inistro.a.tmont a.nd. a.buso
by Michio Kriyfu:m., a.. J::ipa.no so so ldio:r:, ..
or' one ~~~ . G:~. to,ris, o. B:i;-itisi1 Pri-s onor
of ~7ilr,, by foroii1g hir.t a.t tho point . of o.
ba.yonct to stru.1d in tho co'ntor ' of tho .
p:irci.do grou."1.d's il.nd boa.t hinso 1f ovor tho
hc0.d i;rith a. haiJ!!J.or:.
' .

or

! '-

0.~85~ In
d.bout tP,o .l:ite rlintcr of
NG
1914; '. tho Unlarr.f'ul r.rlstroo.:tmont and' torfuro 'by IJi.c)hio Kuriynm.6.,, a. Jttpa.noso soldier~ of JaXJ.oa ' 1Aunro Burtro.rn., a.rid othol" unidonti ...
!"iod Alliod Prisoners of ;:a.r, by for6irig .
thbr.i. to do "push ups" for long periods of
tirii.o:~: by boa.tilig a.nd othorrriso a.busing

'thO~~ .

_..-.' : _

...

.. \+

~-

, --.b'.~~6:. Jn or. ~'bout 1\.ug\l~t 1945, tho un- NG

lQ.W:t'\il mistroa.~~ri~ nnd a.bu so , by Tstigio
Nishidn,, n Jci.parloso soldier,, of .H:3:ro ld .
. . '.I \ JIOdgos,, a.n ..\r.1,orican -Prisoner of ::o.r,
. by_b9t1.ting him. q,nd l:>y thon ca.using Yq.sllshi
. ~ii#l~i:i.~ a: QiV::tJian gu~d, t I.ll :, . . . :.hiu,; to
.b?h:t: :h).m. ui th f'ists o.nd=ti. f" 101 ci.nd to
- s:t;~p\}pbn hirfl Tr.tth hob-ne\i . cf cots; O.S .
a. ' rosult of \'1hioh ho ' sust o .eitori10.1.
~ . a.nd ':#:4~ :tri~rios -- foq iring ho,sp.ito.1ization.

Yes

of

.1

101, Sa.ka.bn et 1, Ca.so Uo. 505)

. ;)

L~

~f

+- /

_ ;L,.i.L .

I .

'

...

. .q.~7. -Oit_a.n:: oo~asio11 J;icitwQon qAP~il .

19~5_

P.n4,-. 29

J\~~st : -1~~5~ _tho 'unlO.wf.ul _

NG

Yos

Yos

nii_~~ro~:\mLOnt :rm'4 a.bus9 by, '.lS\lgi'o N;isW.da.,

0. ~a.p~tis'() soldier; . oi' o~~o:' . 9a:vo;"ly;' o.n -

!UnoritiWi .,Pr~ s9ng r of, _Tia.r~ :-.by: hOa.ting ~im

- and
knocklil ~. fhim'
_ dmm
- - -1
- - - : .. : ---j -

-- . a.;..as. _ on a.ll :;oootision between i9 nb~- NG

o,~~~r l,9';14 !ind -~.if'Aiigusp -;945; i;ho_: tw- .liivd'ul ts~roo.ti4cmt: : Q.P~l p.pi.fso _ by; TBtigio Nis~:Uia.; o. JnpQ.rioso soldi6r, or'; Nal:iwi
A. Al.'berts_on, Q.n AmoricQ.n Prisonor of/
ilo.r ~ -'by boa.ting h~ _ _ _
_- ,. .. .
.,

'

'

a.-89 .: On an': occa:sion. bet\:roo~ Ju~y ,

NG
l~~~ ~~- ~ugust 1945; ~po unia.Wi'U_l m;~ ;;.
_,
~rof1.tratjnt .'. ~4 ,t Br-l;uro by_ one K~j~~ . ~ .: ./
Ja.pano 13() o~v;l~an - gua,rd, of on,o B~_t,to. rton,, '.
ono Miltj.o a nd -ori_o :Mo.rrel,, !ltitish ~ Pris-'

.- -

NG

onors of : ;o.r~ .by' roquiring thorn to -stand

a.t a.ttontion nnci hold in oithor hand a.
buokot
WO.to?-'"~'f'or-'; "iong periods of timo,,
hy. boo.ting
-o.nd.
othorwiso
C1.busj,.ng
thoti.. .
.-
.
.
-.
.

of

.,

o.-96. .On

an

6000.sion botwoen ju1y 1944 NG

Yos

a.nd August 1945,, the unlo.vrl.'ul mistroa.tmont nnd o.buso by orio Kojimp.,, a. Ja.pa.noso

o'iviiia.n gua.rd, of o:rio IIcndorson,, a. Brit~sh

Pri sop.or. 'of T:ar,, by requiring him to stn.nd .
oloso to- n stra.vr fire for a. long period
qf tirilo thoroby :ca.using ' hi.r.t to be soorohod
with
.:tho hoa.t. -, --- - . -- -: .

on.

a,..;91.
CU'l ocoo.sion botvrQ_
on July 1944 NG
and Au:gtist 1915,, tho unlo.w:f'ul r..stroa.t :.. _.
mont by qno To..koko.i;ro., a: Jo.pane so ,soldior,
of- or_io Sorgea.nt Boyos,, a. British Pris~:mor
of i:r~ .. by .boa.ting nnd othoniiso a.busing
hi.ti.
.
-

NG -

~-

a.-92 0 Q on occo.sion botwoon July

_- NG
1944 o.nd August 1915, tho unla.i;T.f:ul nistroQ.-ttlont by ono Ta.kokn.vm; o. Jo.pa.nose
soldiqr, of, ono :Priva.to Klinkoy, ti.
British Prisoner of ;;a.r,, by boo.ting o.nd _.,,.
othori-li.so- -a.l;)Usig - hill1.
o.0:93 0

On,_an ooc o.sion bctTrooi~ April-"

and .11.u.g ust 1945,,

NG

tho un;J.a.i.$1 nistroa.tiiont , by ono Chiku, a. J a;pc.iio.f;!o so ldior,

of one _Da.wson, a. Br_it:i.sh Prisoner -of ; inr,
- by boa.ting and _othori;J'._iso a.busing hjn.
1945

NG

-Yos

G-

Yos

Yes

!G" .

a.-94. On o.n ooonsion botwoon__April

NG
1945 0.nd_Augu.st -1945,,. tho unl~wful mis-- _
troo.tr.:iont by.- ono Chiku, 0: Ja.pa.noso soldier~
of ono Cooko, arB.ritish Prisoner of ::o.r_.
by boa:ting _t\nd otJiorwiso a.buslli.g hlll.
a.~95.; On a.u 'oooision botwoon April
NG
1945 !).ltd August 19'15, 'tho unla.vrful r:dstroO.tuont .by ono Chiku, 0. Ja.panoso soldier,
of ~ ~rolvo unidontifiod Dutch and Ja.vo.noso
_Priso~ors of ~:a.r, by 'Ponting a.nd -othor-"'T iiso 'a.busing thon.
(p 18 ..of 101,, St\ka.bci ot l,

~ua~tC,

.O..f30

No_.__
_' _:ID5) _,~~
--_ ~ _

u-96. I:n or nb9t!.t 29 July .1945., the

NG
~nlaw:f'ul ~streatr11erit ":ahd abuse by Ynsushi
Kirii\,lra,. a.- Japri.neae'~ ~oldier,. 'of : Stru;'f

_Sergeant Ha.rolcr '- T ,/ ::Hec1.ges :a.nd Corporal

Chnrles M,o . Hbvmrd.,,.C:Ameriorui. Prisoners of'
no.~; -_ by ~tl-ik:tii '!in<i">tiEinting thell1 o.nd
reqi.firing - :tii~in'
'.Ctr f,ltrike
, ea.ch other.
-.:- ,.
,,
.. . ..
-. -:. :r

'' , ":,

"

": -~ "

l~G

- -.-

t"'. .

__ -- ~o.~~~i-c l~: o:~ -~b~ift__!l,:_~~~-~i;Co l95! _!~- NG

1,lillawf'ul misifrea tment and abuse ' by Ya.susl;li
Kil:IUra.~ 0. Japci.ri.ese soldier,; _;of Lieu-bea.nt
Donti;ld ti.~ Cf:\.r1s6n, Lietenant Jruneis Edtmrcis, i:i.na. :Lieutenant 'Gilbert -sm:ith.. _
ilJn.erican P:hso~'iers of ITO.r by striking o.nd
beating them;. -
,. -

Yes

Yes

NG

Yes

a....109. On
occo.sion bctrree1t 3 April :NG
1945 and 29 August 1945 1 bhe unlo.wf'ul
mistreO:tniont and o.buso by Yasushi Kimura.,
a. Jo.po.neso soldier_, of _Lioutommt Irving
s. Nevmia.n, a.n lu:lerica.n Prisoner of "."la.r.

Yes

b-1~ In or a.bout 6 --July 1945,, tho un- NG

la-vrful uistreo.tmont a.nd a.buse by Ya.sUshi
Kimura, a. JO:po.nese' soldier, of Sergoa.nt Olinto F. LOdciviCi,, o.n Amorico.n Prisoner
of '.:ox, by- striking o.nd boa.ting him. _:

Yes

. b-2. In or a.bout tho month of J~ly

1945; tho unlmTi'ul mistroa.tmoht a.nd
abuse _by Ya.:;iushi Kii~IUi-a,; n Jo.po.nose .
soldier, of one :~ito; 6.n !i.r.tcrico.n Prisoner Qf 17ar 1 -_ --qy strif,:ing _a.nd be Cl-ting
hin1 t:P,oreo.ftor forcing hiu to. sta.rtd for
trro hours holding o.n iron pot ubovo his
head .

NG

Yes

b-3._ In or . n.bout tho nonth of Jc.nuary l'JG

i9t5 , : tho -unlmr.f'ul nistreatmot a.nd abuse
of Ya.sushi Ki.burn, a. JO.po.nose soldior,
of Beck P. Northrup, Molson A. Bush,
__Bort Mclnhi'3 1 Co.rl Ranallo, Goorgo Al"vrood, .
Kenneth Stull n.fid four other 1l.tlcrica.n
Pris-on~l'f! ?f. ...i:a;r by unlo.Yr.f'ully strik:illg
o.nd bqo.ting. thorn.
.

a..:98 -

In -or

ci.bout 10. Augus'c; 19451 the - l'iJG

-i

unl?-~1 mi~treo.tinent a.:rid abuse by

Yo.sushi Ki.Jn4rti.1 a Japo.nes~ soldier, of _

RQ.y

'F Ita.llotrin. 1 a.n

-~rur;

Americnn _ Pri~oner of

b;t st~ildlig ro1d _bea.ting him.

t.;..g9. !n or about August 1945, the

unla.vr.t'ul mistreutment o.nd abuse by
Yq.sushi Kimura., o. Ja.pa.nese soldier, of
- H6.rry"{3iva.dkin, on , 11J.1erica.n Prisoner of
-~ic.r ~ - by striking o.nd bea.ting him

__,,

nn.-

_Sp 15: Tha.t on ah occa.sion in or a.bout

tho otirly p6.rt of 1945~ o.ccuscd did

HG

NG

.-rrongf'ully CUl!l u+ii.a.vTfully _nistrcai; a.bput

_one hunc4-cQ. -un:id,onti:fiocl .t\ncrioa.n, Pris ... -' I
. i .
onol"s of 1Iur,, '8y.boa.ting and othcrvriso
6.busjnG, then. '
(p 19 of 101 1 So.ka.bo. ot 1 1 Ca.so Mo~ 305)

; a/lz/4:L

Yo~

Sp 16.: Tho.t_ botween nbout-.15 July 1944

UG
o.nd o,botib 29 11.u~s:t 19451 a.cou'sed did un... .
lo.vi-fully di'srogp,t'd o.nd fail- co dishlirgp
his duty_to ~. ~e~tta.ili a.nci oqntrol' the tiem.~ . .
~ors o.f ~:~( oo~d ' caj.d. p()rso:ris \.tp.der his
suporvisior{;_g.nd , cpiitrol ~ir or noo.r Sumi._. .
da.ga.~m P~i's6hoi- Qf. ":Ci.r- oa:mp,, b&J J?$n:iittiri,g
th~J".l to oopzji~ ~ti~ .foll~:\~g eit,ifoo:it:~ o~ .
Q.nd e~hor offons'oa ti.go.inst A:lli.e d Frisdnora

No

Uo

lTo

;-.'.: f;

- ol'-".'fo,r~ :.

o.. ' tn or ~bout Novctiber 1944,, 'the ~ri...'. NG

la.vn"u.l miatrentmont by Saburo :r\l:~-~'itk~i;i.~ . ot .
Leo c ~haitr~ a.n :.At10.rioa.n P,~isqti1":: of J71'.U-,
by 'boa.ting hiltj.c @'t'r o:rcing hif.t ~Q ::iJtap,d
o.t a.ttenti,o~- l'or o.J:cing pbriod .ot :ti.i?.e'
. .\ .

b. Botwuon 15 July 19.44 ru1d 2,9: Dodott .. 1~G: .

bor 1944, lt6- \iii~ httful i.tit'l'br:oa.~61i'.b b~ .
Su,bu:t'o Mizult6shi "'of Alli.ad; Pr;i.:$0'.ii.ei:~
t:o.r by .. to.ilifi.g'.t :ci piiiovide thera '\'fit.h o.ae...
quQ.to . food9
.... ;
'
.

or .

Str.iokon (R 10)

c. Between 15 July 1944 o.ri.d 29 Dooom lfG

. ber i944,, the . unli;i.wul t1rl.scrEiC11i;niont by
Saburo Mizultoshi of 11.lliod Pr:t~:ojie.r's 'o f' .
. ~-:a.r by fo.:l.li.rig to' provide th.on viii.th qdQ. ...
quo.to _a holtor fton Al.l~od noria.1 t\ttc,\cks.
d :Botvroort: 15 July 1944 ::\:1:'1.d 29 :000614 . i1G
bor 194.4~ ~ tlicv unla.vrl.'u.1 ttistrecdti.non,t 'by.
members Of his ( ci:cOUSod' B) OOT.lIJl).lid M.d.
persons unqor his supor"7:i:s:i.011 o.tid 90Iit:i?'ol
of Allidd.. Prisol';lors of ;;a,r by :rritnhoJ:ditlg ,
sto::il:i.ng o.nd miso,pproprintihe food tmd
.' ~:upplios (.\11.d Rod Cros s po.cko.gos
:L.'ltendod for the b6noi'it and uso of so.id
Prisoners

. o. Botvroon 15. July 19 1:'.1: nnd ~9 De~ouNG

unla.vr.f'ul . ni'stroutuont . by
mcn'bors of his (ncousod' s) oomr.ia.nd a.nd
porsonsundor his suporVision o.nd control
of Ro.yt.ioi.1d D. Gordon a.rid r:il lio.r.i. L. Jones,
AL1orioo.n Pris:onors of ":ia.r, by boo.ting D.rtd
othorwiso o.busilig thou.
1

bor . 1944,, . tho

- f. 0n"- or a.bout 23 Doconbor 1944, tho

MG
unlo.wful raistroa.tuont by i:1or:tbers of his
cor.u.1and o.nd persons uridor. his auportU.ion
a.hd oontro_l of ~.obort E. Ja.roa 1 Odis Bkok
and onO- Hinkson~ ) \morica.n Pris"onors of
"(Jo.r, by boa.ting and othc:r.....n.sc nbuaini; tho~
g~ Bofaroon l5 July 1944 and 29 Dooombor llG
194,1, :t ho unlm?i'ul ~i.~;t;}-ca.ti:il)nt by moubors
of his" doririb.l:ld~-- ~ p~r.aona undor his suporvisi on and c"ontifol of nuncr-ouaunidontifiod Al:liod Pris onors. of. T:"o.r by boo.ting
a.nd. -6thqrrtiso a.busing thom. .
. . :

No

No

No

Stricken (R 60)

(p 20 of . 101, So.!<:n.bo. ot. 1, -Co.so lToe 305)

I/

.....-'-.

'~

Aul-udfL .
'

, -

NG

,,

Stricken (R 10)

,..

__

NG

:No

. . j~ :, )3o~~ol} 2'7) obru(lrY ,.194,5. o.n4 ~:~ Aug- 0."1m

ust 19';1:.J' >: :eho ~ ':in:l;r+tf:f,'ul raj,~troa;i'.fuo1}'bi py .

No

Chuta . sisO:z.nvlli 'of' A1lfod :Pris6nors .. of'rrnr

. .\

w:i;thhoic1ihg~ . '!3teulilig fuld r.1is~ppt'opri~ . .

a.ting .Ro(!" Griis.s '.s uppiies, 1md,food~ 'riicdica.l. q+J.4-o:t}1ef , St\PJ.:>J lps intended: 'for tho
t.fr~o .al,'i.d bpn?~~t~: . of; sb.id Pri sonOrf:l of ::o.r.

by

1c~.. B<>.twtihri zfFobru_o.ry 19~~;5 ru'l.d~29 Aug- NG

ust l94ql ',the .\lnlnwful nistroa.trnont by .
Ghutci. Sa.~b.za:\m of riumorous Allied Prisoners of t ia.r by failing to provido thon
'\rith o;doquo.tc ;Coad.
1. Bcif;tQon _2 7 c. Februcl.ry 19.t,1:5 Mel 29 Aug- NG
ust 19~15, tho urilo.Yrfu~ y.ii.strco.tmont by
Chuth. So.stl.za.wo. of nticior.oU:s Allied P~ia.:..
~ncrs of ~7:ir 'by' f a.i 1~1g to . provide thon
i.vith :(J.dequo.to shelter fror.1 Allied o.orial
a.ttacks.

.~,- : ~e.tu601~ 27 ;Fobruo.ry -1915 :ind . 29 Aug .. NG

No

Stricken (R 10)

No

No

No

U,s~ -;J,.915.; :

i;l1ci un:I.o.w:f.'ul raistreo.tirlen'I; by

.
mc.m~q:i;~ or : hi~ ()onmond o.nd persons .under
hif!~ ~per;vision ' a.rid c~mtrol, . 9~1.~.o.:r. . ~~'I.rt .
mo1itio11cd in "J', supra., of AlliOd P:ris""
onors ,-of Tio.;r- by _vrithholdingl st9nling o.nd
mis:o,ppr.opridtingRod Cross. supplies,; ruid
food :._ mot;l~co.l and other . supplies J.ntendod
fo'r. ' tho
o.nd
benefit of said .Prisoriors.
...
-.. USO
'
.
.
-

n; : !:ti'or . a.bout Jurie 1945, tho unlo.wful NG

nistroatinont 'by nicrii.bors of his 6or.1t.lo.rid
o.nd ,.porsohs uricier his supervision o.nd colltrol of Po.ul Kud10.c, a.ti Amcriorui Fri saner
;:;i:i.~ ;' by' piercing, him ..,;.ith a bo.yonet o.nd
-othoririso ::i.busi:n:g him. .

of

. .

,.:/.

Bott'icon 27 Fobrua.ry 1945 an9- 2.9

lTG
Augtist 1945, tho unl0.i.Vfi mistreo.tnont
by~ ~idontii'iod Jo.pOxi.ca,o guards b.lj.d others
.qt:
6no
Murphy,
oh Allied.
Priso1ior of ,,-.-a.r,,
..
. .... I'
. .
. .

by;. o;l:>\is ing 11.im

. .
I "
09

. :

I -' . ,. .

NG
G
P Or{. or ::i.bou.t 2 August 19415.t tho unlo.wfiil lidsti-90.tdorifr by Ra.sO.nor:i . To.kc.ha.shi,
o.lso 'kp.oi.m ;ns i6f onso", . qi' Gool"go Belcourt,,
. a. cq.D.ii,t1i(m. Prisc:>nor of '.10.r, by boating 'hin
vB.th .fnits 0.11:<21 0. banboo .stick, Md othcrw1.so ~nbusing hira.~
(p 21 of . lOl SOJci:i.ba. ct 1, Ca.so Ho. 305)
f ~.~_

- ;fldf-t~L-

No

. q. ~n or o.bout .Ma.y 1945, tho unla.wf'ul

raist.roa.~l;no:n:t :~ HO.s_o.nori Ta.ka.ha.shi, Q,ls_o

NG

. No

No

Uo

lmovm. a.a-_ ""Gro:o.so~' :1 of Goorgo Belcourt,

a. C.a.na.d.i.rin Pr.t~_bhor of :."a.r, by boa.ting
hir1 ''fit~ r~~ts,. :a.ll~l othorwiso nbu.sing hi1~.

:r.~ .on: .. or_,a.bo.ut 20 July i9:l:5; tho unlo.w- NG

fyl '1;i~stroa.tnl:ont . by Hikri.;ri Szuki of
Dono.ld Ch.a.mbora b,n.d Goorgo }4oa.ghor, Co.nti,.dia.n
Prisoners of )/o.r; a.nd throo other unido:~rl;i.:.
i'iod Alliod Pria9ners.of_ 7far; by -bot1;ting
a.nd othorwiso O.bti.sirig ' th.om:. ' .. . - . ; .

s., In or 0.bout Juno 191.5, tho .unl.0.wful

mistroo.tr.ioiit by :Hika.ri Suzuki pf E. J~ ' .
Ha.rtory; a. C~nti.d:i.o.n Priso.no:r' o ~;:a.r, PY'.
- boa.~ig o.fld otl10ri:riso a.busilig hi.ti . _.. '.
.
.
:.' '
.
. . .
- .. . . .

. t.

NG

-'.

B~twooil 27 ,:Fol?~o.ry i$)45 ~ct 2~ ~Au$- 'NG

1945;, thp unlp.w:f\tl mi:str9ll,t~J.Q);.1t by

Hika.ri . Suzuki ,of . dlnrc:moe E. Burgp s 8, t\
Cuna.dia.n Prisonor of ::o.:r, by :bod."tiri:g . o,nd
otherwise cibusifig him.

U!Jt

u. Bctwoon 27 Fobrua.ry 1945 o.n.d 29 _.Aug...

ust. 1945, tho \Ulla.wful mistroa.tfuont by
NG
Hiktl.ri Suzu~i of Thono.s Bla.cic;, o. Bri-t:i,..sh
Prism;'lqr of i::o.r, by be:iting ail.d o.thorwiso
a.busing him.

v~ 'In ~r a.bout Juno 1945, the unlo.vr.f\tl

nistroo.tr.10nt arid tor'tq,ro by Hilmri S\,lzuld
of c. c. R. Gri:u1t, ct do.na.dinn Prisoi10r of
-.-:o.r~ by for_oing hin to hold a hoa.vy Stl.Olc
of rioo on his shoulders a.nd by boO:ting

_G, cxoopting
tho words 11 27 Fobrua.ry',
aubstitut:i,.ng thorofor 11 29
Murch." Of -the oxooptod
1rorcls, lTo~ Guilty~ Of tho
substituted vtords, Guilty.

No

G, oxcopt'.the
Mo
words 11 27. Fobrua.ry'', substituting thorofor tho words
"29 Ma.rob" . Of tho .oxaeptod
words, Not GU-ilty. Of tho
substituted words; Guilty.

NG

No

Ji,in .

w.- Botwoqn 27 Fobrua.ry 1945 ~nd 29 Aug- NG

ust 19i.l:5, tho un.l a.wf\tl nistrea.tr.iont by
Sa.da.haru Kobl:i:ya.shi of St;eve Yom.o1a., a.
Ca.no.dinn Pris onor of '::a.r, by boa.ting oxi.d.
othorvriso a.busing hin~

G, oxaopting tho NO
vrords 11 2 7 Fo bruo.ry'', sub.stituting therefor tho words
11
29 Ma.rah". Oft ho oxoeptod
words, No-G Guilty. Of tho
substituted words, Gu,ilty

. x. Beimecn_27 .February 1915 o.nd 29 Aug.- NG

ust 1945., tho U:nlO.wi'ul mistroa.tmont by
Sa.dni).a.ru Kobuya.13hi of Gora.ld Sunstrom, a.
Co.na.dian Prisonor of : ra.r;, . by boa.ting , and
othc:IT.r.t so ~busing hi1:i.

G, oxcopting
No
the i;rords 11 27 Fobrua.ry'',
substituting therefor tho
words 11 29 Mo.rah". Of tho ox.;.
ccptod words) Not Guilty. Of
tho substituted V1ords, Guilt~.

y. Botwoon 27 Fobruo.ry M-15 . a.nd _29 Aug- l{G

ust 19~5, .tho unla.wful ~~troa.tnont ~by
So.dajlo.rti JCobnya.shi 0/ EO.rl ~7illios o.nd.
Fro'd :mng~l, l~o~icro{ f>risonors of ::a.r, by
boa.ting a.nd othenii s'o a.busing thoi:i. _,

. ..

~(p

22 of 'l.bl i .Snko.h ot ' 1,

\ .. >P~~d
.. ""

G.

Ca.so llo. 305)

No

. z . Bomrocm 27' Fobruo.ry 19,1:5 o.nd 29 Aug-- NG

uat 191:5 tho u.lfov:f.'U.1 nistroa.tnont by
Sa.duha.ru ~oba.yushi of one Cra.von,. o.n J\.raori~a.n Prisoner of">~'.'o.r.; by boo.ting o.nd otnori:.r.ise a.busing
hi~
-.
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aQ,.\J.n or: nbq~~ 1\pril . f9'45i. the

uri.10.w-

. G, excepting
No
tho words 11 27 February'',
substituting therefor the
vrords 11 29 Mo.rch". Of the
excepted words, Not Guilty.
Of the substituted ;rords,
Guilty.

NG

No

No

NG

No

_ .ddt. In or u.bout Ma.y 1945 1 tho unla:wful NG

n4stroo..tr.ient by Shoso..bro _Fujito., - ulso knovm
a."s "Piston .Fist"; of ono De.Jong, u Dutch
P.ris oner Of ;-;:o,.r I by botyting a.nd Otho rVtfi SO
o.ousil:ig 'hiln.

No

. G

No

No

No

no

tu.l u1st_rontm~nt~. .~PY .sq.d,ci.l}:!i.F !CobnyO.shf of

' Robc!-tJJi~:bs;:. ci, l:Jf'ft~sli Pti~o~er or. ~~-o.r:,
by boa.ting; ;o.rid- .o:tl.\oi;vriso
o;buslng hil:i~
...
.

..

,.

. qb~ J,rl. o.r o;pdub Apri1 19,_:,5,; _tho .unlo.vt- lTG

ru1 ..r~~~:ro::l;tm~P.t by S;;i;do.no.ru .Kooo.ynsh:t: :9r ..
co Vinont, o."'Cci:n,o,dio.n Prisono:i:: bf TI'n~,
by bo6.till,g .~4 ,pt~1oritlso ,ubusi!lg h.i.tte> .

~c /. r;rl o~ .- ~b.oJ.~t)fo.y

19,16,, tho .u1110.,riuf

mist,.rqtitI:i~mt ' by.'S~d6J10.rii. ~obnya.shi of

Gcorgo. ;Boiqo:\l._~~iil:.~ Ca.nci.diail. Prisoner - of

:iar, . by bou'l;;ing~' h:i.n.

..

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'

0.9 . Bot\'roon 27. F~bruury l94S o.nd 29

. NG
Augst19,k5, the unla.wful .r.1istrca.tr,1ont o.nd.a.bus.e by mor.ib~ors of his cor.u-.ta.nd a.nd other
p_c'j;:Sqns Ul1.dOr his supcrvisiofi o.nd control
orn}lr.i<;i}ous unidentified Allied -Prisoners
Of -::6.;r. I .

rt~ Botl-roon 27 February 19'.h5 o.nd 29

Augtis:~ lg45; tho <unla.wful . r:i.istre:itment by
- .Chuta. .Sa.sti.'z'a.wo. .of Cooil' J. Ifoca.boc,;. t\Il
AmoricD.11. . Prisoner of .:a.r, by. boa.ting a.nd
othcrvlis.o a.busing , hin.

NG

_ _ gg. On o'r a.pout 2 August 19,16; tho un,w NG

luw:f'ul t1istrea.ti1cmt by Chutu Snso.tuwri. of
George .Bo.icourt~ .a. Cri.na.d.ia.n Prisoner of
~"ia.r, by. stril~iiig. a.nd otherwise ubusing hin~
,

.~

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MG
n.bcn~t l Sopterabor 1915, a.caused did unla.w. fu .1 1 disregard_ o.nd fa.ii .to disch6.rge his
duty to "restro.in o..nd control tl1e r.mr.ibers
9:f' hiS, ooor.1ru1d, -a.nd. persons undor his sporviaion o.nd contr6lo.t or nca.r Prisoner of
T!"a.r CAr.ip Ho.- 9-B.; - located at Ashio, b;y per;.. .
/ ItiittiJ.1,g t li.or.1 to 6 onr.iit tho fo llo,ri11g
o.trooitios_
ti.n<;tI:othor
offenses
a;ga.;l.nst
.
. .."
. .
.
.
Allied ' . Prisoners _of -:iar:
d., In or a.bb~t . Jt1.t1.uq.ry li>-15, the unla.w- NG
~l ,t1ist-rea.~:i:ion~ bY Shigoru N~~ir.i of _
_G~org9 F ..Ga.llitm6 n.h Ancrica.n Prisoner ,
Of ";"iur, by boo.ting oiJ.cL othenrl.se a.busing
\

him.

G, excepting
tho uords "and othorwisc
a.busing". Of tho c:icooptcd
words, Hot Guilty.

(:p 23 of 101,,. Sa.kn.bn. et 1, Ca.so Uo. 305)

~iitv:Jd

'

No
t.

b s In or a.bout Juno 191:5, tho unltwtl'Ul NG .

r:iistroa.ti:font ruici '. :t;drture by' Shigoril 1'Tuna.jit-i of Wtilla.co ~ll, _Q.ll Ar.torioo.n .Prisonor
of : ;a.r/ by bea.tihg hir.i and by ordor.ing and
oq.usin1{nombor~ . oi' ) uli (a.cousod' e) : oo:r.11',mnd
a.nd. pors0ns undei< h~s '. suporVi !3iQn . tmd .
oontr9'J; to Eiuspond him \f.i.th his btiok to
tho: g:round by rope~ . tied to his 'feet a.nd .
lltmdouffodwristsfor . long _periods of time;
.to _bqa:I; hin, to plci.(>~F hir~1 ih 0011f'i11.01nc311,t
.for n -lop.g poric)d ot tir.l.o; i;o. i'orco him.
to sta.nd p.t a.i;tontion f.or a. long po-r j,od;
. of tirw, .and to . othotwiso a.bi.lse:,him.

o . In or a.bout. %~i\urb

G, 'excepting
. Ho
tho words in tho i'ii'th\1,ino I
"tri.th his back to tho ground";
a.nd "feet o.ri.di1 ; and. oxoopting
the words in tho sixth lino 11
"to pla.oe hin . in confinouont
for a. long poriod of \~i.i:10 11 ,
ru1d 11 at o.ttontion11 0 tho
excepted i,vords~ Not Guilty

194511 .tl~o'<I utila.\'t;. N.G

G .

}Io

d. Between 7 ..:\.pr:U 19t14 ruii.q i Sopt:on im

bor 19115 ~ tl}.o unla.'\'li\il I:lhtroa.~1cp.t by
Shigoru llutldjiri of Al;tiod. Prisj) nets ot
-:7o.r by . pomitting filthy a:O..d m.~tuti,tnry
conditions
exist in tl.hd a.bout tlfo
orunp; cmd, by i'orciltg o.nd pc.raitting sick
Pi-;i.soners to porf'oru o.;r(i.uos labor w:hon
physioa.lly~n.t'it to do

No

o. Boti,v09n 7 April 19-H and 1 Soptom- N.G

bor l!M.5, tho unla.wf'ul r.1istfoa.tt1en:t by
. persons undQr his (a.ooused' s) auporirisio'n
m1d control of Amorioa.ti .a.nd .Allied Prisoners of .:,a.r . by withholding ..rutd r:i.isnppro..;
pri::\.til;lg Rod Cross bla.nkots intended for
tho uso o.nc\ bor.i.ofit of so.id Prisonors.

No

fu): rJ.7,stroo.tr.1ont lUid tortu:i;-o by ShigorlJ.. .

Numo;jiri of JohP. H6guo 044 Jo so t ., Q1{;Ln!-

....

~i:r:1::~~t~1Ji~:~=~~~

o..nd oontrol to bo~'t; tl+or:i .a,n:d ~ ~o ~spo_nct

tho ea.id Joso L. Qilin:t'ati:Ci. oy l~~-s 'h'1.ri.<is

a.nd root for a. long pd.rit>d of tino~ . &lei
by othorfriso !.\busing thcr,1.

to

s6.

f. Sotw:o on 7 April 191'-1 and 1 SeptonHG

bor 1915 11 the unlu\itf'ul nistroo.tr.ient by
persons Under his supervision ci.ndcontrol
of Basil ~:. :;eca.l, Pa.ul F. Murphy11 Lou
Poss,. jiruy_ Durr 11 Gro.nby o. Tuglo, .John
A. Qt.Connor, Loo Ma.gerole,; Ulfd Cha.rles If.
Lieb, /u:iorica.n Prisoners of ::a.r, o.nd o~hor
Allied Pris.o ne rs 9f ;;a,r, by boa.ting thotiJ
. by f o rc.ing th~na to .s ta.nd a.t . a.tton:tion for
long _pori:ods . oi' tir:io; by suspending thor.i
. by thoir wrists a.nd foot for long periods
of title; by pla.oing thot1 in tho guci.rdhouso
vrithout a.doqua.to food or blnnkots for
long . periods _of tine during cold vroa.thor;
by i'orcih~ ~t!1ot1 . to nork: .whon thoy i;roro
-ph.ysioally unfit to do soj a.nd by othorriso a.busing thor.i.
.

G, excepting
tho wards 11 Loo Mo.gorolo" 11
mtd "by suspondil1g thon
by their v.rrists ru:i.d foot
for long porio?~ s of tir,10 11
Of tho cx copted words, Hot
Guilty.

No

(p 24

or

1.01, Sa.ka.ba. ot 1, Ca.so llo. 305).

;f1di,4t~

Sp .18: . Botvro9n ti.bout 7 April 19:J:.:1.: o.nd

ci.bout- l Septciube.r 1945, ~~.cousod _d id unla.i:r.f.\].lly. d1.::iregird and fo,il . tQ disoh6.rgo
his d11ty' to :.."O.tltrp.1n "o.nd control tho mom...
bars of. his 0017fumnd; ~d persons under his
supervision and .c ontr.ol 0.t or noa.r Shina..~
ga.\VO: Ho.s pita.l Prisoner 6_.r . Tlo.,r CQln.p by
pornit:t41g tl10r.i. to conmit tho tol.lon:i.ng
. a.trooit:tos. ru-id othor of,i'onscs a.go.irist
l\.lliec,t '?:risonbrs of rra.n
. .

NG

NG

,..

',., ..

Botwu.o n 15).:fa.rch 1915 o.nd io July

l9~15.; 'tho unlo.vvf.\i:1 r:~istroo.t~.1~~t by Hisrudchi Tol~dQ.'. pf. ~iillia.in Hollt\nd, . o.
Jll'itish . Pr?,sonqr of :Tur; by porf'orm~.1g
raeqi6o.l oxpod;mo1it S on h;l_r.1 '\Tltholit h:j.'s
cons.a nt .i n thnt . tl:i.n sp. id' Iil.sa.lciohi Tohrdr.
did . injhct !:\; soypt;3C\J.1 s.olutio~1 into, 1~h~ sO:id
Pd.senor of tib.r l;i.6twithsi;o.nding th~t ora.l
do so.go.. ,ms tfic .then: orthodox nothod . of
: o.d,ministoring tho . aa.i-:i.o, thoroby co.using
: tho dea.th of said Prison.or of' :rc.r on 10
. Jilly 1 945;,

. a..

NG

. '

:TG
. b., ,Bo-b.-rocn 15 11..l.rch 19-'.1:5 o.nd 6 ~\.ugust
i9 .1:5, tho unlmrl.'Ul nistroo.t:1 ont hy Hisp.l~ichi Tokuda. or Thonn.s Ha.nj:'lf3on~ ., a. D:i:-it:t.sh
Prisonc)r of ~jo.r; by po. rfol"'l~inc r1odioa.l
. oxpor:).nonts 011 . hil:J. wi thou.t his consent
in th~t ho ditl ~joct o. soyboa.n solu~ion
irito so.id Prisonor .of ~-ia.r notwi thst.a .nding
tho.t oro.l doso.go i;m.s the thon qrthodo~~
i:i9tliod of o.ch:liniotoring tho snno, thorobyco.'ll.s:iiig; his :dcr..th 011" 6 Au[.>~st 192:5 .,

.NG

c.. Bcti;mon_ 15 Ma.r?h 19,15 nud l Ju~y. _ /NG

. 1915; th~L unla.vr.f'ul T1istroa.t1;1011t by Hisa.)cichi Tolrudo. of Ernesto So.xido.1 ::m, Ita.lia.n
.,P.rison~r of :;a.r, by porforuirig nodionJ . .
o~orir.ionts 011 hir.1 Yrithou:t his consent
.
in thci.t iio did inject u. soyboa.n solut:i.on
l.nto sa.id Pris onor of :70.r not"\.ri th.shmdir . ~r
thri.t oral
so.go wa.s tho t;hon ortl:odox
ncthod of o.dr:iir>.istorinc; tho snno; thereby
ca.using his . do::~th on l July 1945.,

NG

do

d,, BchroOn 10 'i obruo.ry 1915 cu1d 25

Ho.roh i945, tho imlo.w:f'ul nistroa.t1~1ont .
J-;y_HisO:kiehi Tokudo. or" Clifford:: .
Fussolna.n, a.n lmorico.n Prisoner of ::ri.t,
oy.porf'orning on .hiu nn o.rtificio.l
pneuti.othornx in'. i:m inconpo.tcnt and un-:
. skil1fu'1 mru~or ,rhon ho \10.s' not oonpctont
'lfo pcr fon:r ::;ho sa.au, thereby ca.using tho
donth of so.id Prison.or of .. a.r on 28 .
Mo.rch. .19 .15.,

!JG

no.

o. Bctwoon 5 April 19.J.-5 o..na . 2,1 Juno

:L915,;1 tho Un.la.wf'ul "i:i.istrca.tpo:rl:;_by Hisa.. kichi .. ToiOJ.da. of Horbert :;. UcCaii.ts, o..n
.. 'ioricru1 Pr.isonor of .ro.-r:, ~by refusing to

NG

lTG

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.-

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-{p 25 of'

101, Suka. .:>0, ct 1, Case No. 305)

1

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<~4:'~~ '.~Z}~tt~~~~0~~0 ~0~~0~~~:- .

o.~1~9-)lc :'.!We:i::ioO,n. cm~ Allied Pri senor . of
7
-;~~ - ~Ci.i:)tors, . q.l'ld ; ~y . ongo.ging :iil. ~pr6por
.. rri.O\ di~o.a.1 ~.prt\ot.;t.dQ~/, '.~: ..t~Q.r:oby.: oontributing
to >tho?doa,th .~ Of . st\fd Prisoner of 1"la.r on

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i'~ : J3otvro~n llJ:..NoV:ombor 1944 o.nd 28 .

MG
, Movor1bor 1-91J:4,. 1 :tli6 unlcwrtul .nistroo.tt1ont
py lfi;so.ki.o~ Tolci::da. of Ferdinand Ifosi3'i .ng,Q; sick ])\it9h Prisoner of ~ia.r, . by~ fo.iling .
to pro:vido hin wtth proper hoc.ting fo.t>'J;li;;.
tios, ' thoroby contributing
his .do nth .
o:i;i 2a .'.Novonl)or i.944 ..

:,_:

--

MG

to

. . g. ap~roon,. . 7 . April 19. .J/., a.nd ~ . Soptonbor UG

tho ~ til:ivd'ul r:iistrqJl,tuont by Hiso.ldohi.' Toku.cio. ..of' .1.\r..iorioa.n and All,ied Pris- . .
. onors of : fo.r by''perforning modioa.l oxpori'

..\

l94;6~

UG .

nonts and othor.viiso a.busing thon, thereby

oonttibt\ting -t?o tho doa.ths of nu1:1crous of
thor.i.

h. Botvroon 7 April 19 1.!:,:l: o.nd 1 Soptot1bor NG

.1945, tho unlmv.ful nistrod.tn6nt by Hisa.kiohi. Tolrudo. of Ar.1 orica.n o.nd 1. . lliod Prisoners or lla.r 'by ordering, ca.using ru.1d porr.iitting JO.po.nose porsorinol to. r:iistroat .
a.bu so. and torture .~them; by porrtitt ing
. filthy a.nd . insanito.ry conditions .to oxi'st .
in and a.bout tho onnp; by f o.i ling o.nd
nogloo-t;ing to provido a.doqua.to quarters,
hoa.t;i.i'l.g ru.1.d bo.thing fa.oilitios; by f'a.J,.ling
to- proVido proper I'.1odica.l troo.tnont~ a.vo.il. a.'blo drugs a.nd ~4ioo.l supplies; by fora-
ing siC?k Prisoners of "'::-o.r to work; by ordering 'Am9rioan a.rid Allied Prisoner of ~:nr
officers. to porforn ho.rd lo.bor uithout
pr,opor nourishlcmt; by forcing siclt Priscners of ~i~o.r to stand o.t a.ttontion . in inolot}ont vroa.thor; by boa.ting sick Prisoners
or 1:0.r, ~d .by. othoMtlso ubusfo.g thon-3

NG

. i; :At. divers .tir.1os b.o trroon 7 .l'. .pril 191'1: NG

o.nd l Soptoi:lbor 19,15, tho unlo;rrful nis- .
trontr.iont a,nd tor:turo by Ja.pa.noso personnel
other. tho.n Hisaldohi Tolcudo. uontionod in
~ "~h'i, suprci.,, of li..tlorioa.n and.Allio cl Pris. onors of ;;o.r, by boa.ting th.on; by forcing
.:..
siok .Prisoners of :'.7a.r to i;rork; by forcing
thotl to mnko, fo.rtilizing . bricks out of
. fooosi l:1Y cror.liitll,lg' :i deo.d Prisoner of."ITor
on , a. 's p;t 'in tho Ho spi.ta.1 . grounds;_ by boo.t":

lTG

.. in:g o.nd forcing. then to ~ stru:id a.t a.ttontion

ror long p~r:i.ods. of . tir.io ~ a.nd by othorwi.so .
.il.l?lis:l:n~ :ChQn;. .
0

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7f- 1/

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<:; : ~ .o:.... . :

. . .. . . .
.,1f.nlnv1ful

J9,_ ~~~~-~.~ ~ i.~4p,.,'.~ho

NG

nis~ NG

:. tl'"o6.ti.16n1' '"bY .lll.a~c:l.c;lhi. Toliudi;i. Qf ;;0.1 to~

. ~,tsonl/:B.:ifiifi~J?:;,~. ~~?~io,r : t.":-~ri~~- :~y !>or~
: orfuiiig ):lqd,ioo.1: OXJ?o.i.itio~ts' on :, hfu 'ti'.t;l;lout

i~~'.~~4~~~~l~#~j. :.!i~p~~~s~i~:~!~~~. .
tho:!, ~t.\~.d_c ;f;':J..;s@Pt , of . i'1a.r . ~o.trnth~to.nd~g

..

"tllri1f': 6rnl .c1osO:gchfiO:s . tho .then orthodo*

'

:t.fotii({d::;6f:'. ndtiin.st~~illg :~i\i{ib ~ ..tl1oroby:. .

~ Qp.ils~tjtf)~is dgo.1;~ ol} ,11 ..~gust . 1~45. . .

.;P..: t,~~.. -~{~.$ -:ch:~ndJ.4),: B'o~roo.n .Ap~il ;19~

a.net .f,'1:1;;; '

NG

.@d; <);pti:h'.'Jbor ~ 19.,~ 5, a.o( )used ~id unla.vrl' l ly

dis'rq"gg.t4,
to ''di sohO,rgo -h is . duty
. . , ::to r6s;trn:tn one? c'ontrol tho . nonbors of his

.:rn.r:r~2~~f-;.~~~~;~~~n~~~ ~t1~;~ --~i::!~;~~

0

c.Qt1p) s,mi:q:qga.\10., co.::1p No. 9-B o.nd

S~:i11ag~\;f ~r~s:gll.of;_'oi' Uo.r ,Co.ups,. by per. J:1.itbi.ng 1;;hon 't9 A,o;:rr.iit upon Aliiod Pris-
. onors oi' :'":;b;r nUJJior~B a.trooitios and of- '
fonse& 0th.or , ~h-~ th~se sot .f <?rth in .
f?pocificntions 1, 2, 3, 1.1 , 5; 6, 7, 8, $,
. io, 11., i21 13, 1~1:. 15, 1s, 11 a.nd, is~
1,ll t1001y instq.noos rosulbinr; in -bhc cloa.ths
<9f nur:iorous . Alliqd Prisoners of :~a.r.

. G, exoopting
. tho words in tho an.ondr.1cnt
thorpto, '~in 1:ia.ny insta.noes
rosultinG in tho doa.ths of.
nur.1e.tous Allied Prisoners
of '..a.!'.''; Of tho o::icooptod
words,' ,No:C Guilty .

No

Sp., ?O :. '. Bq.,trroon ..:l.pl".:l.i '191-1: . a.nd Soptcnber

NG
194Si a.oousod di4 ~lcwrfully . disrognrd, .o.rid
f,a.tLt9 W,.achri.rgo his duty ,to rcstro.in nnd
control t}).e 1:ict1bors .of his oontk'\l1d mid
pol".s91i,s under h:l.s suporVision and control
o.t or not\r 'Prisoner of .:nr Brc.nch Ca.up .lfo.
1'1iig'i.\tp.; Prisoner of '.."a.r Car.ip No.
1s~ Kanosoj Prisoner of .:a.r Brru.1oh Ccu:ip

s-.:s,

N.o ~

iu:ld Brnn9h C01Jp No. 2, ICmro.imki;

::a.r. Ca.rip ")J-.9, .Ashi(J l ..Prisoner
. cit -....~t O~p 5~D, ~Krii.'mso.l-;:~; Pris.oner o~ r:a.r.
C911p.. 2i,l:..;.jj~:l(t\uti.sq.ki; 'P risono-r of :hir Ctil:1p
. 3 ..D, Ka.wn$rucif }>f'.isonor of '.":a.r Ca.up No~
3~D~ )!'okoha.ria.; . Prisoner ol! ;a.r Cro:1p 10-D,
Y9ko1ia.ri0.; 'd.nd 11--n, Yolcohx.ia.; Prisoner
of -::nr Cai:ip B-8:. ~Iitci.ohi; Priscinor of ::a.r .
Jku:1p 9D-.a, 'Ashio; a.nd a.t di vors othor
Pri~qno:r. of :~ar Canps 1.n the To~Jo Aron,
by porr.tltti.ng thorJ. to cor.mt upon Allied
fr~soiio~ . o~

G, excepting
No
tho uords in lino 8, 11 Pri~
onor of : :a.r CaI.1p B-9:, 1.. -shio";
a.nd tho Tror~ls in lino 12,
"Prisoner of ~-:o.r _ca:np 9D-B,,
Ashio" ; r..nd .in tho. ~iuondnont

thoroto tho i.~rord "na.ny'', ~ub

. st~ tuting. '-t;herof'or tl;lo vrord;
"tvr.o" , a.nd .oxooptin.g tho . "
vrord "nunorous". Of tho oxooptocl uords, Not Guilty. Of
tho substi tutcd uor~, Gui.lty

. . P.risonors of ~-.~a.:r nw:iorous a.tro oi tio o.ud

other affensos. in r.10ny instances result
_; iti~ .in tho doa.t~1s of nw:1orous. i:..11icd Prisoiiors of .Ua.r
,

. Kunji SUZU.Kl

.qh: . Aq<?usqd, a.t tho tiao ll ru1.d p la.cc s set

.t'qrt1,,; i_n :tho ap~ciic,dti<;in's horoto nt~

N~

Yes.

'.~(lDho~/ rinci . gurip.[;- ti. . tir.10 of vro..r bot-iiOo:i.1

'\;ho 1 fuited ''Stb.toe :'o:f' J~r~oa.# its i'!.llies
- .t\#4 : J)op~ri404c:los/ :. and '1'0.po.i}.,- - did vio,10.to
. .: - :..~he
: ond --Custor:1s
of;-- ~:nr: . ..
. . . IA1'ts
-'
.

....

..

.'
~

. .

J) i:iU1r:/Lk
Sp l' BotWoon .Soptot1bor 1942 o.nd : April
NG
1944, _. a.t or noa.r . Shina.go.wn, la.tor. knowri:
a.s Oi:t()~~h , no~:u,;1;10.d~ did w:il.a .wf'ully disro- _
go.rd PJ,.td _t~~l :~() .p.i soi?-ri.rga h:;i..s duty by
ca.usili g ~~ 'p~ ~~twt nui:ier0\16' Ar,1 orioo.n
a.nd AlJ;i0.4. ~r.i,13_1 brt..et"if of' ~;-nr to porfor.r.1
.work ruid 10.bo't' in di.reHit s.pp9rt o.f. 7fo.r
'of>'oro.tion,s ~ '
by ci:i.u13iJ:.l~'!A;o;ria po rm?- ~ting
thm:i l;o '"tor k mfd ' live "on rind. in tho' innod~Q.1:;o i.Loinify 'of 141.lita.;ry' In_s t0.1la.tions.
a.nd pla.nts a.nd :fa.otorios onga.god in work
directly . supp9rt:iJig
opora.tions, oxpo,sod to .t~o. porils 9.f wnr vr.i. thout pro...
..
vidillg thei:J. V{ith t\.doquo.to sholto;rs thctefrorJ..

NG

.n4

,rn.r

, .

Sp ~: Bo:miooh Septot1her 1912

';

o.ncl April

'

NG

l~H-~, Q.COUSOd Od~d :unlq.wfully di srego..rd

a.nd f'a.il tp dif?9J:i.~rgo his duty p~F porr.1itting
f':Uthi and inatj.ri'~ta.ry oondi tioh~; t9 exist.

in o.nd o.bout "sa.id oa.!.1p; by. fo.).;L41g o.r1d

nog1cting _tb . prpyido n.doquo.t.o ql.m.rtors1
and hoa.tf "l:>y fii.il.:ihg c. nd riogl'ooting: to provi,do au:f'ficiont food. nnd clothing;_ b\Y" re fusing, fa.iling n.nd noglooting :co pro-
vido . Q.doquat_o o.nd hunnno r.i.oc;lica.1, op.re 6.nd
a.ttcntion ahd. a.doqua.t., . o.vnilablo, r.1odioo.l
spplios; by -00.using rind pori:iitting Anoricn.n ~d Allied Prisono:rs of ~-:a.r to work
mi.d por.fori.:1 hnrd r.ui.nua.l la.bar i:thilo ill, ' , .
disco.sod ::uid physioo.lly unf'i t to . porforn
s~oh. l:ibor, thereby . contributing :to tho
doa.ths of Goorgo. Edwn.rd Arner., Victor
Co.rl. aor:.son, Iio.rln.n Cha.rlos Bickford, Janes
~r . Bro.r.ion,, Ro.lph Dennis Brindley, "JilliCll:l
Al:i.oido ' Do 'Rosa., Ben P. Epperson, Cho.rlos .
GTewcox, .. Howe.rd E. Huf'f ino, .P..a.ynond F.
Hix, Dea.ring ;J?ritcha.rd, ~iilliru:1 D. ~Thona.s,
Jtu.1os A. Thol'.msson, Ra:lph :~-oinborg, Tia.ldo
T. ~-;yrmo, Anorioo.n Pri scmors of ':,a.r, Col41
Ander.son;- . 17ilfr()d Boimott," ,G eoffroy C1ark,
Ra.1ph Ha.11, Gcrfild. Hnrris, Pa.trio Gora.ld .
MoMc!lir.rlJ.1 1 Jo(} JAopdi.e ~ Do.vi~ M()roha.nt,
Eric F. l?ioton;- "."iillia.r.1 Pinnock, Frederick
:;illiru~1 Reid, Sidrtoy8nith, ';';"illian
Sta.nno.rd, John Stono:housoTa.ylor, Hora.co.
Tlwrpo, British Prisonors of -:;a.r, J. E.
GQ.rr::ia-llll, Frrutk I-fo..rris, . Edo
Spa.11,
Rubo v::u1dor ~";oudon, Dutoh Prisoner$ of
".".".a.r a.n-d. Ma.rtoun H6rn::u1scin, a. Norrrogia.n
Prison:9r of -:-:c.r I a.nd th.o roby injuring the
hoa.ltha.nd delaying tho rocovory of' nunorous Anorioa.n o.nd Allied Prisoners , ~f Ho.r.

,., G, oxcoptinG "

Yo s
tho words "by fa.iling ri.nd
ncglooting to provide o.do qua.to qunrtors c.nd hoa.t; by
fo.iling o.nd noglocting to
provido suf'f'ioiont food ru1d
clothing;" "refusing";
"George Edwn.rd Arner, Victor
Co.rl Beil.son, Ho.rla.n' Cha.rlos'
Bickford, Jnr.1os -.7 . Brnn~ni' :;
""Ji,llinn Ai.1ido DeRosa., Bon
P~ ' Epporso11, Cho.rlo s Grewe ox";
11
Ra.yr.1onc1 F. MiX, Doo..rinr;
Pri toho..rcl, illia.n D. Thona.s,
Jo.nos .=~. Thono.sson"; n~-:a.ido
T. ::ynno"; "Colin iindorso1~,
~-:ilf'rod Boimatt, Geoffroy
Clnrl{, Ra.l}?h Ho.11; dora.ld ;;
Ho.rris, Pa.i.(r-io Gerald
. ifoUonir:i.in, Joo Mendia I Da.vid
Merohn.nt, Eric F. Picton, '
-.-~-illio.t1 Pii."l!look, Froclorick
~-:illio.n Roid, Sidney Suith,
:7illia.r.1 St::uumrd, John
Stonohouso To.ylor, Hora.co
Thorpe, British Prisonors
of .fr\r, J. E. Gorr;.:10.nn"; ru.1d
11
Ha.rtoun Hornr.nson, a.
Norvrog~a.n Prisoner . of -:-:nr 11
Of the excepted 1-rords, Not Guilty.

vo.n

Sp 3: Bctwoori. ~cJ.>terlbor 1942 "and April

NG
191-.1., . a.ooused did on nuttorous ooca.sions
vtillf'u~_iy a.na ~l?-~rfully vrl.t,~o. ld _ a.n<l uis
a.ppropria.to Red Cfoss o.nd. other supplies
i.ittondod i'or tho use .d.ltd benof'it of Aneri- oo.n q.tld ,Allicd .Prtsonors of ~.-a.r., ,, tmd. p~r
sono.F .p i:-operty bolop.ging .to SC\tid '. hiS-Ori:ot's
and did unlct.nfuJ,~y dbroga.rd und fo.il to
dischO.rgo J1is duty to ro strn.in and controJ:
(p 28 of

G, oxocptinG
the 1-rords~ in lino -~ 11 n.nd
othor11 , c..ncl in lino 6, "and
porsona.1 property bclont;ing
to so.id prisonors 11 Of' tho
cxooptod vrords, }lot Guilty.

Yos

uor.i'bors ot. his oor.inpnd fu~d porsons undor

his . aupo~vision . arid~ controL by .p6ruitting;
thor.1tO :'~i~nppr9pri:ci.to Rod Cr.o ss o.nd othor
suppli,96: ini;P.ii'48d ,'for . tho use and. boncfi t .
of l:..r.1or~;cro,i ,d.ri.d : i,ll_i;qd .~ri sonars of -:o.r
a.rid pof sona.1 pf oportf bo lo,nr;ini; to .so.id
Priso1iors
' '

. '

Sp 4; In ,or o.bq:U:~ tho .lo.ttor part of 19Ll:3, NG

6.cc.usod cl.id 17i'll"ful.l y q.nd tinla.wi'ullj- ca.uso
c.ncl :po'rr.ut onQ ~fo.i.1sfiold;
Atioric1;t.n
Prisoner of: ': ;a:r1. to bo boa.ton and othorwi so a.'bust>d..
'

G, excepting

tho Trords in lino 4, cause

o.nd" Of tho cxcopto d Yrords,
l!ot Guilty..

un

Sp 5:. lfo~~on SQptopbor 1942 and ~\.pril

NG
1941; o.ccusccl did unlm-rfully disroGb.rd
a.nd fnil to d.i :scho:rgo his duty to r9 ~train
. CU1d control .uoq'bol",S. of his cor_lno.rid rui d .
porsons u11dor lits ,s :upcrvision and control
by porr.ii:t;.ting thon i1;o cor.mi~ tho followinr.;
o.trocitios Q.nd other offenses o.gd.inst
J..r.1orict\U o.nd l:..llicfd Pri sonors of -:o.r:

.-' .

NG

b., In or a.bout ~conbor. 19,!-3, tho unNG

lni.-r.f'ul nistro6.tno11t ancl a.bu so by Hi tsuhiro
-. ~a.tcuin.bo of tin unidontifiod snilor, rut
Allied Priso1icr of .:a.r and ono Lioutommt
Cla.rk~ ru1 ~:..r.10rica.n Pris_onor of '. :::tr, by
bod.ting a.nd othon-risc nbusing than.

NG

O On :n uuorous occa.sions botrrooh Doce1:1 NG

bor '.l.9;1:3 tu'l.d. Apri;:L 1941, tho unlm:,.fui i:iis:..
troa.tnont m1d ubuso by. Uitsul1.iro -::a.tcu.10.be
of LOfrh ) l. Bush, n. British Pr:i;sonor of
-:-:::i.r, by bco.t:i.nr; .a nd othon. riso a.busing hii:i.

NG

d. ~11 or o.bout jru1ua.ry 19.'.:1, tho unla.Yr- NG

ful uistroa.tnont by.Hitsuhiro ~:a.ta.no.be of..
Ca.rl ton H. Clo.ric a.nd o.n unidentified Hc.vy
Cornq.n dor, _A.'1.crioa.n P;riso11ors of -.:a.r, by
boa.ting .a.nd otho~riso 0.businG thou.

G, cxcoptiJ.1g
tho uords 11 a.::1d o.n unidc:1tifiod nnvy cor:ina.nclor", c nd
in tho la.st line, tho TTord
11
thc::1", substitutinr; therefor tho uor<l "hi::i". Of tho
cxcoptod i.mrds, Not Guilty.
or tho substi tutoc'l -rrord,
Guilty

Yos

NG

. :. f 9 I:u or a.bout April . l9!.-l:, tho. unlo.~-iful NG

11~ stro_O.tr.1ont by Mitsuiiiro .:-:a.'!immb.c of Ra.ynond.>L. lllcia., : a.n il.nor~.o,n.il Priso11or of .
:::;ni- by.boatinr; and 9tho~tlso a.busing hh.1.

NG

, ' .
!

(p 29 of

101 _ 1 So.lc..'\ba. ct 1, Ca.so No 395)'

~

./ - .

Yes

1
..

. o, In or a.bout December 19-.':3, tho un...

la.wful ttl.strca.toent by liitsuhiro ::a.ta.na.bo
or Edrk.rd. v. Dockuci1or, c.ll l~norion.n
Prisoner of. ~;:a.r:, bYboo.ti11g nud othorrris.o
a.l?si.ng hif.l.
. .
.
I
.

Yes

NG

a.. Iii or a.bout tho a.utur.u1 of 1913, tho

unliwrtu,l nis_trea.tpo11t a.ud a.buso by ono
lli.tcrprotcr, K:xrror.1Ura., of one Gunnor
Quillio.u, a. Bri:t;ish Prisoner of -.:a.r, . by
. bonting b.nd othorrnso abusing hii:1.

YcJ

11

----

,:

'' '.g'.I~>?~' tib:o~~I ~rcii'PY.~ci:r.i..l9~M~ .~h~.

un- . NG '
Mit$hiro ''r;atnna.bo.
of' Mo.'f~ori '. Dru11o1 .;tJriruh~ ooi 1u:ior:loa.n Prisonbr of ~~:a.r'; by b~n:~in~ : and othorw1:so o.bus-

~ la.\V;fu.l ':.r.1is~1'0 a.ti:font

Yes

in{s _.lib~~ :~ - ~-~ .. . . ... ~ ..

h., I~_..or. : ~hbut. i'i.pri.1 '!941, tho unltwrf:J.~p.~rea.t~qn~ j~y ' U:itsU;l,1}ro .ri6.to.;1g.b? .of
Cor.~16.ndor . DO.vo. ~:Huit, ,,.a.it Ju:1orica.n 'l'risoner
or ~7nr', by boo.ting o.nd otho:nriso ' a.bu.s ing
hil:1.
'
' ..

NG

NG

f.ul.

--

i . In or o.bou1; Jo.nuo.ry 191.J:, tho unlb.w- NG

f\il l:dstroo.traont by m~tnno.bo of Fro.nl~

. -:rynno:, nu

i~orioo.t1.

Pri sop.or of

boa.tine;' .an4 Oi;hon'TisO b.bllSiU~

Yes

o.

~-;a.r1

by

hiHe,,

'_,

'

j. On di:vers .9~~rn.sions botvro.ori Dooor.ibor NG

1943 tUl.d April ).9M, .tho u1ilo.tr.f'ul r.1istroa.t ... .
r.1 ont by 170:.tci.no.bo df Arthur Cooling; ri.

Briti"ah Prisonor. of .-ro.r, by boa.ting and

othorwt.~o .a.busing 'hir.i~

ke Onan occo.sion :botucqn Docoubor

NG

---NG

19.1'~.

dnd J~pril 1944, tho unla.ui'ul nistl'oo.t. uont by ~.7ato.na.bo of Jo.nos Neville,, a. British
Prisoner 0: '::a.r, by boa.ting a.nd othd:n;r.iso

o.pu-s'ing_- hin;

l. In or a.bout March 19g,, .tho .urtla.vr- NG

i'ul r.ifstroa .tnont by ~70.::l;ana.bo of Frederick
Hori~y'Richa.rdaon, Jr.,, o.n Anoricru1 Pris. onor
~,-a.r, hy boa.tin0 o.nd othorvriso
a.busing .hiu .

Yos

. i1 . .. on ru1 occnsion botYroon Soptcnbor

NG
1913 a.rid ~l.pfJl 19 }1, tho unlo.uful nistroa.tmont .oy Uiohi9 lfuriyuna. of 011,0 Unrsha.11,
o. British Prisoner of ::a.r,, by_boo.tine; o.nd
othorvr.lso a.busing hil:i.

Yes

ri. In or a.bout tho Winter 1913, tho un- NG

la:rr.f'ul uistrontneil,t by ICuriya.r.m of one.
So14 ~otmif Huntl~y,, o.n Allied Prisoner
-;;O.r, ~y bpating ~d ot~onrise. a.busing M.n

Yes

or

of

.ot

'

. o~ Iti
uh.o ut sprii1g of 19 1~,, tho . un- NG.
lmtful 'r .iistroo.tuont by Kurfynr.10. of one
Co.ptnin Fr6.nk .R. UcDona.ld, o. British Prisoner of ~ :o.r, one Lioutcno.nt Illcia, o.n
lu;ioric_o.n J?risonor of 7io.r, one - Lioutono.nt

UoGra.th tuid one Ca.pti.\in Hinson, Alliod

Prisonprs . of -::a.r, by boo.tins ru1d othorvrise".
a.busing ~hon.

p~

In or a.bout :Jqii.o 19 13,, tho unla.wful lTG

t1i~trcO:tr.icnt l>y Kuriyru:io; of Lieutono.nt J..co
H~ ~_BO~t . ro:i. .Ail~op. Pri.sonor of ~:nr by bent- .
ilig: ~d

o'.t;horrtlso ..C'!busing hiu. '

..... (p 30
,'

or

No f'indl.g.

101 I So.lmbn. ot' 1, Cnsc Mo. 305)

-~~z~

. .,

'

"

-~

.. . L . -

.q. ln o:t" a.bo~t the 9nrly pa.rt of 1944, NG

tho unlo.w:ful nistro.a.tr.i.ont by Kuriyo.r.m of
;.... G0 Lovris1 a. Bri,:tish Prisonor of. .."o.r) by
; forciltG iu1:1 to oeri.t hinsq if 6.nd .othe ri;ri so
a.busing hiu-.

Yes

r. On divers occo.sions botuoon Hovonbor NG

1912 a.nd July 19;13., tho unla.uful .nistroo.tI1011.t by- lturiy:;iJ:m. of "Theod:oro .1.',. Cro,s snor,
an .Anorica.ll Pr;i:soner. of :.:a.r~ by boa.ti1ig
ru.1.d . othorwis o a.busil1g hi1:i.
. .

Yes

vr. Bcfb;roon .Dooubor 1913 and .April

19.:.,l, ti10 unlmrf'u1 nistroutr.1on.t on nuno:r-. ~~s ococ~sions by 7:'a.ta.na.bo of nur1orous
I..ncricl:i.i1 ro1d 2..lliod Pri sonars of -:a.r by
bQO.ting them pra.oticing jiu jitsu on .

NG

them, requiring them to sta.nd -.a.t o.tten

- -

G, o:x;ccpting
the vords .il1 lino 6, 11 plt'-Cing tho~:1 in s<Jlitnry oonf'inoaon t 1 cu tt i110 dm'm
their ra.tions 11 Of tho oxcoptcd i;rords, Not Gui1ty.

Yes

tion f'or longpcriods of' tir.i.o, plo..oing

thom in so1ita.ry co:nfinoment, cu:l;ting
demi thoir rations, forcing siolc Prisoners.
of ;a.r to ,rork und by othorv-riso a.busing
them
Sp 6: Betwoon a.bo.u t 18 lTove:nbor 1942 and
NG
a.bout 7 April 1944, o.ccused .did unla.wf'ully
disroga.r.d and f'f o.il to d.isoha.:rgo his duty.
to, rostrO.in and control the momb.crs of his
comrriand"o.nd persons under his supervision
a.nd ~rnntrol:, by pormitth1g them to cor.mit
tho fol1oning o:trocities o.nd other offenses
a.go.inst AJ,.lied. Prisoners of ;ra.r;

a.. From a.bout 18 November 1942 to 2-2

Juno 19'43, the unlmrful mi'strcatmcnt by

NG

lTo

. G

No

N'ich:izQ.\m of numerous :Aincrico.n o.nd Allied

Prisonors of '\1a.r by pornittinG filthy and

in~o.nito.ry .conditions to exist irt or a.b~ut
so.id' oo.r.1p~ by f'o.iling and 'nogJ.ecting to
provide a.doqua.te qua.rtors, hoa.t and ba.thing .ftl.cilitics; by fa.iling and neglecting
to provido suffioicsnt food ru1d clothing;
and by :refusing, ra.iling a.ng neglecting
to provide p~opor, . ndoqua.to n.nd huraa.no
modico.l ca.re nnc! a.ttcntion a.nd o..dcquo..to
medico.! supplios and drugs; thereby c.on-
tributllig to tho sickness nnd doo.ths of
so.id Prisoners of -::-a.r~
.
. ~
b. In or p.bout Dooombcr 1942, tho un..
NG
lmrful mistr oatmont by Nichiio.wo. of EJL1or
11.rthur lliddleton, an lunorica.n Prisoner of
.10.r, .arid thirty-throe other .1\.':lor;i.ca.n i:\nd
Allied' Prisoners of '::a.r; by oa.using ~ oamp
gua.rds
bruta.lly bea.t so.id Prisoners of "."!a.r.

to
c. On or

nbout 28 Ja.nuo.ry '1943; tho un- NG

la.TI'i'ui t:1 is-broo.tmont by Nichizciwn. of' B~rno.rd
:P. Fo\U'r.l.ior, , n.n A~ori-oroi Prisohor of. ::ar",
uho Tlti.s thoh siok1 . by ca.using and. perra~tting ,
. Ko.'YOOJD.lri;i.: :to bruti.\lly boa.t so.id Prisoner of
~ ,-o.r, ;thoroby onusi.ng his doo.th on or ::>.bout .
30 Jmiunry 1945~

Uo

G, oxccptint:;
tho -rrords "thereby c'o.using
his doc.th on or a.bout 30
Ji'.nua.ry 1943 11 bf tho cxooptoci. wdr.ds, Not Guilty .

Ho

(p- 31 of 101 , S1a.ka.ba. ot 1, . Ca.so Mo. 305)

,:

1T:.. ~_;;-';;-_/

'

l)

.@k'U M.17~/

: d. Betrreen :1a November 1942 and 22

th<f :uiawf'ul . niistreo.tm~nt by

-_lifichizri.tm of'/ '.G;i:eutena.nt" tifcho.ol ;iright, .
:i Britis}t tPris~n1'.e:r of <:Tarj by or-deri~g
iid oci.Usihg : Q; ;:iJo.pane~e non,;,:.c onuis_sioned _'
ofl'i-Cer t6: s10:p . hiiri.~ .
,
- '
.

- >J\lP.d,: i94.3/

. - .e . In _ br. ~bout tho : moir\;h of Mo.y 1943,.

the unlo.tti\i1~ trl.S,treo.ti.1eiit ' by Nichiza.'Vm
of 'Theod.c>"rcf .Lci:r~en, 6.l:i ltuci rict.tri Fri soner
<:>f : ~!o.t; :trh6 vfii~ then -seriously ill, by
denyinfr ':h:tri n9oosaa.ry J:iospitO.liza.tion;
th~:rel?y 'causllig: the doO.th of so.id Prisoner of ":7a.r oii or a.bou_t 11 Juno 1943.

; _.- :In or a.bout :Ci1.o raonch of Fcbrua.ry

NG

.NG

NG

1943, the U:nil.O.iid"u:l inis-Creo.tment 'by J.'licni.;. .

zo.vra., together with 'Ikeda.,
M:i,oliael .
1IcQU.o ony arid Pri v:o.to Mannix I /1Jni:frioru:i ' .
Pris:oi10.rs :of ~ta.r, o.nd five other A.inorico.n
.ai1d Aiiied Pri~ono:r.s of .-:o.r, by coi'ipeliing
them to stand a.t o.ttontion, ba.refootod;'
outdoors -in' extremely cold i.renther or a.
. long p eriod of :ti.no.

- No

Stricken (R 8)

,., -

.G

N'o

No

No

of

:r

g. In or a.bout tho month : of Fobrunry

- NG
_1943, .the unlO.vtful r;1is.trea.tmont by Nichizo.vvo. of .fourteen Auorioa.n o.nd Allied Prisoi1.ors of ;;o.r, who wore then sick with
ma.lo.ria., by boa.ting a.nd othorrriso a.ou::;ing
them.
.

h. In or a.bout the nonth of Novor.ibcr

NG
1942, .'tho unlnvtful mi strecd;nont by Nie hi. za.{ra. togothor with Ka.vmJ!lU.ra. . oi' Joel N
.: Cooke P,..11.d ono DoPa.ncon, _Anoriorin Prisoners
of :;a.r, by boa.ting them and thoroa.ftor
ca.using ca.up g\lC'.rds to bea.t thou.
i;. - In tho r.ionth of Feb:rua.ry 1943, tho
i:iistrca.tmont by Nichiza.wa. of
Ho11ry Boohnko,t a.n American Prisoner of
~-:a.r, by baa.ting hin into insensibility
a,n:d thoroa..f~or ordering hir.1 to vrork in
t he lli~eu,bish.i ' Shipya.rd nithout . providii1g
~oc1Bssa.rymedico.-1 on.re for hin, thereby
contributing to _his doa.th.

NG

~nlt'l.i'iful

j. In or a,.bout tho month of Docc:~1bcr

NG
1942, the unlo.wful mistroa.traont by Nie hi:,
'ZO.Tnl of Bonjom:i,.n Lyons, a.n Ar.1orica.n Prisoner of :7a.r, 117ho ,-ro.s thon sick, by bruta.lly
'Qoa.ting hira and erdorinG a.nd ca.using four
Ja.panoso soldiers t.o boo.t him; .thereby
oa.usifog .his dca.th.
.

G, except t~10
J.ll o
vrords 11 and thoroa.ftor ordering hir.1. to work in tho :.Iitsubishi Shipyard Trithout
providing necossa.ry modica.l
ca.re for hix:i,_ thereby 'c ontributing tci his. doa.th11 Of the
excepted y:or~s, Not Guil:t;y.
.
.
. G_, oxcopt tl:io
No
nerds "thereby ca.us int;; his
doo.th". Of tho oxccptod words,
Not Guilty.

G
k. Botwoon 18 Novoubor 1 19~2 . o.nd 2Z .
NG
Juno. 1943, the' Un.lo.w:f'ul mistrea.t1:iont by
Niohi.za.i.ro. of Hcrrro.rd .,-illiam Kov:i.a.lc,. -:7illia.m C~'"\.rlos Fo.100110.r; Aloxando~ Lioredith,
A. '. c : I~irlc, one. Peterson,. Ara:orici.u i Pris..

on.ors of ~ia.r~ -. ~d :tiUborous othcl:>: Amorica.n

cuid Allioq. Prisoners of ~:-t1.r-, by boa.ting
thoit~
,
I
.
(p _32. of .101, So.lmbo. ot _l, Cns_o ?To . 305) _

...-.... . ~ ~. ~ "
..( 't 4//}-/ ")_//,,,,./ .

No

. . . . ..

.' :

.:~

. .. :i:i :dn di~r!3

o c.Qns'i ons . botvroon 18 Nov-. NG

ora\fo*'- J.94~, iriid<2~ ; .Juno . 1943 1; tI:io unlawful
mistrea.tnwnt,: by<Ni:ohizavm of nUm.orous Ameri- .
. . oa.n'.a.lid: A.;t1:i;b'd .Pr~s-Oers ' o'f :Jar by col;..
'lb ot$yQiy'. J?\tiii~hfug >them ..by' .f oro:i,ng them
. to<.stand ifr n pos.ition; -oi' a.ttontion out of
d601J'or long p.oriods of timo .
.

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-iri~

,; .

. .

z;z

'~

. -. ..:n. :rro"r11 :at>o~.; 1a

Novor1bor 1942 to :a.bout NG

22 'Juw~. 1943,. tho unla.,r.f'ul n~st:req;bt.i.ont . .
by Nichiza.l"m" of n~faorous American- and :
All~od l'risone~s .: .o.r -:-~p;r by ' co.uf?:i.,ng porsons
\UldO'r :his - cor,~o strike~ tort.~o a.nd '
boO.t .th'.om..
..

No

No

o.:In or

.~

l'To

<On.'.divers : occasions botwoe1i 18 Nov.;, NG

. ombcfr .. ,194~ <i,itd .
jurie. 1943/ . the .unlavr.f'ul
n1istrea.tmcnt by ~lichiza.wn of n\Jti()rous ..
iuile.:t"tc9-n ri.i1cl All~.od rri13onors of 1~0.r. PY
~oinpo i.li11g t~o~,i to .\ror k ruid per.fora . 0.rdu- :ous .l,abor yrh:i;lo 111, ,disonsod.J. a.l'ld physi.;..
oa.lly .tin.fit ~. to . p~ri'orm such lnbor. ._ . .
"i

a.bout tho nonth of Fobrua.ry

NG
1943;. tho unlmV'f'ul ' uistroa.tnont by Shi~hido
q.rid Ikeda. and. other Ja.pnnoso pcrso1ino1 of
.a. .grpup . of . scvo1ity .Amoricru1 ru1.d li.lliod
Prisc:mors; of' .:o,.r by bruta.lly b~a.ting thou
:ruid throattor. ocmpolling thor,1 to sto.nd.
. O.t a.ttontion for o. long porio4 of tiuo~

p~- Ii~ or o.bout tho no::.1th of Fobrua.ry

HG

No

no

. 194~:,. tho.. unlawful r.rl.stroa.tnont by Kru1bo

of .-::-tillirui1 To loiill, an .Amoricm1 Prison er .

.of:-'Ja.r, by bruto.lly boa.ting hii:J. and .thcroo.ftor compo 1ling hir.1 to stru1d in a. posi.
t:lon .'of .. a.tteii-Gioi.1 ou'j:; of doors in 0Artror.10ly
ciold.yrob.thor, . holdii1g a. bucket of 1mtor in
co.oh
hci.nd. for a. 1011,g
period -of ti1;:io -
- .
.
,

. "q ..
or ~bout
month of Fobruury
NG
1943, , tho un10.l"r.!'ul r.iistroi.\traont by ICa.r.1bo
of Robert Rri.ymond, a.n . Anorico.n Prisoner
of :q.r, by cotlpolling 'him to per.f'on:1
oa.lis:t henics in the snovr i~ q:tl:ironoiy cold
uoa.ther1 without. a:doqua.to clothing,,. until
ho vms oxha.usted, ~ theroo.ftcr conpoJ.ling
him to ~tand a.t attention for a. long period
of tir;10.

rn

s.,-01i. o.r o.bout 1 Ma.roh )-9~s,. tho \in1a.,7.. NG

f'ul _ii:L:strob.:l:;ti<;mt by .Ka.via.imr~ of Horbert
. q-.;.. KCi1t~ D.1.1. /Uiorio'o.n :Prisoner of ~:ar; by
boa.till ;; hi.ti

-
.. ~
. . ~.../ .
(p 33 of

._

..

No

r . On or a.bout 6 l\fo.rch 1943, tho unla:\7- NG

i'ul ilistrimtr101:it by Ka.nbc nnd other JO.pru1 ...
osc of :i group of' a.pproxir.ia.toly i?v~ hundr0d
uni b irclrpy l~oricD.n o.tid All.iod Pris~mors
'Qf - ~ ;~p:r by foroing thora to stru:id at ::att_on ..
t _iott .':;4'or- ri.. long por,iod of tirJ.c, and duri,11.g
so.id tjl;ip bea.ting rilo.ny of' then. 1
..

.:.

tho

No

No. 305)
.

('{f$j/j/j?~

..

. . t. -.;(ri., or a.bout ..tho" r.ionth of ifovor.1bor

i1i'G
or D.oo.~ttoer . 1~42 /.::faio . ~rilo.w.f.ui raistrot\t"".
rao:rit'. by K~wm11lr.e:i; op Jc)q L M . Cook& ::tj.id one
no Proioon;~ ~6rioD.11, Prlsono~a of '.70:r, :b.y" .
.boa.t~~r$ thora:;.; ... ' .

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u..: Botvroon

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._

_G

. J .

~ .Db9o~bor )~~~2 and 22.

June

G, oxocpting
No
the words "Micha.cl ~-:right,
George Borton Tribuko.it,
Ja.nos P. Bnrthol"; o.nd tho
vrords iand othontiso a.busing". 0-f .t ho . oxcoptod nords,
Not Guilty.

NG

1943, . tho ~ Ula.wf'UJ: r.rl..stroO:tt1ont by'- Kmyp."-

r.nirO:,. of _ Miclia.ol ~7right, .tl06rgo _Borton

..T~ibulca:~t~ .. Jo.mo 8 ~ -;p Ba.rttio l; Ch~E)f Eleotrioia.na' :Mate .Atkinson and Ua.rtiri Frruiols
Fargon, Allied Pri~-onors qf :~r 1 by boa.ttui~r otl1orirlso a.busing thon.;

llig

v~":BotwOon 18 ' No~ombo.r 1942 ~cf ~2 .. .

June . 19.4 3, tho ui1lC1.nful nis_tr.co.tfaon~ PY
Koi~bo ~ :1 koda., Shishido, Ka.rmnurci.1 nnd .
Othor '1'a.po.nQSO o:r I1Unorous Ar,1o:rioa.n: o.nd
Allio~ .'::r,riso.ors -c)f :: ; nr 1 .by bea.t~g and
forqing , ther.i _to ;.sto.nd a.t p.ttonti6n for
loD;g periods of timo.

NG

.-'

vr. Botwoon lS Novo1:1bor 1942 o.nd ~2

NG
. Juno 1943, tho unlo:\r.ful ttlstroutin.ont by
. Ko.T.1bo o.nd othor Ja.pa.noso of nuocrrouo A::iorio.QlJ. and Allied Pri~onors of :a.r by oor.ipo..lling
them to uorl<; i:i.nd pcrforn a.rduous lo.bor
w'hilo sick, ill, disoa.sod o.nd physioo.lly
una.blo to perform such la.bar.
.

x.

'

On or ti.bout
April 19,.1:4; tho unlo.vr- NG
ful 'r.iistr9a.tnont by Chisuvm of J J.
Dross~.or; rm Ar.1orioan Pt,isonor of 17a.r 1
who .l~a.4 boon sovoroly injured by denying
hir.l .tiodioa.l a.ttention ru1d urgent hosp.ita.liza.ticii, there;>by ca.using the doa.th of so.id
J., J., D~~sslor on or a.bout 4. April ~944~ .
:.:1

Mo

No

Strickon (R 8).

..

Y., In . or a.bout .t ho raont;hs of Feprua.ry. NG

G
a.n(].Maroh _1944, tho unla.wi'ul r.iistroo.tr.1cnt
by chisuvro. 1 ,nth Ya.ran.do., Ka.mbo 1 Ikodo. 1
Shishi4o a.pd othor:s; ar O.B . Ha.rria, o.n ,
!.norioru1 Prisoner of ~"Ta.r, by boa.ting him,
by throci.to:i:iin-g to slooo.pita.to hfr1, a.nd by
:thoroO.fter' torturing hiu by conpo lling him
to . ata.rid a.t ~ttontion out of. doors throughout the. night in tho extreme cold-holding
a. . buokot of wntor_ in on.oh ha.nd; by foro.i ng
):d.ln ~o .:rrorlc .tho follown_g do.y ,,tlthout
Bloep, a.nd by s:i,r.iilO:rly boa.ting o.nd torturing I1im for ton oonsocutivo night'3; a.nd
thcroa.ftor pla.qilig hil.1 in solita.ry. confinor.iont in the .gua.rd h_ous-o in a. f37.ia..l l
cali tor thirty da.ys on roducod ra.tions ~d
i:~tb.-0U.t hoa.t or b,la.nkota during cold Yroa.thor
. ''
.
..
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.
' ..
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1
. . z On or nbou t , lfovo1;1bo ~ 1 943,, - tho Ul'.lNG
G
10.,:nu;r nis.tr~a.1fmo~t by ._Chisuv~ o~ Hn.r~y. E.
cio.rk ~ lko :tilli O;tl.S . ~d:: J a.ck Dotip a_o y . . . ~ . .
Tharapso n, ~'uhc#ioEu{. ~ri~onors ,or_.: :~r., . b y:.'
. oompoll ing 't!hom :to,1aioa1. ,,.~th thoi:t hands :
behind ~t;hoirba.oks 1 _then . b~ta.lly 'boa.ting.
ca.ch
thcii, r nnd "by thoroa.ftcr confining
therq.:fu: the guard house for seven days on
(:p 3-4 .-or 101 , So.ka.bo. ot 1, Cf1-BO No. 305)
.

'~'

>

Uo

oi'

No

--:"\ . -+.-

"-?I'-

Ho

-.. .:.

- - ....:... :,1

a.~ .B()~;,bcn{ 23--..JY.40 . 1943 and 1 11.pril

NG .
. 1944~ -Eh() '4tlp.vr.f'ul P,istr.o.o.tmon-t? by '0hisu'7tl.
.of''.nu.incirouS"til:\orioon ...and 11.lU.ed . Prisoners
of ::O.r'by:' bonti.hg ~'.ti.net othohii'~o o.busillg . .

'th.oi:i

.. . '

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'

. .

Mo

.
....

bb On vo.~iou.,a oocQ;siohs bo"ruo:on 23 : Juno NG

19~.::a.nd 7' Api:11. 1944} tho uii1a.trf'ul r.d~...
tfo6.t111on-ii _b y Chiautm 1;or: nupor9lis .:iLl~rioa.n
ru;id i~1ii~d : P?-~s.bn.ors of : ::ir b~{ oolloo~~:V:e~y
puni.shing; thor.t by conpolling : thon to stand
in o. pos4.-tion of a.ttont.ion out. _of. doors
for .10!).r;; periods or tii;10.

Stricken (R 8)

oo. 011 vo.~ious oc ca.sions botltoon 23

NG
Juno 1943 ~ a.nd '. 7. 'J"pril 1944~ tho '. unla.v1ful
. tlisi;rop.fuont .by Chis-y.vm of Anorioo.n and '
Alliod' Prisofiors of ;:a.r by conpo lling thor.t
- to :pororii ctr.auous . la.bar when ill, dis.-
cfo.scid a.rid pliysic.a .lly_unfit to porforn such

Stri,okon (R 8)

lnbor.

___...

dd . Frou a.b~ut._ 23' Juno l943 to 7 April NG

1944~ tho unla.\Vful nistroa.tu ent by Chisuwo.
of nunorous A-lliod : Prisonors of -.;a.r by pori.1it~ing filthy a.nd :J,nsa.ni ta.ry oondi tions
to oiist. in or ti.bout tho oo.r.1p; . by fci.iling
o.nd :noglocting to provide a.doqunto quarters,
hea.t o.nd ba.thing f'o,cilit:i,os; by fniling and
. rtogloct_ing to '. proV'ido aUfficiont food nnd.
cloth~ng; nud by raf'usih~, fa.iling ti.nd
. nogloctinc; ,to provide proper, a.doqua.to a.nd
huno.no i;1odicnl co.ro a.nd a.ttontion o.nd a.do- .
qua.to a.vO.ilo.blo modico.l supplies o.nd P,rugs;
thord:by con:tr:t:butir..g to tho sicktioss a.nd
ddaths of nunorous i~lliod Prisonbrs of Tia.r.

G~ oxoopt tho
No
vtords "thoroby contributing
to tho sickness un<l deaths
of miuorous Allied Prisoners
of .nr 11 Of tho oxcoptod
i.1ords, Uot Guilty. .

oo. In or CJ.bout tho nonth of ' Ja.riua.ry

UG
194-1 , . tlio unla.w'f'ul uistro.~tnont by. Ja.po.noso
ca.up. porsonrtol of .c . F. HcKoo-, a.n. lu'.iorica.n
PriQonor
~:o.r, a.nd aiXtocaii othor Allied
Prisqnors _o f ::a.r by boa.ting a.nd.' torturing
thou o.nd coT.1po lling thon to sta.nd a.t a.ttontion out :or door.a for 1011/l periods of

?lo

of

tino.

rr. In or a.bout tho .o onth of July 1943, NG

tho unlil.itif'ul 1~istroa.tr.1ont by a. Ja.pa.rioso
nodica.l orderly of Jo.lee F<;>rd, cu1 ,:\.J:iorica.n
Prisonor of ':O.r by torturinG hiu by pla.cing . qnd burning Q. ~r
inccnso oonos
on his ba.:rq !'losh .

Stricken (R 9)

of .

. .

gg . On or o:bout .23 Dooonbor 191:3 and

MG
on othor ocoo:sions botwoon 23 Juno 1913 a.nd
1_Aprii 19~1:4, tho ~ urllo.w:f'ul nistroa.tr.10nt
bJ'. l.Co.r.ib,o of 1~dricnri and A.lii od Prisoners
of' -:-:a.r by r.rlsci:pproprio.ting and cqnvorting
tc:> ' hi.f! o'im use tho contQri.ts. of porsonn.1 .-...
par'Q~l,s bo iongihcf .:to so, id Priso1\or~ of ::;c.r ..
... ..

.!" \...

(p 35 .o!' 101-., Sa.l::o.bn ot 1, Co.so Ho. 305)

.

I .

~u.d!"d

\\
~

.If ifitt:Lepl,

.. . ...

. .

. .

bli. . Bo two on 23 Juno . 1~43 a.nd 7 Apri l

. '.'i. .':..

!tG

No

. ii. In or -a.bout tho tionth of Octobor

. .
1943, the unlo.vd'ul r.iistroo.tr.iont by lCru-.1be
of Chq.rles Ed\mrd;'" Ibhniilg, o.n .!u:J.oriao.n
Prisoner of ".':"or, ;by bop.ting ; him. ', . . .

NG

G.

No

jj. , In or a.bc::iut tho noi1ch of lfovombcir

NG

1944~ tho unlo.w:ful ini.s troa;buont by -Kron.be

of .A norica.n and .Allied Pris~ono~s~':of i 1-a.r"'... '

,b .nisnppfop:ria:~ing (l.lld. oqnvortillg to his
0Wl1 use, ~ ij:t;~ra s,~ fo:t.iohs, supplies Md
'.clothing' ~d .~od, QI"oss sU:pplios intondod
for tho '\J,so' and benefit of =sc.\id Prisoners
.~f 17C1.r- .
.= ' : ~~;;: ::
-- ~

194~_., tho unlo.wfu.l raistroa.tticnt . by .S hishldo .

o.nd- Ikod"' of Ha.r:ry E. Qla.rk, Ike 1iilliC1J:1s,

o.nd Jo.ok Denpsoy Thompson, Amorictui. l';i-isonors of ~;a.r.~ bt boo.ting. thor.'1.. , "
'. '..

: 1..

ldc. In or .a.bout tho rnmth of'.: l.'lo.roh 1944, NG

tho Uil.lo.vd'ui mistroa.t-.11ont by Shishitl.o;
.Ikoclo.'~ roid pthors of on<;r Private Hernandez,
:o.n 11Jlor icd.n Pri son.O:r of :.:a.r, by boa.ting him.

11. Botv.roon 23 Juno 1943 ond 7. April

NG
1944, tho unlmrl'ul raistroa.traont by Ka.rabo ,
Ikodo., Shis11ido, Ycun...'l.da. and other Jo.pci.ri-
eso, of' nunorous li.t1erico.n and li.lliod PriaCinors of ".Jar by bentin r; a.nd othorwiso
a.busing thon.

No

G, oxcopt the
i.-tords 11 Sukono bu IkodO:,
Shoi1auko -Shishido". Of
. tl1~ oxcoptod v torcls, Hot
Guilty.

no

No

r:iT.~, Botwoon 23 J'Pto 19,l~ o.nd 7 . :'. . pril

i941, . the unla.wi'ul nistroa;tnont by Kruabe,
. Sukonobu Ilcodo.,. Shons~ko :Shishido, Ya.na.da.
. nnd other Jo.po.nosoi of' .nun or ous linerioo.n
.a .ntl .li.lliod Prisonq:i:s of :;c:.r- by bon:tinG
~hor.1 ruid oonpoll:\J.1t; then to porf'orr.1 c\.rdu'. ous la.bar r irhilo sick, ill, dj.soa.sod Cl.Ild
ph:y.sica.lly U:no.blo .t o porforn such lo.bar.

NG

Sp 7~ Bctwucn a.bout 26 NovmJ.bor 1942 and

NG
a.boht 7 April 1944, o.ccusod did w.1lo.wi'lly
'disro1,;o.rd ail.cl fa.il co discho.rgo his duty
to restra.in o.nd control tho nor.ibors of
. his ccir.Jno.nd qrtd persons under his super- .
.vi'sion a.n,cl. control nt or noo.r tho Hitsu: shir:1ll Prisoner of ,--:-:o.r Ccu;ip; by pernitting
them to COT11T':1it tho follo\"rll1g a.trocitios .
and other .of'fo1isos o.ga.irist Allied Prisoners of :far :
.o... Bci.t1:roen 26 lfovonber 1942 a.nd 7. April .HG
1S4'l,'. the up.lQ.Wi'ul nistroa.tuen:t by SUkoo
: .Uo.l::ri.j.frm together with To.tsuo Tsuchiyo.i
0.ls_o knovm ().S "L.ittl~ Glo.ss Eyo.11 , Sb.da:lfaru
Hirdrmtsu,, . o.lso lmown o.s "Big Gla.ss Eyo", ..
K-uni'o Yosiz.C1.wo., o.lso knovm o.s ."Mushr.1outh",
Ta.motsu kimu~o.~ :0.1~0 1cnown o.s "Punk'',
&.rur.1i Ko.wuto, n;l~o knovm cis "Riwt T6o'!;h",
To.koo
Kirishita;,
.
.
.
.
.. .
. a.lao . lmmm.a.a Takeo
.
(p 36 of
~

. .. . .

..

No

..

G, oxcoptinG
tho '\70rds "by inflict:L'l'lg
on thou fen n.llqi:;od of. fonso .is by a. fo,'f' 1- n.nd ox- ~opting the words "Ro.yuond
Clmvoz, Ro gor G. Dorr,
Ell:ior E. El.1t;;lo", :ind excepting; t:10 vtords 11 GC\.rth
.Ginther, ~.:infroq. O. Ha.yes,
Co.so no. 305)

No

~ j inot.u__ a,nd .'i BiJi,al;I'~, .t'.nd Ril~io Shio ir i,

. 0 .nuuO.r.ous Ar.iortcAh "wl.d Allied Prisoners
of ';~ur by Wliotfrig oruo l and inhur.l..'l.!l.
colloot'ivo . piiJ'i~shr:ionts 011 tlwr.1 for a.llogod
off'onsos .by <\ etr; by . conpell:i,ng siok Priaorto.rs to pori"dru ' .a.:rduo.s .la.oar Thon ill.,
d:lso.ttsod o.nd . phys~oa.lly uPi'it to pQrforr.1
suoh la.bor; o.nd by .f'a.;i.ling to provide than
ui th 6.doq\ia.to .food., clothing ru1d sholtor;
thoroby co.using tho donths o.f' Albert J~
Bui:'lco,, na:Yi40ncl Cho.vc;>.z, Ror;or G Dorr,
Eli:ior E. Eriglo, Shori:rood B . Fra.ncis; Garth
Gintiiori" '.7 infrod ,O. Hfl.ycs., Cla.ronoo H.
Hoi1drioksori..1 Kormoth G- Hun.t or, :i~sa. J _
Ja.okson_. Gust1:7 R. Kra~so, :;illia.a B. . ,
Richa.rdson, Albert H. Roberts.., Guoro.ld. 11.
Sinpson, AH'rod .:G., Snith, J~ si"J1th and
Jane~ ;~. Vit'clli,, 1Jr-9, Ar.1crica.n Prisoners
of -::a.r., :ind Jru:J.os~ RoYmoy, Ho1i.ry Ba.lfour .
G~ovos, Ernest "."Tillii::u:i I.Ia.ck, Sydiley Ch6.rlos
11.1.rvcn, Artl~ur Leona.rd Tucker, -..-ilfrod
Ha.rr,y Ch..'l.rnan,. Ng .Hoon Sot\k, I~. -.~-. Holuos,
Knok Tuck. Soo, R. , Uitchcll, H~ H. Lmvloy,
'l'an Took ~:nh, H. J. Coker, L. Portsr.10t1.th,
G. H. Aindoi.-r., A-. J. Cod, H. Chrutdlcr., Ee
N. SinglOton, A. E. Ca.soy, : . c. stroot,
G. R. Skelton., E. Cross;, .:.H ,":... J,,li:i.oroth,
R. P. Sta.nnnrd, s. c ..:uko, J. c. Bruco.,.
1.1. Mn.ckio, a.nd s. J. D. l.1.oli11d, British
Prf~on6rs of ~;o.r.

Clo.renco H. Hendrickson,,
Kenneth G. Huntor, i .. sa. !..
Ja.ckson, Gusta. R. Kro..usc.,
-.:"illiru:i B. Richardson,
Albert H. Roberts., Gora.ld
. u. Sinpson, : ..lfrod G. S!'.1.i th,
J Snith and Jo.mos 1~.
Vitelli, .];r.", a.nd excepting
_tho vrords "Ja.ucs Rmmoy,
Henry Ba.lfour Grovos, Ernost
~."illinr.1 I.fa.ck, Sydnoy Cha.rlcs
Ha.rvc.n , J..rthur Leona.rd
Tucker., ~:ilfrod Ho.rry Cha.r1:i.."Ul, Ng Hoon Soa.k", a.nd cxouptil.1G tho Yrords "Kwok
Tuck Se{l,. R. I.Iitoholl,. H.
H. Lauloy, Tru1 Took ::a.h,
H. J. Colcor, A. Portsnouth.,
G. H. 1dndmt, l... J. Coo",
a.nd cxoopting tho vtords
"E. N. singleton, A. m.
Ca.soy, ~ .-. ~ C.; Stroot., G. R.
Skelton, E. Cross,, A. A.
li.lueroth, R. P. Sto.n.."la.rd,
s. c. ".'[a.ko, J. c. Bruce,
1~. Ma.okio 11 Of tho oxcoptod
11erds, Not Guil-!:;y.

b. On nunerous ooca.sions botnoon 26

NG .
Novoubo-r 19-12'. -a.nd 7 1:...pril 191:4, tho unlmrfu1 i.iistroa.t1:iont by Na.ka.jir.10.
.'\.norioa.n
o.nd ,Allied Prisoners of :::a.r by r.lis'a.ppto".'"
pria.tinG ci.nd corivorting to his aim USO Rod
Cross supplfos intondod .for tho uso and
bonofit of sa.id Prisoners of' ~7a.r.

No

o. Botwoon 26 Uovct.i.bcr 19:12 a.nd 1 April :NG

19.44.; 1iho unla.wful rlistroa.tnont by nonb".rs
o.f' his .(O.:ccused' s) corJL'la.nd a.nd persons
under his 13'J>porvision and control, other
than a.s uontioncd in "b" supra., of .\nericn.n nnd .Allied Prisoners. of .:a.r by uis- .
a.ppropria.ting and converting to thoir own
use Ro<i Cross supplies intondod for tho
~so and bonei'it o.f' sa.id Prisoners of -.'inr.

Ho

d. 01i. or t\bout 20 Decor.tbcr HH3, tho .

NG
unln.1-rful nistroa.tr.1 cnt by NaJr..a.jiua. of Vornon .
'_B. lfar'Qlo, a.n .jir:loricnn Prisoner of :.-a.l:", by
.forcing.. oq;oh of ti10 two hundrod nnd fourtci:::m
Allied
Prisoners of ..-a.r _than
in the
Canp
'
.. I . "
. .
.
.
.
t~ boa.Jc hit1 a.nd ,by otherwise a.businG hiu.

N'o

of

n. BoJC\reon 26 Novoobo:i. 1942 6.nC.. 17 April NG

linlm~tf\ll rd. stroutnont by Mnka.j~::i..'1.
of nUn.oroua 1\.r.1 orioa.n ::ind lUlfod Prisoners
:to.r by co.using oaup [,-U:O.rd's to "bont mid' '
othori.-iiso. a.puso :--t;ho~i.

19<!.-2:, tho

of

G,

o:~copt

tho

. Yrord 11 nti::1orous", sub-sti tut in;:; therefor thy uord

11

sovcro.1". 0 tho oxcoptoc1..

word, Not Guilty. Of' tho
substi tutod uord, Gu~lty.

(p 37 of 101, Scl:a.ba. o.t l, Cq.so No. 305)

/R-t~~

i_.

Ho
.i

'
-

. f. DurJ.ng th~ ~ \rl)iter of 1942-1943; the

unla.w:t'\~l

NG

...

stricken (-R- 9)

mistrea.tmol'l;t by momb.9 rs of his

:oo~'Uld nnd persons uhder his aUl.Je..rvisj,.qn

a.nq oontro 1 . of two hUndr ed Junerioa.n .and . ,
: L.l~icd Prif!~ne~s ''of ~10.r by requiring them

td stnnd o.t a.tterition for a. long period

of time .out of doors in inclement woo.tl.Wl:'
O.nd thprea.fter. beq.tirig ~Cl.' otherwi.se a.busing thorn .

'

g. : Bot.ore
26 lfovombor 194~ and 7 April NG
.tho unl~
1 mistreo.tmcnt by mombors
of his oomma.nd ~
eris under super. visio11. nnd control of nu . ous. Aracricu.n,i'----.
a.nd .Alliod 'Prisoners of -~ra.r by oompoiling
thom. 'j;o bea.t ea.ch other and by otli.enrise
a.bus til.g them.

Stricken

19~,

- '

Sp 8: Botiveon a.boU.t 10 Docombor W42 and

WG
a.bout 1 April 1944; tho a.ccusod did unlo.w. fully disrego.rd ancl fa.il to disoha.rgo his
'd.ut to rostra.in
control tho memborrr
of ~is conma.nd o..nd persons under his
supervision and control o.t or n9a.r Nuootsu
Prisonor of Ua.r Ca.mp 1,B, by pennitting.
thom to comrait the following atrocities
cmd other offenses a.go.inst .ii.lliqd, Pris.-::
onors. of Tlo.r:

No

and

I)

..

o.:. Betwoen 20 Jo.nuo.ry .1943' a,nd 7 April

l~G

1944, tho unlnwi'ul r.1 isr.ppropri0.tion by .

Oota. of Red Cro~s food intended for the
~so of J~lliod Pr;isqnor's . of \ro.r.
i.

G, oxcopt tho
words "unlawful nii sa.ppropria.tion", substituting
therefor "misuse". Of . tho
excepted .-rards, No'C Guilty~
Of' tho substituted word,
Guilty.
G

No

No

.. ,

No

d. Bct.roon 1 August l943 a.nd . 13 Novor.i~ NG

bol" lri'.1 3, tho unla.wful in~~troo.tni.ont nnd
a.buso by o ne . S'orgc~t ~\oid a.nP, :t>TQ . Ja.pancso
knovm o.s "Gummy'' o.nd "Fi;:ih !"a.co" of Corpornl
G. -1.; J1.1;dd, Cl.!1 Austrb.litl.'ri. Pri~onor : of ::O:t,
by C)o:Dipolling him .to itTQrk ~d b9Q.t~n,(; ' hiu. '
vrhilo sick o..n'd phys,ioo.Tly_ ui').fi;t to porforni
s\lch. . w9rk,
thol'."oby' c0,ntrlbuting to his donth .
..

:G
.

'(p 38 of

101,. Sa.lea.be.. ct 1, Ca.so 'Mo. 305)

~

No

"

_/!--_/_,.+; j

~>//~

. __;,. .. . :. _A
_ l/AI_. "-f~t:-{,Jt?t--"
~ J ~V.f'f' '
o. Botvroon -l ,;Jo.nQ;ey

.l91:3 . a.nd

. '. . : ''G , <oxQOPt' tlw

lS DcH)on\ : NG ..

- No

E~~1;i~i~~!~~~~o~.. ' '. i!~~!i~~:F~porformnrquo\ls;>_tt:(\~pr _ vrb:':Ll~ '' J;li.Y:if\l941ly

:c6.. . :a. ,=rords, Not Gu:tlty~

Of ~ho substituted ords,

unfit to perform la.bor.

; . .
:- '
f ..- Botvroon 1 Ma.rah 1943 b.nd 26 ' citober
1943, tho unlp.T.fi.'ul mistrea.tme11t1 torture
NG
o.nd o.buso by. o~e; Se,rgqa.nt Aoki; one "G:urnint',
one ''.f)iillor", a.h,d QriO . Pri va.te '.l;'p.gu.chi of
Priva:to' .;r.
U~ Comerf'.ord,
Austl-a.lit\n
,.,.
.
'
..
Prisoner of' Wa.r, by ropoa.todly l>oa,tlll.g .
him mid compo.llin.g him to poirorn o.rduous .:
la.bor \1 hilo so~1ously ill ruid physiQa,liy
unfit to per.form la.bar, thoroby oori.trfbu~
ting to his doa.1;h.
-'

-:-

nn

,-

-_

- - _

Gu.ilty
G

No

G, oxcopt _the

No

.'

g-. Botwoon i Mnrch 19.15 and - 13 Soptor.1bEr NG

191:~, tho unla:rrf\11 mis-t?r<la.tmcn~.. torture
a.nd a.buso by qnq. Sorgoo.nt Aoki of Sig11a.ltn...'\ll J. H. Buker ~ ci.n 11,.ustra.liun Prisoner .
of' ~Ta.r., .by roperi.tcdly boo.ting hl,in and
cor:ipolling him to work whilo .sick ond
physico.lly unfit to porf'oru1o.bor .
0

h .. Botvroon 1 l.Ia.rch J,.9 13 ruld 30 Doo1

OIQ.PQ~ 19431 tho unl~.-r.f'ul r.1istr~a.tr.1cttt and

o.b~so by ono Sor-gonnt Aoki of Privcd;o J~:
G. Ha.rpor, an Austra.lio.n Prisoner of . -:-ra.r.1
by C()npo lling hi.'11 to porf'orr:i arduous la.bor
when sick and physico.lly unfit to porforn
.la.bor, theroby contributing to 4is doa.th .

~ a.nd compelling hir.i

nor~<:- whilo siok o.n.d

words

to

phys:i.oo.lly unfit to porforn. ta.bar" or tho oxcoptc d words, Not Guilty.

G, oxoopt the

}JG

1.-rords

11 pororm.

No

a.rduous

la.'bor", substituting
thorofor tho .- wtird 11 work11
Of tho ox9optocl uords, Not
Guilty. Of tho substituted
. i:rord, Guilty.

i. Bot\-roen l Jl.ine 1943 . o.nd. ?3 ~\.ugust

19,13, the unlrwrful r:rl.stroo.tr.1ont, torture
and abuso by ono Priva.to Suzuki .v..hd ono
S.Orgoa.Iit Ao!.1 of .Pri va.to J. E Perkins;
?-U.~\.ustra.liun Prisoner of ";;o.r, by boa.ting
hir:1 o.nd coupe llini; him to porf'orr.1 O.?'duous
la.bor vrhilo sick a.lld physica.lly unfit t9
perform ia.bor

NG

j. Bot'\:rcen 1 Ja.nua.ry 191'.!: roicl 20 Janua.ry 1914, the unla.vrful Tlistrea.tnont by

oiio Sorgoo.nt Shibnno of Priva.to F. o
.. /Ba.yliss, a.n Austra.lio...'rl Prisoner of ":"far 1
'-.-..) by boo;ting and othoruiso a.busing hin,;

NG

G, oxcopt tho
vrord nnrduous". Of tho oxcoptod Yrord, Not Guilty.

No

HG

No
k., Botwoon l Janur'.ry 1943 a.nd 2 1 J::mu... NG
G, oxoopt tho
vrorcls "l Jnnuary 19.!:3 11 ,
ci:J:-y- 19M:, tho ul11a.wful nistroo.tr.1cnt a.nd .
substitiltinG therefor
torturo by ono Priva.tc Kuriyruno. of Pr~vn.to
, ,1J( 1 Fo bruary l..943 11,, and
'.! C. I.ortis, an Austra.lian Prisoner p,r
,.
O;lCQOP1i. tho TIOl'd lfnj.-gh.tly'' 1
\Tax, by boo.ting hir.l a.nd oxpos:iiig h~;Jiflo
.
, . cutd .ci~QPP'i? tho vcQ ~4s
't"~nt~r n'o n.thor n.i$htly ovc~, a. l~nfi~r!~d
,..,, a:n<l
othori'li
so t:'.-})u.GW- "0 hin''
01 . tJ.r.1.e o.nd othor,nso nPtu~;i.ng hi~ ~

'
- - -._ . --. .
,,,
1
. Of tho o~poptod. ~r_4~,~ Hot
GI.ii lty; ~I:- tho subi;it:l.:131tod
yror~s, (Jul~ W-.

,. .

(p . 39 of 101 Sdmbo. ot- l;;. Ca.so

"";"')

;.........,._ /

.If~~~~

}ro~

305)

l. Botvtoon l Soptot1bor ~1943 and 22

. NG .
. G~ oxoopt tho
Dooor.1bo'F 194'-3,:. th~ unlq.Irl.'ul .rnistroo.tr.1ont
words 11 a.nd t6rturo", cilia
o.nd torturo by .orio_ Privd.to To;&,iohi of'
. ' .. OX00pt tho TlOrds It i\nd .cl.ur
Pri vo.to J ',liu:Hoy, ,,an Aust,:ro.lio.n Pri sonar .
. ing snid. period compo lling
of' ".70.r, by boa.ting hun to tho ppint o.t:
hinf t<f. por.t:o.rni" dtdly iccbor;
and othon'l'i,.se o;busilig him.!'
unconsoiousnoss,.' roVi'Vfug hil:i with no.tor .
t\lld oontimdng ~moh 'troa.trnenj?
i'ivo
Of' the ; oxooptod words, Not
Guilty. . .. .
. /
nights in su.o cossion ru1d diu~ing so.id period
compelling him to perfom ~:dnily la.bar, o.nd
othorvrl.so a.busing h~.

"f'or

ra. Botuoon l October 1943 and 4 Jo.nu- NG'. .

G, exoopt tho
. No
o.ry 1944, tho unlo.wful mistroa.tmont, tor-
.w ords "a.rduous 11 Of' <tno oxturo, r.ind o.buso by one SorgeQ.11.t Aoki o.nd
oeptod
vro-rd, Not .:Gui'lty.
.
.
one 'Pri.v nto To.guchi of' Lo.nae Corpora.l c.
T. Tra.ooy, o.n Austra.lio.n Prisono_r of ':i~, .
-' .
by compolling; hin to perform o.rduous lo.bo:r
whiio siok Qnd physica.lly unfit to porforrt
lnbor, o.nd by n Jnp:moso oivili:in knoi;m
o.s 11 Bror Ro.bbit" by. boo.ting hira into .in- ,.
sonsibility.
-

n. During Ja.nuo.ry 1944, tho unlo.uful

NG
ni strea.tnen t by ono Sorgoo.nt Shi bnno of
Priva.to J~ -:r. Do\mio, o.n .l.ustrn.lio.n Prisoner of ':'{;n.r, by boa.ting hin, c ompolling
hir.1 on nuraorous occnsions to stund in doop
snoi;;, confining h:in in tho gua.rdhouso.
nightly in >rintor w:ea.thor lri th ina.doqua.to
food d.nd clothing and \'ti thout blnnkots, .
nnd oompolling hira . to porforn 6.rduous la.bot-,
nn_d othorvrise a.busini; hin while physicn.,ly
unfit to porrorrJ, lq.bor.

.
,
G~ oxoopt tho
. vrords "0.rduoua'' t\hd ' It
othorniso_ a.busing' hir.i.11 Of
. tho . oxoqptod words, Not
. ; .Guilty.
.

o. On or a.bout 21' Ja.nunry 1943, tho un;.. NG

la.$1 mistroa.tmont nnd a.buso by one
Pri va.to Kuriya.r.m of tfopto.in J. Hopburn, .
an 'Austra.linn Priscmor of ":a.r, by boa.ting
hir.1 for npproxir:mtoly
.ono. hour.

.
.
'

. NG

p. On or a.bout 26 Ja.nua.ry 1943, tho un- NG

lcwr.f'ul ttistroa.tmcnt M.d a.buso by ono
Priva.te Kuriyru~n of Co.pta.in Ya.tea, an
Austra.lia.n Prisoner of -.-:a.r, by boo.ting hira.

NG

---

" q~ Botnoon l February 1913 and 26 Fob- . NGruo.ry 1943, tho unlauful nistroa.tnont o.nd
a.buso by ono Corpora.l Ka.ta.yru~n. and ono

Privuto Kuriya.r.ia. of Si@;rla.lna.n H.

Svroot,
un Austro.litm Prisoner of' ~:a.r, by cottpolling nuruoroU:s Alli.o d Prisoners of "." ia.r to
boo.t hira.

No

and

..
'

-..-

i . .

.....

' ~

J;

or

r~ 011
a.bout .5 July .1_9 ,13, tho Wila.vr- NG
f'ul mistr9a.imo~1t~ . torture, and ci.buso by ono
Cor:pora.lKa.tnya.mn, ono Priva.toTo.guohi M.A
othQJ'S of Privo.to G. A. Sutt1:m, 1 on 1~ustr:ilia.n .
Prisonor Of 17aj:\~. by b~t\,ting him o.nd COT.1polling him to porf'orr.r strenuous physica.l
oxoroiSos for so.VOra.l hou.rs until ho roa.ohod
tho point of co lla.psd. .

.
(p 40 of

lOl _ .,2:1;'\b:;t ot 1, Ca.so No. 305)

~~Jbd'

.1

' '
.s . In ' or .. o.botit: Aprfl . 19L.l: 3~ tho unbwI:!G
.f'ul nistr&at;uiont ci.iriL-c;bui;o by: ono Privato
Kuriyumcf: o,f"J3o.:fgGo.n~;/r~. Fo.rdy,, o.n, :~u,stralicm
Pr;i.son,or of~ .':l~r'.('' bi:iboo.t;i.11.b : h_i1:10 .

. "''(

t~ Bo-l.iroon d'.l.bo.u :lflo : Iioconbor 19'12 a.nd NG

. t .t.. pri i 1~;~~1;;,;'.tho -2.,1tj.lQ.wf~l _ ni~o.pproptio...:
t;ion by por.soris<undol:' his (~,ccusocli_ s) super~

No

NG

vision o.nd coi1.tro1: ~ of Rod . Cross food intond~d ;fqr _tho .uso ;CIJ'.ld~ beP:ofi t '~ of .L~li1.od
Prisonprs .of '.):~.r~.
1

u. l)uring , July 19:~,3, :tho unla;rrful _r.d.s- NG .

troc.tr.1cnt :Py Scrgoci.:r:t .\.old of J .. . Vo l.!udib"
CIJ'.l Allfod Prisoncfr of :;a.r ~ by boating him.

NG

,.

-' -NG

NG

Bot'vroon 10 DoeQHbO'.:'.' 1911:2 o.nd '3\

Apr~l 191:3, the u1ila.y:fu~. nistroa:c~1011t by
one Kuri~rOJilC\. of ;r . Vo i'ludio, ~ : .. 11io<.:l
Priso:qor of : ~-0.r: ,, 1-by:vboa.ting . l'l.ir.~
Ve

. ;

vr., .In or abo'l,lt -Fobrua.ry 1913 , t~10 u:nNG

lnuful mistrontnont by one Kuriyc.J:m of
J. V. :MU.C:io, ru1 .1illic<l Prisoner of' ~-:-c,r,, by
boo.ting him.

NG

x. DurinQ; (;110 yoc.r 19,:!:3, tho uri.lmrl"uJ.

HG
nistront;.ion"i:; by 0110 K0Amyo.r1n of' ,- :.. G,.
Pur~y .t o.n Allied Prisoner of .: :c~::c, by boo.ting hj.r:~.

NG

Sp 9: , Bot-i;rocn ::i.boU'G 10 J 1.Llf;USt 19,~3 c..ncl

NG
o."'.Jou:; 6 Fobruury Hl,.'.:,:1, tho c.ccusod did
m:i.lcwrfully disregard c.ncl fuil to dischc.rgc
h:i,s , duty to rcstrn.in a.ml control tho nonbcrs of
.....his .conrr:mnd a.:nd poTsons under his supervision a.nd control, o.t or noar Prisoner of '.,o.r . Bro.nch Co. np Eo. 5-B, by porr.1i tting then to .cor.1.rn:i t tho fo ll01r:b1t;
. c/o'roc.i tios and ot:1oi' offenses o..gb.inst
11.1)..ic:icl Pri:;ioncirs of .:a.r:

a. Fron a.bout 10 J\'.lGv.st 19:!:3 to 5

HG
Fcbruo.ry 191:-:::, t;ho ualcxrful nistroo.t:.:ont
by IInsa.to Yoshido. of' All:i.od Prisonurs of
'.:o.r by permitting filthy o..nd insru1itc..ry
conditions to exist in or abouJc ~t;hc oo.np;
by fa.flil1r; nnd nqg'.!.'octin:~ to p1ovido
sufficici1t clothint:;; by fa.ilin::; and
no glQ.ct:ll1t; to p1:ovi.do o,doqun:bo sholtor,
hoo.t ru1d ba.'thing fa.'oilitics; by. withl1oldins o.nd f'o.ilint; 't o provide .:..llicd
Pr:i.$oners of' Y:nr 1rit:1 o.doqunto nodical
ntbontiOn o.nd uva.ilo.blo .a edica.l supplies;
by vrithhqlding 0.11.d fo.iling to provido
AlliOd Prisonore of ' ;nr Yr:i.th propor end
a.doquo.t9 :f'ood; by compoliiug ~'-n<L polj:iitti;1c;
1:..Uiod Pri-so~1crs or ~-."[],r to porforn o.rlcluous
lnbol" when ill,, ,disco.sod c.n<~: physicc.lly
un:eit t6 por:t'orrri. , ~ch labor,; by compo llin.:;
mid porn~tting .\.lliod PriSOi!ors 0f ~:ri..r

NG

: ''

(p U of

101, So.ka.bn. .ct ~'

.

4'

_;(l~~-

QhsQ No. 305)

Yos

'_ : ~

. .__

:~o~~~ :~~~i~t;~~~~~~'i~~in~o.~~~d!~ ions;

':riuno~6u;s )ll~i~d .: Pi.j_scm9rs . of ;;r:ir; _oo.usine;
po,~~piit/ :i,Ji~r'y,; tc) 'F~
C~oron, J

c.

Sollo.i"fJ >. 6.n:d' A'::t. ' .Oa.tlpbo1l, . . cano.dia.n

Prisoiioks ; o.f -~~-P.rL a.lid tho sickno ss, injury

or

I>~iin..'\J1o#t di_sO.'bilij;y o~ numerous other

Alliqd Piii3onors o.f 'ITnr.

b~ Botvroon q.bqut 3 Soptoubor 1~4~ o.m . NG

5 Fobrup.cy - 19~1-~ ; tb unlnvrful r.iistroa:tmont
by ,yqsbida. of i~lliod Prisoners of'1Jo.r by
.withlidlding rind diverting to his 6vm-~so
ii.nd by-_
. permitting tho Yr.i.thho1dii.ig n.nd :tho
diwrt,irtg to thoir oi:m use by r.iorabors of
his sta..f.f1 Rod cz:oss supplies . inton_d od

Yes

c. 'In or a.bout tho raon:th of Hovcr.1ber

NG
1913, tho unlo.{aul mistrontr.iont. by Yoshida.
'or Ha.roll A. Suith o..nd ~umes Mortinor,
Ca.no.dian Prisoners of ::a.r, by hn.ving ther:1
plO:ced ori. short ra.tions, tied up a.nd loft
outside in cold woa.ther insuffioiently
cla.d a.rid by permitting then to bo boo.ton
by ca.r.ip gu~rds, t1hich oxposuro a.na--boa.tin(j
ca.used thc1:i to bo hospi ta.lizod.

Yos

d. In. or a.bout tho. nonths of Ja.nuo.ry NG

and Fobrua.ry 1944, tho unla.vtful r.i.istroc.t:-1oni; by Yoshida of Jnr.1os 1fortiuor, a.

Ccin'4dio.n Prisoner of ;;nr, by ho.ving hir.1

. ' . tie\i up exposed to tho clcnents insuffioiqntly clo.d. in freezing rroa.thc:i:' o.n~ by
pla.cing hit1 on short ra.tions, a.nd pcrs.onally
boa.ting hira, thereby co.using his den.th 011
7 ' Murch ' l944e

Yes

. ~ In or a.bout the nonths of Ja.nua.ry

NG
;:ul.d Fobrutl.ry 1944, tho unla.vrl.'ul mistron.tment . ru1d torture by Yoshida. of Gora.ld K.
Ti-:t;1UI, o.n li.r.1crico.n Prisoner of -.ro.r, by
h .i..'vii.tg
.
h:i.)n tied up exposed to freezing
i;roci.thor, by boo.ting o.i1d porr.1itting nonbors
of his sta..ff to bea.t him, thereby oontributing to his death.

Yos

solely for tho J~~o and bonofi t of so.id

Prisono~s

. -'

,,.

"'

'

of 1)a.r~

.On_ or a.bout 4 Dooombor 19~t3, tho un- NG

la.vtf'ul mis:t~ea.tmont by Yoshida.. of Cn.no.dirin
Prisoners of 17or by qua.rtorfug them in a.
;nut _wit'it for ID.lmn.n ha.bita.tion, whioh hut
' a.s a.result of itsuns6.fe nnturo subsoqucn~ty oolla.pscd on or a.bout 1 Jroiuo.ry
1944.t, ;?hereby co.using tho doa.ths of L.

Strickon (R 55)

So.usen, .D. L. .Si.ford, ..A.. J-. Jo.aqua.rd, F. J.

. C0lv1.n, J. FUroy, H. <B. Jon6s~ B. P~
Ol'ti.~sen, nrid E. 1.fo.zerollo, C:inndiroi Pr~s
onors . o'C T.0;r, . and injury to :a; nunber of.
. .o_ther Ca.nt\dian ' Prisoners of ~:a.~.
'<";:

. I

'(p 42 of

101, So.ka.bn et: ~' Co.so Mo. 305)

?.iiLM~L

-:.

-. . g. _In or c.bo~fo 'Oot~bor 1913, the u.n- NG

10.uf'ul nistro.a.t1nont by Yoshida. of Ca.na.diaJ:i.
Ptiflorto'?s of ~.-;O,r : by; cQ.usiiig theui to bo
depri\fo~ by.. J'a:ptuf~so " 00J:1p staff personnel
of thair offocts rind objects O'f porsch:i.nl . '
uso . iuid va.lu9 :o.nd,_::by ponnru:iontly rota.ininc;
so.mo;
'. -~
. ,.

NG

h. 'Du:ring tho .mbnths : of Sop'tombor, .

NG
octobor, Novonbor : o.nd D6cor:ib:Cr 19 :!:3, tho
unlO.wful r.il.stroo.tr:).ont by uenbors or his .
. cor.u-.~~4 0.nd
undor his supervision
o.n.d control of 'Jru:les Mo.rtin o.nd ua.rol<l
Gibbons,; co.na.diiiii ' Prfi1ono~s '. or :a.~,, 'Py
oonpo lJ.ing thqra to iro.lk to ci.nd from OQ.l\lp'
to . tlio Rinko Doclt s in - tboir ba.ro foot;
' ..
thereby oontribut)ng to thoir dc.a.ths.a

NG

~ -'

.- - ~

..

..

._.....

persons

k'

"

.- 1.-

-:-',

i;. Boti.10011: Sepire1:,1.bor 19.13 a.nd 6 Jcmu ... .- 1m

a.ry: 194.:J:, tho uniuwfuln i -strea.tr:iont . by
on9 Sa;to
Loo ;y -~ Dottie, o. Ca.nO.dio.n
Prison,or
:;ar by boa.ting hir.1 o.nd forcinr; o
hir.1 to":.. go to wdrk nhori phyriioa.lly. unf'i t to
peif6:ri:1 la.bar, thcroby oontributinr; to
his death.

-'

Stricken (R 989)

of .
of'

je Botv-roon a.bout' Sopteupor 19,.i:3 o.nd

NG
6 Ja.nua.ry 19 14, tho unl~wful . nistroa.tmont
by one Ha.shinoto
G. R~ HoL...'\ughlL1, a.
Cnnq.dia.i} Pr:i.sonor of ~ :a.r,, by bva.ting hir.1,_
therapy contributing to his doci.th~

NG

of'

k. On or o.bout 1 Fobruci.ry 191'1:,, tho

unla.vrful nistrontT.1ont by "0110 Ho.s11inoto
'of' Goraid Snoddin, a. Ca.na.dia.ri Prisoner
of ' 1Ja.~; 'by bentinr; him, thoroby
.,
contributing to .his <loo.th;,

NG

. 1 .. Botuo6n 1 Junua.ry 19g a.nd 5 Fobru- NG

o:ry l 9M, t;ho unlnvdu l ni stro ntnon t by
01!0 Okud6. of Jur.ioi{ Court, a. da.110.diru1 Prisoner of :::a.r" . by boo.ting hino

NG

r.1.. At divers tines -h1 Octobor 19-',1,3, tho NG

unlO.vnui mistrcmtnont by' ono 11 B1Uo Turd1i
of Roland tillitOU.rs,, a. Ca.na.dic.n Prisoner
or ~-.a.r:. by boa.tinr; hiu.

NG

n~

At divers tinos durinG tho raonths

of Octqbor a.rid Uovor:ibo.r 19~3;,, tho unlm-rfui rii~trol'.1-too11.t 'i?y ono Okuc;ln of' Rola.nd
D' limoU:rs, a. . Cnnudia.h Pris oi1or of Jnr, by
bco.tihg hin.

N'G

. o. In or a.bcnit I~ooonbor. 19.!:3, tho .u nNG

la.\rful r.iist~oO.t11ont by one Gkudo. of ,
Rogin~'.l.d Ho.ioy; o.: Oa.nndia.n Prisoner of
~ :nr; . by bontinG h-i n, thoroby.; cont.ributing:

to
..

!_.

,..- .

. ~,

G, oxcopt tho
uords "thereby contributing to his dcrith". Of .tho
oJ:ooptod nerds, Not . Guilty

ld.~

dea.th.

..

G~

oxoopt tho

Yos

vrords "J~t divers t .ir.1os dur.o.

- ing '.;ho months of'", substi. tuting thor-ef or 11 in or a.bout".
Of tho oxcopt9d nords, Not
Guilty. Of i;hc substituted
-.mrds, Guilty.

--

Stricl:on (R Q89)

.
(p 43 of'

No

_.

:..-

_..,....._.

/ ~'fk:zi@d:

..

lrr o.bo~t::.i'.lb-dcf.ibor

l9,13 . or. Ja.nuury

. :19~l4 ~he '.::1). a:iv.fyl, I!l~stroa.tr.ton'\; by one
OkudO:. or B.~ d.; i!IOo:t'o~ a. Ctumdia.n Prisoner
of -~:a.r., : by bo(\t_iilg hii;1;, thoroby- oontributiil'"b t6--.- his
c10a.th -.- - -
.
.. ,.. '
Po

NG

Stricken (R 989J

-.-

..

.....

q~.: '.i1i ~l:>du:{ .Ja;~uD.ry . l9M:,,

r.iistroO.tr.icnt RY _6i10 Okudci. of
Cnn~qia.n

o.

tho un'lm'ifyl NG
_J . Co.ruso~ .
Prisoner of ::o.r, by b.cuting him..

r. fu?twocn a.bout 3 Soptor.1bc_r l 9'-13 cmd

31 Deo#ii11bor 191:3-, _tho unla.w:ful r,1istrea;~.,. .
moi1t :by C\.11 Unidontifiod Jo.pa.nose gab.r'd or'
- Lo.wronco Firlotto, 0. Cru.'ladiru:l: .Prisoner ; of
T:o.r ~ .bY: he a.ting hi1:1. -

NG

a -In a.bout Jnnti.nry or Fobrum:~y 194~~,

the unla.w:rul ' r.rl.at~or.tnont by ono ..Sa.to of

1'TG

..

NG

NG

-'

:illim:'l HO.rwy Ga.~c 11: a. Cru.1.a.dittn Prisoner

of Tfo.r, PY bo0-Mng hih.
t. In or a.bout tho nonth of Soptcir.1bor .
19,13, tho unla.-rTi'ul nistrontoont by orio
SD.to.- of Arthur Hilton Hun tor, a. Cru.10.dia.n
Prisoner of '.i"a.r 11 by boa.tiiir:; hin.
Uo

During tho r.ionth of t)'ru.mo.r:',r 191:1:,

NG

Yes

NG

No

th~ unlnvrfu1 nistroo.tuont by one IIo.shir.ioto

of ~;-il1iai:l Rr.nld.no lia.ltunn, a. Ca.rio.dia.n
Pris01-ior of ~~o.r, by bontinc hi1~. _

v. In or a.bout Dooor.ibcr 19,:13, tho un-

NG

Stricken ' (R -989)

_lmn11l nistrco.tncnt by _one To.ko.ha.shi of

Eo.rnest Houft, o. Ca.na.diru1 Prisoner of -:-:a.r,
.by ;f'orcing hir.1 to sloop in o. la:!irino ox...
. posed to tho oloi:lon-t?s 11 tl~oreby contri'!)u~.
ting to his doo.th.
1if-t In Soptoubor 19,_::3, the unla;rrful ni s ... NG
trca.tmont by 0110 Kie.to of J olm .So Ila.rs,
o. Ca.na.dirui Prisoner ?f .:c.r, by boa.ting himb

NG

x., In or a.bout October 1943, tho unla.-vr.('Ul n:lstroo.tucnt by ono Okuda. of

Gordon Douc;lo..s McLella.n, _a. Cru.10.dia.n Prisoner -of 1. ~a.r, by bob.tin[; hiu.

NG

y. Bot,,-mon a.bout 3 Septenbor 19-~3 a.nd

5 Fobruo.ry 19,~4 11 tho u_rilo.Yrful nistroD.t. uent by o.n unidentified Ja.pcincs-e gua.rd
_of T. Ja.rvio.1 0. Cmindia.n prisoner of .,_-;o.r,
by boa.ting h:i.r.19

NG

'.NG

._ .., '. z 0 In or a.b.out Novo~1bor 19~:1.:3, tho unla.~rful,.. tti.stroa.tj:1oi1t by ono Sa.to of .Victor
Josoph: Myo.tt, a. Cnna.dia.n Prison.o r of -~:a.r,

NG

< _:
-'

l:>y boo.tillg hin. 1 _-

__

(p
,.

.'14

- -

of -101

So.ka.ba. et l~ Caso No~ 305)

!~~d

Yes

Yos

.,

.oo. ;r11

G.

a.bout tho r:iol.1-th .o f Hovor:1bcr . lm

\ 1913, tho uriia.1tf'\il '' tustrontrl6l.1~ by oho
. HO.shir.1oto1'r.: viotor ~qs<:>f>h. 1Iya.tt,, o.
Cp.nndinn:.
'.Prisbncir
'q.t. i ar1 PY "Pea.tine; hir.i .
..
.
_- ..
:- ; 01-_

'

Yoe

'

. . bb. Botuoo~-i '~b~irt 3 ' Soptm:ibor 191:!:3 nnd NG

.. .5 F91?~a.ry _l.~1~;,. t~o ~tm:d'ul r.1istroo.tnont
\ _. by .qrto _Sa.to . ~i; .T .t~. )foll.r ide,.; a. Crm.a.dit\l;'l
Prisono.r -o:r -.--:;a.r,; by bqa.ting hi1:i.
co. In .a~ a.bout tho nonth of Ja.nur.ry
l9M, . tho unli:l.ri.f'ul' faistto-ntr.1ent by ono
Sa.to of' D. S;yvrot ' a. Co.i1a.dian Prisoner
of ~-;a.r 1 by be a.ting . hir.l. .
.

'

NG

NG

NG

Yos

Yos

'

dd. In. or o.bout . Soptopbor 19.::3, the

unlo.rtf.ul'mistroa.tr.iont by ol.10 Sa.to of
Ea.rnost Rob9rt Jru:1p.s !loa.l, . a. Ca.na.dia.n
Priaonqr of ~"Ior, by . ~oa.ting hin.
.

NG

.. '

. . co. BbtYroon a.bo~t 3 Sopto1:ib0r 19.l:3 and NG

31 Dooor.~bor l9~3 tho- unlmd\tl nistroa.tnont ._
by 0110, Sato of Clifford Ed\vin _Settee, a.
Cana.di
_Prisoner of. r:a.r, by boating hin.

an

.; .

ff,, Botvroon a.bout 3 Soptorabor 19:!:3 a.nd 'lTG

5 February 19:1: 1~ tho . unlmrful l:1istroa.tr.1ont
by ombors of hi~ .cotll".10.nd cu1d persons
under 11is supo.r vj, sion cmd control, of . .
Allied P:d sonors of i:~a.r, by burning 'thou
. vrith:"powdor~ thcroby rosultinG il.1 tlw

dcinth: of onu nnd tho porr.mnont disfib"Urenont of nunorous other J.. lliod Prisoners
ot' T?"o.r.

Stricken (.R. 55)

Sp 10: (ru:1ondod) Botrroon Soptoubcr 1912

NG
cmd April . 1944, q.oosod dia unlmtf'ully '
disroga.rd a.nd fa.il to disoha.rgo hi~ duty
. i(o rostrcd,!). c:.nd control tho r.tonbors of his
cotTi.1q.zid a.nd persons under llis suporvi sibn cmd oontt-ol,; -JlW- po:mitt~g thc:b.: to coDtlit
upondi.lliod Priooi1ors of }a.r nwn.orous
a.trooitios(Rnd of~o~sos.othor , tha.n thos~
.so,t forth ~ spoc1f1ca.tions l,2,3,..,,5,,.6"
7,8 pi1,cl 9, ,in .T.w.,ny i;tstcmcos rosultint; _in
. tho d()nths of nur.1orous Allied Prisoners

No

Sp 11: . Bot\70on Soptoubor 19~2 and April

NG
G, excepting
No
1944,; nocusod did unlo.wfully disro~a.rd
words of tho . t".mondmont to the
~pocifioa.tion 11 IJ..'Uly' 1 , substi-
~dfa.il to disoha.rgo liis duty .to rostrn.in
tuting therefor tho -nord
- ~d Control tho r.ior.ibors of his 'Cor.Ilila.nd
11
a.nd. porso1is . under his supervision ond conaevera.l"-; ruid exoqptine; tho
trol, a.t ,aivors Prisoor of -.::a.r Camps, by
words "resulting in", substi...:.
tuting therefor the vrords ,
pormi"t?~;llg tbon to conuit upon "'..llied Pris. onors of 1~;0.r nUriorous a.trooi tics and othor .
"contributing ,t o"; a.nd oxooptoff.onsos, - in ~y ~ih~ta.llc~s rosu).tin~ in
ing tho word 0 numorous". Of tho
oxooptod 1"i10rds., Not Guilty. Of
tho doa.ths of numerous Allio1d Pr?,son9ra .
of -.:~a.rq
tho substituted. words, Guiltyo .

(p 15 of' 101, So.ka.ba. ct l, Cnso No. 305)

;?/:

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/~ -d
.3 .

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<-?/ 't::t>:/l,.-

SummO.ry .of :tho Evidence.

~~-

. - ~~
. . For

th.a:
.. . Prosooution .
.

Kunji SuZtJKI:
In Gcino:i;-a.l~ Tho (/.Ccusod, Kunji Suzuki, hereina.f);or. ca.Hod Suzulci,
tho uro:t coninruidor-of thG Tokyq li.roa. F.i Ca.mps and ca.mp c9tll'O...'Uldor of Shina.. gmro., la.tar la.1~
Omori P': :' Co.mp:, Tokyo li.rea., Hoi1shu, ' Ja.pa.n, fror.1 Soptor.1ber 1942
to April J,.94-l:. Shina.ga.wa; rro.s the foa._in ca.mp tmtil -20 July 1913 whoi1 it vms r.1oved
to Qr1or.i p:; Cqr;1p, hqroinaftor . ca.llod Ouo.ric Shinagn1m ror.ia.inod a.s a. hospita.l undor tho comr:1and of Su,zuki until L.pri1 19~ 1: irrhon tho a.ccusocl Sa.ka.ba suoceoclod
Suzuki o.s o.roo. a.nd .cro1pconrr,ia.ndor ~
'HUS

as

ii.:t; Shina.gcwic~, i,rrhich wa.s o. very compa.ot uni:t, Suzuki ha.d i1is office
rit;ht in tho c::u;ip, .nea.r tho cntro..nco (R 198)" Bor\tings by GUa.rds, interpretors
o..nd t~ sta.f.f' wore a. _froquont ocourrenco a.nd complaints to- ' Suzuki ha.d no effeqt" .
Tho son~or . P..~ offico1~ 1ims seldom a.llowotl , to conpla.in or oven a.ttoupt to correct
conditions (Ex 68, ?6}.; Suzuki r.10\rod hj,s office to Oraori a.t tho tii:io tho ma.in
ca.mp 'W'P.f3 ~tro.ii.sforrod . Oraori vms a. _. compara.tively smo.11 ca.mp, in tho a.ppr6xima.to
forr:t of a. squa.ro vrlth sides o.pprox:lnr.toly 400 foot long a.nd contc.incd only tlmlvo
buildings (E::c 24-1).. Suzuki .hnd his office in tho a.reo. hoa.dqua.rtcrs building, which
Yra.s in the cnnp, cliroot1y opposite tho gun.rd house and tho t10.in gnto (R 537; Ex . :
13, 26', 182 1 184, 209). From his vr.i.ndovr, which 1iro.s !:'.bout forty foot fron tho i~1a.in
go.to, ho could so? porso1mol entering or' loo.vin :; tho gur..rdhouso ru.1d tho n~in go.to.

At 01:iori, boa.thir~s noro c01:monplo.cci a.nd Suzuki ignored P:: officers

when they protested the r.1istroo.tl~cnt of p;;t s., Suzuki nc.s present a.t Onori a. grout
doa.l of tho tine (R 537) ai1d could not help . ::>cing cognizant of n.11 tho bruta.litics that occurred (Ex 150, 221; sco o.lso prosecution ovidonco a.s to Spocifica.tion
4 a.6 to this a.ccusod). His policy Ym.s .to foster a.nd oncoura.ge such .bruta.litics
(Ex 99). A Ja.pcmoso corporo.l, lo.tor pronotcd to sorsca.nt, nc..r.lcd Mitsuhiro ':;a.ta.no.be,
vicis
of tho prir.io novors in ;:tlstroa.ting prisoners (Seo ovidonco under Spocifica.tion &.-r, Suzuki, ini'rn) o..nd ovory JO.pa.nose in cru:i.p, including Suzuld, . i;ms fully
n1;mro of trha.t he wa.s doing (R 5781 Bx 1 0). ::a.trumbo' s roputa.tion is shown by tho
fa.ct tha.t. in Novo";1bor 19 1.13, o.. P: in o.nothor co.:r:i.p nho ha.d refused to holp in Ja.pa.n 1 s
propb.gru1Q.o. of'f'orts i:m.s told his a.tti tudo needed correcting Cl..."'ld tha.t ho 'lirCi.S being
sent -t o ~7ata.nnbo who .-rould be c.blo -Go correct his a.tti tudc (Ex 46). In Scpt01;1bcr
191:31 a.n oi'ficia.l fron tho Prison.or
::c..r lnforna.tion Broa.u visited Omori a.nd
intorvioi.'rodo.bout eight officers who roper-Cod they uero being bee.ton for trivia.1
offenses. This officia.1 told Suzuki . a."Jout this ooupla.int(p 9 -of Ex P) and, in
Dcccnbor 19~3.; Goncre1.l; Ifan.a.clo., Chief of tho Pri sonar of :ia.r Inf.o rr.mtion Bu-rea.u, ordered r.ia.in oa.np cortr.10.ndors to ora.dica.te corpora.l punishn.ent. Suzuki, on a. visit
to Niigo.ta. p '; Camp, told tho prisoners of rm.r they Hore prisbi1crs of .(110 Inporinl
Ja.pru1oso Arny a.nd r.s such r:JUst uork until they died and o..lthouc;h conditions vroro
ba.d, they could oxpoct :othint; bettor a.s the . vro.r wa.s of their, no.kine (Ex 100 in
Ca.so Docket 1'/=67, U .s. vs Yoshida., incorpora.tod by roferonco R 943). On being re ~
liovod a.s com1tmder in 11.pril 19~~, Suzuki a.pologizod to t:'.11. Allied P:: officer for
tho trcci.t1:iont given to p:;r s, sa.ying ho ha.d done ~n ho could to help tho prisoners
of i-m.r but thci obstina.tc opposition of his sta.f'f officers nega.tod his efforts ..

one

of

As to Spocific0.tion 1:
~..--~ ----~~-~~~-

Not QliltYo

. Ls to Specificr:.tion - 2: O~T a.rrival in caup, sone p : 1 ,.10rc confined in

c.rowdod cells conto.111J.nG a.n opo11 la.trino tha.t poisoned tho a.tuosphoro. and 1roro Given
;.filthy blo.nkots and vroro not provided na.shinc; fa.cilitic.s (Ex 24). The whole cunp . .
ruid ba.rrnclcs ncro ii.1.fost6cl with. ro.ts, flea.a, lico a..-ic1 vorr.lin (Ex 105, 251). . Dra.in. a.go i;rns ri:on-cxistoi1t .r.nd tho P.:' s nore bot11orod by fl-ios in tho s-.L~er p.. s tho la.-
..
trino~ c :Onsta.ntly ovorflorrod. Tho,ro i:roro little or no cttor.1pts. to ronody tho situ- ., : a.tion (E~ ~l, 16;, .~l). li.doqun.to ud.i co.l. care ua.s lnckii1c; (E:x: 6~) c.nd P:; nodicci.l
. .off.ic.c rs could not USO a.va.ii~blo- nodicines ('.Ex 232) ~ . ~ fon rcooivod 'SOci.nty n.ttcntion

....

(p 46 of 101 , .So..lc:-.ba. ct l, Ca.so Hoo 305)

---;-;, - .-,.;-~/ ,;..,,._.._

'.

.;

when .~hoy sUffered il1jurie~:>a.t work p.nd p;;t s were often rei\1~ed such medic~nes a.s
vitrunin e:;tra.~t6- an~ glucos9 which vroro avt:tila.ble .in onmp '(Ex . q6). Medico.l treatment vra~ c'i:nist!-'j.!ltly refysQd and a.f'\!ei... .:tho SU:rrendar iri 1945; aasc.rn of Red Cross
nio_dic.a.l .suppl;es. w:er.e discove:r;od a.t . Omori that _fud ..b~en _thefro for ye_a rs (Ex 74).
Suzuki formda~~p. , :poi-ioy-: of Ca.prioiously v'nthholdiJ.1."g; a.vci.il~blo medici:l.l supplies
(Ex 99}. 1\.t ;Shi.!l.O.ga.vm, Lt Tokuda, a. Ja.pa.:i:lese medic!il officer,, refused to gi vo
officers a.vb.ilablo vi tom;Ii shots o.:nd cod liver oil on tho ground_s tha.t officers
. who did riot. vro;rls: wore not onti tled to modioa.l ca.re (Ex 90). In the. fa.J,.l of 1943,
t\i'tor ma:ri.y reqite;sttr 'roro ' :inn.de .' for modioino to trotit dry, bori-beri, Suzki Cl\IllO
:\onto tho" dispons~y and ha.d tho moxa treatment (moxibus tion) <iemoni:;tra.tod on . him
by a. JO.pn.tiese ..<?.~viliaXJ.~ .It vms then doriionstra.ted on 0. _few P.7' s c.nd Suzuki orderod
that ~t th<;3rea.ft?br be used a.s a. troa.tmont. This troQ.tmont consisted of doposit-
i:hg Olru (i.a~frtsoliko .. substo.nco) 011 the i'o.oo, storoch, bdck 6-r logs a.pd igniting
it.. Thi1f tro'ntmont vra.s _po.inful and resulted in burns tha.t booumo infected duo to
tho gonor6.l U:nsanito.ry conditions . Tho srune civilian introclucod. tho noodle troa:t. mont, '\1 hicli co nsistod of pio_rqillg tho_:_skin rtitli o.. f:i.ti.o "hoodlo over o.. norve point
untll the -. norve : '\'.fnS stimulated by tvr.isting .tho noodle. p-; docto-rs objootod to
this troa.tmon~.;ci.nd qven t4o Jo.pano~o 'm.odica.l officor did not think 'it bonoficinl.
This troa.tmop.t, .in gonor.o.l, reto.:rdod tho rocovory ~~.tho P:.-, s from ~h?ir illnesses J
(R 569-573; ._;Ex 6, 41, 66, 166, 209 1 232, 251). FuJl.1;, o. Ja.panoso medico.I officer,
dir6oted tho _
uso of intra...;spina.l irijection of -vito.min . B":"l for beri..;bcri, despite
tho objection by an J~.moricru:1 modica.l officer .tha.t ho ha.d i1ovor hoO:!'.d of sucli: treo.tmcnt . This .troa:tmont had
o.ppa.ront benefit i:>.hd rosulto.d in hpo.do.chos a.nd :giddiness and, duo to tho inferior Ja.panoso runpulos, P. ."' s ha.d severe mcningoo.l irri ta.tion ,a.:nd one ni..'Ul died (Ex 24, 224, 261).

no

P1J' s ha.d to be cx'Grcmoly sick before they vroro excused from vmrk (Ex
49). 1m Allied . modic6.1 officer sto.tod tho.t tho comps in tho Tokyo o.roa. vroro on a;
competitive ba.sis in keeping a.s ma.ny Ri' s ..a.s possiolc working~ It vms the policy
for a.11 ril.on Ori sicl; ca.J,l, vthom tho p;' [ modicul officer had excused from work,. to
be pur,a.dod boforo a. Jo.pa.nose lino officer o'C non-com, "vvho ymuld .o.rbitro.rily rule .
on tho decisions of tho medical officers o.nd often send sick men out to vrork
(R 238; 514,, 51G~ 517, . 518; Ex 102, 193, 203). :LJn.ny sick R: 1 s Yroro sent out to
."viork o.s: a. :result oi' tho Ja.pf\11.oso niodico.l offioor' s policy _of overruling tho F.T
1no.dico.l officers' recommonda.tions-. th'-\t men be given treo.tm<;mt . (Ex 232, 251). On
on.o occc\.sion,, -..-..rhon tho P.'." docrtor oxcu.s 9d sovora.l prisonors from trori::, F\1.jii boa.t
them and. despite Pvt Ralph ~:-oinborg' s sta.teinent tha.t ho Ttus sick, ho did not rooo'iV:e riiedioa.l troC\.tmont a.nd diod D. day a.nd a. ha.lf lo.tor fror.t pneumonia. on 19 Ma.rch
1944 (Ex 1501 267). Dr. Goud, RT :m.cdica.l officor,; testified tho death of Rubo
VClJ.1:d6r ".:o:lidon on 21 Soptcn1bo'r 1943 o.t Shino.ga.i;m (Ex 2 91) vro.s duo to improper food
. and 'instiff.icicnt medico.I ca.re. Rubo vander ~ :-oudeti had boon suffering from vret
berl.-beri a.lid constantly sought to be excused from work. Ho ua.s oxcusod a. few
times o.nd on improvement would .be sent ba.ck to vrork a.go.in (R 550-551). Dr Goad
a.lso testified tho doo.th of Endo van Spo.11, on 22 Murch 1944 ut Omori (Ex 289), .
vms duo to pneumonia., resulting froli1 undue exposure to cold, clina.te, ma.lnutrition
D.rJ.d lack 9f inodl.ca.l co.ro Ho ha.d boon to tho di sponso.ry r.m.ny .tir.1es. During his
pneumonia, his 'only trec:.tnent vms to bo Given o.spirin a.nd. o. li ttlo quinine a.a that
wo.s a.11 thtl.t ,,-ro,s a.va.ilo.ble (R 562, . 563). Dr. Gou.cl further tostifiod tha.t Rnlph
Ponnif? Brindley, rui A1fieric::m P.7,_ v1ho died n.t 0T.1ori on 2'' April 1944 (Ex 258), .'\ra.s
suffering from chronic ma.lnutritioh cild dry bcri-bori a.nd ho.d a. shell fra.gmont in
his chest. i3r:J.ni:Ilc--y ofton crune to tho dispensary fo.r troo.tr.101~t a.nd to get excused
. from Yrnrk. Ho only succe~Ydod in bcinc excused fron uork a. few times and on oO:ch
occo.sion vrn.s sont ba.ck to work a.ga.ln. Brincl:by "diod suddonly. Ho ho.d :bocomo so
discoura.gcd and doprossod beca.uso of tho la.ck of trontmont th::i.t ho did no.t ho.vo the
. sta.r:1i:O.n or vnll po'Vl_Or to ca.rry on (R _563). . Dr. Goud a.lso testified Frank Hcirris,
o. .butch P.7,' rrho" diod ' a.t Shinuga.vm on 6 March 1914 (Ex. 287), dictl of' pnow:1onfo., .
. resultirtg. from la.ck of' ri1odieillo~ HC.rris suffered~ . fror.1 chroni.o . recurrent diarrhea.
for '. sevor-a.1 months ' and on slight it.J.provornmt ~i.f'ter boin~ excused f'.r'()r.1 vrork;, . ho ..
. ',.;6u ld' JO .. sent bfi;ck . to. WO rl: d.ga.in .(R . 552) Dr. Goa.d to st if'io d tha.~t; . sending nen ~ut
f ering fror.1 bo~i-beri to "l'rorlc .affects thoir heurt_s (.~ . 508) -nnd roto.rds rocovcry
-'ot_.:Shoso a.:tfectod by diarrhea. -(R 5J,.,3)"~ The only pro<;>f o.s to 'the death of Hovmrd0

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E. Huftfuo . is FJJ(iiil;>iJlil 262 a.rid 262A, whic]:i conpri so a. doa.th cortifio::.te showing
.HUffj,lio to li..'iive died on. 7 Ja.nuri.ry 1945 fron clysontory ut ~i:rny Hospital :f./~2, Tokyo,,
yrh:l.oh. wns not Wider tho coz:.u:l..'Uld of tho a.cctisccl. T.h o officinl oustocliru1 of tho F;!
records .tostifiod tho trMsfer of . tk.-U:ia.gor.1011.t 'or p:-: Huffino tot he Tokyo P:j Co.np
oocurrel on.13 }foveciber 1942 and t.ha.t Huffine hC'.d dio.rrl1ca. on his trip fror.1 :Manila..
Tho So rooords sho:r.f ro'l. -officia.l r.10dica.l oxa.i.1i11a.tion on 12 October 19-1:2 a.nd tha.t
liui'f'i.no dri.s :icb:1iJdtod to tho hospito.l on 3. Docenbor 19 ~.1:2 ro1d diod 7 Ja....11ua.ry 1913
.. (R 905~ 906)~
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. . . nt-".-~doa:d testifiod during tho tiuo covered by tho so doa.ths, thoro

wa.s unissuoCl '.Rod Cross food a:t On()ri 6.nd1 ctespito a.11 pfon.s,, tho officio.ls re.fused :to issue it for U:se by those wh.o yroro sick (R 566);
J,.s to . Spo-cifica.tion 3: In ':necor:ibor 1942., South ~\frica.n Red Cross
pa.reels a.rri vod a.i E'ho il~cOI1p "'Siid it . i:ro.s o stina.ted th..1.t JO.po.nose personnel stole
100 pa.olmges. In llia.roh l94:3,, Rod Cross food, including ..~ocoo.., sugo.r ro1d cornod
boof; a.rrivod a.t. On:ori c..nd i.rt1ch of it Tms .ta.lcon PY tho Ja.pa.ncso personnel (Ex 68).
In DocorJbor 19~3;" sufficient Rod Cross pa.clrngos to - a.11ot ea.chp.:: one pncka.go a.rrived but the Itt s yrorc only given a. hO.lf po.cka.gc a.pie co o.nd the Ja.pa.riese officers
a.n.d non-oor.ir.iissimiod officers 1roro given the rest (I:~x 168). In Hurch 19L1~ .. when
Rod Cross pa.ckugos ' \'roro rccei vod c.t tho r.10.in car.1pj 1ta.ta.na.bo kopt forty-eight pa.oleo.gos for hi_s ovm \,\so (Ex 16, 55, 172, 184) ro1d Suzuki did nothing on receiving protests a.bout -::;o.tnna.be' s uctions (Ex l68) o The accused for~:iUla.tod a. policy of rrithholding Reel Cross food ~pplies (Ex 99) o.nd Ja.po.ncso personnel \'lore const6.ntly soon
using Rod Cross supplies o.nd taking such supplies out of cru:ip (Ex 99, 149 1 168,
184, 222). Po~sona.l property of tho prisoners wns a.lso confisca.tocl by Jc.po.no so
personnel (E~ 222)0 Suzuki ha.d in his possession Iled Cross cocoa. ro1tl suga.r ho ho.d
a.ppropria.tod for his mm uso (Ex 209) a.nd ho infornod bra.nch pa.ups cocoa. o.nd sugl\r
could bo .used for 01itcrta.innent purposes (R 1351). Exhibit 388 shows Red Cross
a.rticlos o.rrivod about tho ti::1os cla.ir:iocl in tho statoncnts introduced by tho
prosecution.
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, li.s to Specification 4: In either ifovonber or Doc01'.1bcr 1943 1 a. British

gunner ncu:i.cd Ilfa.nsficld \'ro.s co.ught ston.ling Rod Cross parcels. t ha.t noro kept in tho
. Jn.pru1oso GUO.rd house (E::~ 35, 83),, . Ho \'Ta.S boaten (Ex 209) nnd tied to a. tree, cla.d
only in undorrroor or- pa.jru:1t1.s, for a. period . Or tvro or throe da.ys a.nd- nightWEx 184,
209). It vms snmring tu1d tho to1:1pero.turo a.t thc..t tine yrould fri.11 to a.pproxilia.toly
twenty dogroes fa.hrenl1eit (Ex 83, 209). -.n1ilo tied, p-; lla.11sfiold mis hit in tho
fa.co ruid 'kicked n.b9ut the log-a by ::o.ta.nc.be (Ex 83)
Aftorvro.rds, Hnnsf'iold vms
brought. in front of tho a.ssonbled ca.:.:1p nn<:l oi thcr the a.ccusod or Cnptr.in Inoto ma.do
a. spooch" to. tJ.1o o.ssor.1 blod _P:: s a.bout it. This troe t _o uhich Mro1sfiold -rms tied.
lta.S directly 41 f'r01Tc o-J; tho Jn.pa.no.so hea.dqua.rtors building whore the a.ccusod ha.d
his offi~.o . a.nd tho o.ccusod. smr hin during this period (Ex 184,,_ 209).
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As to Specifioa.tions 5a. and 5b:

As to Spocifica.tion 5c:

J:Tot guilty -- i?-6t_ion by defense.

Not guilty -- findingo

ll;s to Spocif'J;,?o.tion 5i: The a.ffidr..vi t of the t1.lloged victin, Ca.rlton H.

'Q1a.rk, 0.11 lu:1oricnn ~., disclosc_s thc.t in Jo.nuc.ry 1911-1, uhilo ";";'n.troi.a.be -rro.s boa.tin{i
a. F.; in the burra.cL:s, ho, a.s :. .; in cha.r go of tho ba.rracks, a.sl:e d -:-:a.tr.no.be uho.t tho
. uro1 ho.d dono. ~;o:crombo tool<: Cll\rk to his bn.rra.cks and bcn.t h:ii:t c.oross tho fc.co
ni th 6. lca.thor belt anC. his fists, l_mockii1G hL1 -. clO'wn a.bout thirty tines. A protest
co11corning this bee.ting by tho SOJ1ioi- F.: ofi'icor resulted in ::cta...'11.a.bo c.lso bonting
this oi'i'icor (Ex 50, 68) .

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- 1.. s to Spocifioa.tio11 5c: The a.ffida.vi-t of tho a.lloGocl victi..':1,- Echmrd

V Docltuoilcr, a.n i.i:1cricru1 P.":, disclOso _s thc.t c..bout_ l .5 Doco1:1bor \..19-.::3., nhon :,~a.trumbo .
boc.t UG. Cl:'.'..rk, Lt . Condr. DoolC\]Oiler, a.s senior P: officer, coi:lpla.incd to Lt.
1Iorng:isho.;, tho duty offioor .. -:-:hile rogistorinr; this conplnint, -:-;a.tr..na.be cam9. by-.
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a.nd t~_firig.Doclcvioilor o.wny f:~or1~ Lt. Morrtgisha beo.t him mid threntened to torture
mid kill hlli_:(E:x: 50, 68)
.
As "t i :s_Eeoifica.tion 5f: - Not g;uilty -- motion .by defense.
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. . _ As to Speoificntion ~f: The o.ffido.tj. t of the a.lle ged victim., Marion
Dc..niel _Unruh, an Arno:ricnn P,":; , disc oses tho.t' on 25 Fobrua.ry 1944, :-ia.tmia.bo entered
tho oell whore ho iivus confined D.nd ma.de derogatory remarks a.bout the United Sto..tes
a.nd vrhon Unruh dofondod his country~ Tlo.truio.be beoo.r.10 angry n.nd boat hin on tho hoa.d
with flying boots c..nd \ knocked him do-rm o.n:d kicked him (Ex 179).
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As ~_ to Spocifica.tion 5h:

Not guiJ.,ty. .... rnobion by defense.

As ~ t.o Spocifioo.tion 5i.,~ _,_ __ The o.f'fida:rl t of thQ iilleged viotir.J.1 Fra.nk
o .~7ynno, an :li.norica.n P.':.: discloses" th0~t. in Ja.nunry 1 944, \Ja.to.nO.be .b eo.t him with
his fi'sts in nnd >ubout the fa.co . for not spoC'.king to ITa.j\a.110.bo n.nd fa.iling to stt'-11d
a.t attention (Ex J88)
As

-~o S12ocifica.tions~j__::.!1d

5k:

Not guilty -""'. notion by defense.

-As to Spooifica.tion 51: The : a.ffida.vi t of tho o.llegod victim, Frodorick Henry Richa.rdson;- Jr., a.n 1\raerTcmi P':~_., discloses tha.t on 30 March 1944 1 "' a.
_group of prisoners, including Richa.rdson, upon a.rrivq.1 a.t Omori, vmro linod up in
a. form..'\-Cion by ~ia.ta.no.be. Richa.rdson ha.d a. tompera.turo of 102 degrees boco.uso of
a. slight ca.se of pneunoniO. cmd ho folt fa.int o.ftor standing l~ hours a.nd sta.r:tod
to sta.ggor. Tiatana.bo, f:lOoing this,. sla.ppod and punched him, lmocking hir.l. to tho
ground (Ex 159).
As to Specifioo.tion 5m: In tho sumr:10~ of 1943 or tho spring of 1944,
Ma.rshall,,- a. British p;;, vms severely boo.ton . by Michio Kuriya.nn . M.'1.I"sho.1.1 1 acting -o.s 0. ba.th houso ordoriy r:md following tho orders of a. Jo.pa.nose pri:va.to, led a corta.in group of P.7' s in to batho despite Kuriya.rla.' s _prior ~orders. - rn1on Kuriya.mo. a.r- .
rivod a.nd sa.w this, ho bega.n to boa.t Mn.rsho.il in tho mitoroom of tho ba.th house
(Ex 24) a.nd thon took him to tho cook house a.nd boo.t hia irith a. ii-roodon club {Ex
44, 222) a.nd lmockod him dovm o.nd kicked o.nd jurapod on 11.im (Ex 126). Ho o.lso ran.do
lfarsh..."\ll cra.vrl a.round tho cook house on his ho.nds and knees i.-1hilc ho kickod ru1d
struck hi.l";t (Ex 38, 44, 76, 149 1 222) . 1~s a. ~r.osult of this boa.ting, Ma.rsha.ll's fo.co
vro.s S'l:rollon nncl ho did not .complc~coly recover either monta.lly or physico.lly (Ex 24).
As. to Spooifica.tion 5n: Sorgoru1t Huntley, o.n Allied F.'; , vro.s severely
boo.ton Tith a.n implor.iont by Kuriya.r.m in tho a.utur.m or. vr.inter of 1943 (Ex -tl4)

As tb _Spocifica.tion 56: In tho spring of 19-M \Ex 4-1:), Kuriyruna. o.ocuscd ,tho mosS: officon o1 not roO:Uoing tho . rations for officers (Ex 204) or tho
sick p;-; 1 s (Ex 44) a.s ordorod c..rid bcC1.t a.nd kicked Lt. McGra.th mid Ca.pta.in Hinson,
Allied F.~ 1 s, ca.pta.in :McDona.ld.t Dri ti sh P:_
;, Lt l.ucia., iu:i.orica.n P:-;. Kur:i.yona. t10.do
thoso P7' s bond do1-m nnd touch their taos and turn circles and v>1hon thoy fell ho
kiol::dd them (Ex H; for po.rtio.1 substru1tio.tion, soc Exhibits 18 and 131). Kuriya.r.w.
sta.tos ho moro_ly ua.do . thom oxorciso (Ex 201)
As to Spqcifioa.ti_pn 5p:

No finding by the cor.u-aission.

li.s to Spocificntion _5_q: In , th~ oa.rly pa.rt of 1944 1 Kuriyruna. h.'ld A.

G. Lo~rls, British Petty-Officer;, -rrho was tl10 cru;1p ca.rpontor, :i:in.ko a. box for him.
TI~on Kuriyano. discovered tho diraensions vrere =-.. frC.ction of on in~h off, he forced
Lc.iiriS1 . a.t tho p6u1t of a. -ba.yonot~ to sto.rtd in tho snovr of tho pc.ra.do grounds a.nd
1
bcc..t huas~lf ' on t11o hea.d wi1th a.- ha.nnor 1(Ex 204; ~ 580).

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As .to Spocif'iqntion 5 r; _ The ci.ffidnvi t o~ tho o.lloged victiL1,, Theo~
doro A., Cresim~l'I a.n 11.morican P.'.~-CUsclosos tho.t botvreon 12 Noveuber 1942 o.nd 20
July 19~:1:3,: Irl!triy~ ga.ve him si~ severe boo.tings, hitting hir.i a.cross tho fa.co vrith
o. rubbor s~100~ resulting ' in his eyes being blackened and closed for tvlO or throe
vrooks (Ex 56). . _.
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~s ~o Spoc-ifico.'t:!ion 5vr: Botvroen Docoubor 1943 a.nd April 1944, Mit. suhiro Tfatrumb9 '. tookC!o!ighl _in consto.ntly slo.pping mid lmocking P:J' s a.round (Ex
84, 105, 227) ,t .- i;fo.tn.nabe bo.o.t .:P:T' s with fists; boot_s, fencing stick, tho side of
_h is svrord o.nd it~ sonbb::i.rd (Ex 95~ 149, 166,,. 226., 238), nnd sent i;;ick men out to
trork (Ex 161) . Fo.tM.o.bc bout sick i:-r;;t s (Ex 239). Ho required p:;' s to stand ut
o.ttontion for long periods of tir.10 (Ex 8'.l:) o....nd pro.cticod ju-jitsu on them (Ex 1661
238).,
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As ~o Specifioo.tion 6; , Tho solo proof, except tho tosti!:i.ony o.f Mo.aa.o

-- 1Tichiz9'wi c1.nd EXhibft n.:13 ( i_n fra.}, produced in support- 'Of tho sub.;.spocit'ications
. in this a,pecij.'i()~tion are o.opies
military connnission orders resulting from Case
Docket 4/=461 u. ~ ~ vs Nichizawa; showing the conviction of the persons nruned in -
these sub-specifications of the incidents alleged therein. This evidence will be
cited by showing the ' speci.:f'icat.ion number appearing in the military conunission
order and the exhibit number whereby copie's of these military connnission orders
were int_roduced into the rec.o rd. In addition, this . reviewer has_ checked the record
of said Case Docket " 1'~46 to see if there is evidence to . sustain the specifications
as to Suzuki
some of the speoifications of Which these men vrere found guilty
covered a period of time before l~pril 194:1: and a.fter April 1944 when Suzuki was relieved of his command. After each reference as stated above, there will be noted ..
the exhibit. number or record citation in said Case Docket {/=46, which will be indicated with the letter "N".

of

as

These military commission orders are entered in this record as follows:

Military Commission -Order i/=8, HQ. FEC, dated 13 June 1943, Ex 252; MCO 128, HQ 8th
Army, dated 4 ,D~comber 1947, Ex 326; MCO 130., HQ 8th Army, .dated- 4 December 194?,
. Ex 327; MCO~l, HQ, .8th Army, dated 4 December 1947, Ex 3.28.; MCO 132, HQ 8th Army,
dated 4 December 1947, Ex 329; MCO 133, HQ 8th Army, dated 4 December .1947, Ex
330; MCO 129, HQ 8th Arrn:y, _d ated 4 December 1947, Ex 348.
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.
Masa.o Nichizo.wo., who was the .commander of tho ca.Ii1p _concerned . in this
specification, was ca.llod by tho conunission as its own witnoss (R 862) and testified as follows: . On arri va.l; tho PIT' s vroro in ex-trcmoly ba.d hoa.lth _o.nd when
Suzuki wci.s ini'ormod of this, ho allowed another vteok' s rest o.nd sent a. mo-dica.l officer f'roni the main ca.mp who investigated the hoa.l~~h conditions (R 866). Suzuki
mo.de uno.nnounood visits to tho ca.mp a.bout onco a. month botv1eon November 1942 nnd
Juno 1943. His visits lo.stcd a.bout four hours (R 863), during which he inspected
tho co.mp o.nd work si to s nnd on one or tvro occn.si ons, ho ta.lkod to B''f' s through a.n
interpreter (R .8 71). Rod Cross food pncko.gcs wore turned over to tho senior FW
officer and Red Cross medicines vrore turned over to tho Pff dispensary. Nichizo.vro.
a.dini ttod thut ho ha.d RV' s slapped vri th open hands on tvro or throo occasions, including one ma.ss . slapping when members of one ba.rrncks vrorc oo.ch sla.ppod onoo
_
. (~R 868/ 876) ~ Boca.use the HV' s wore so sick1 Suzuki obtained a.ddi tionnl medicines
o.nd .ga.vo the ca.nip priority on .11~sp:i.tnl:i,zo;tion _ (R 870). Nic}:liza.wa. attomptod to
serve ci.dditiono;l food from the compo.ny employing tho PIT' s o.nd tho profecturnl nuthori ties (R 881-882) e
As to .Spocifico.tion 60.:
. 25_.
As to Spc.cifica.tion 6b:

S ;)ocific~tion 1

of Exhibit 252 - -N Exhibit

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Specification 2 of Exhibit 252 - N Exhibits

o7 o.nd .125.
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8, 9, 10, 11 o.nd: 12.

(p 50 vf

Specification 3 1 of Exhibit 252 - N Exhibits -

101 , Sa.lco..ba.'ct l, Ca.so No. 305)

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447, 451; W Exhib:i:t 6..
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S1)ocifica.tion 4 of Exhibit 252 - N Rocord

Stricken.

As .to . $pociipo.tion . 6f:

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Speoif'ioa:bion 6 of Exhibit 252 - 1'T Exhibits

As to Sp~oifiea.tion. 6g: . Spocifico.tion_ 7 of Exhibit 252 - N Exhibit 3~

N R~oord . .446

. As to ~po'cii".i.cntion 6h:

Spocifiontion . 8 of Ezjlibit. 252 -N Exhibit 47

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to - ~pocif'ica.tion

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toi;~pocifico.tion 6,J?

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Speoifioo.tion 9 of Exhibit. 252

59.

Spoo:i'..f'iOo.tio~ 10 pf. Exhibit 25-2 . - u Exhibit

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As t9 'p()oifioo.tion 6k:
49, 64~o.nd 79.

- N Exhibit

Specifioo.tfoli ll of Exhibit 252 - N Exhibits

As to . Sp2oifico.tion 6 1: Spooificn.tion 12 of Exhibit 252 - N Record

415r u Exhibits 50 o.nd 53. ~

Exhi~t

As to s;eocifioo.tion 6m:

Spcd,fico.tion 13 of

As to S,Eocifico.tion 6n:

Specification 15 of Exhibit 252

252 - N Exhibits

8, 49 o.nd 52.

- N Exhibits

9,,. 121, 123, und 1259_.

. As. to Spocifioo.tion 6 o_: Spocifico.tion 160 of Exhibit 252, _Spooifica.tion 7 of -Exhibit 329, s pooifioa.tion 5 of Exhibit 330 ':'" N Exhibit 2~.
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tion 3 of Exhibit '3~7 - N ill:rJiibit A.

Spooifico.tion 16g of E~~hibit .252, Spocifioa.-

As to Sp.ocif'.ica.t.i,o~ 1":
tion 5- of .Exhibit 327 - i,T Exhibit "3.

Spcoifiontion 16h of Exhibit 252 ,_ Speoifico.-

A.s to Spocifico.ti9n 6J~: Spooifioa.tion 16 i of Exhibit 252, Spocifioo.tion 2 of Cha.rgo l of Exhibit 348 ~ TI Exhibits 45 o.nd 46.

As to Spocific~tion 6t:
Spocifica.tion 16j of Exhibit 252, Spocifico.tion_ 3 . of Cha.rgo 1 of Exhibit 348 - '11 Exhibit 47 .
. l..s to .Spocificc.tion 6u:
Spocifico.tion 16k of
.. tion 4 of Ch~rgc l of EXhibit 348 - n Exhibit 81. _

E~ibi t

252, Spocifico.-

As to S~eoifioa.tion 6v: SpooificC\tion 16 l of Exhibit 252, Spocifico.ticin 13 of Exhibit 3 9, Spocil'icntion 10 of Exhibit 330, Spooifico.tion 7 of Exhibit
327) - N Rooord 451; lT Exhibits 5o., 6., 10, ll, 23; 36, 49, 50 o.nd 125.

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Spooifioo.tion 1 of! Tfa+1ibit 327, Spccifico.tion 1 of Exhibit 32'8, Spocifica.tion 6 of
Exhibit 329, Spocifico.tion 4 of Exhibit 330 - N Exhibit 15

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N Exhihits 2 o.nd '61. '- Jl.s to S:r;x:icif.ioa:cion 6~:i9:

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Spccifico.tion 9 of Cha.rgo 1 of Exhibit 326 -

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As to Spcoifioa.tion 6gg: Spooifloc,tion llk of ChO:rgo 1 of Exhibit .

326,, Spocifica.tion 13 pf Exhibi:C 3W7 - 1J Exhibits 49,, 125 nnd 138.
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As to Specifioo.tion 6hh: Spooifioa.tion 11 1 of Chnrgc :1 of Exhioit

326, Spoc~fioation H, of Exhibit 327' - .N. Exhibit 49, 125 n.nd 138.
1!-s to Specification 6ii: Spooifica.tion llm of Cho.rgc 1 of . Exhibit
326, Spocifioo.tion .9 of Exhibit 327 - N Exhibit 25.

As to Speoifioo.tion 6~j:
3G6 1 .Spocifioation .12. . of EXhibit

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Spoo:i'.fication lln of Ch.."trgo 1 of Exhibit

_339 .:. N E:ichibit

9, Spcoifioo.tion 8 of EXhibit

. 21.

326

As to Spccifioa.tion 6kk:
N Exhibit 21.

Specification llo of C_ha.rge 1 of Exhibit

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326 - N Exhibi:tB 23., 28, 50 1 59, 77, 81, 122 o.nd 137.
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Spocifioa.tion 11 t of Cha.rgo 1 of Exhibit
326; Spccifioo.tions 6 a.nd 7 of Exhibit 328 - N Exhibits 28, 39, 59, 81 . a.nd 121

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As to Spccifioo.tion 7: As in Spocifioa.tion 6, tho solo proof of the
sub-spcoifioa.tions in tliis spo.cific.a.tion a.re copies of milita.ry conunission orders,
in this insta.nce a.rising out of Ca.so Docket =,:~128, U.S. vs Na.ka.jima. Tho ovidonco
vvi.11 be o.i tod in tho so.mo "iro.y a.s Specification 6, the a.pplioablo milita.ry commission
ordor.S\ boing ontorod in this _record n.s follows: l\!CO 1~~15, GHQ FEC, dated 28 July
1948,, Ex 294; MCO =//=16, GHQ FEC, da.tod 28 July 19'1:8, :8x 295; MCO 1:'=17, GHQ FEC, do.tod
28 .:r.uly 1948, n:x 296; HCO 4{18, GHQ. FEC, do.tcd. 28 _J~ly 1948, Ex 297; MCO #1911 GHQ
FEC 11 da.tod 28" July 1948, Ex 29~; -:i\ICO ~/i~20, GHQ FEC, dated 28 July 1948, Ex 299;
HCO {/=153, HQ 8th !~rmy, dO.tod 29 Fobrunry 1948, Ex 336; UCO =,~'=154, HQ 8tl:1 L.rrrry, do.thd
2~ Wobrua.ry, 1948~ Ex 337.
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297 1 .298,, 336 and 337, Spoclf'ica."tiori l of Exliibit 299 - N Record 129; 132, 282,
. 295, 413,; . N :C:dlibits
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285.
As_.y;o Speci_fica.tion 7d:

Spooifico.tion 4 of Exhibit 294 - N Exhibits

42 o.nd 107.
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As to Spooific~ti<::1 7e_: :. S~ecifica.tion 5 of Exhibit 294 - N EY.hibits

42 qnd 107.
As to Spocificatiorn 7f and 7g_:

Stricken.

As to Spocifico.tion 8: .As :i,,n Spocifico.tion 6, tho sole proof offered

in support of-tho su'6:~c11'icn::i.ons in this spoclfica.tion a.re copies of mili t-a.ry
oonnnission orders o.nd copies of cha.rgos and specifico/cions thttt wore confirmed bym.ili to.ry commission ord,ors b.fter this trio.l WD.S Oomplotod, in this :i,nsta.nco a.ris~
ing out of Ca.so Docket =f,b129, .u.s. vs. Oota. ct 6. Thq commission took judicial
notice of this 'co.so (R 412) but so.id tho.t the to.king of judicio.l notice is. not to
be considorcd o.s o.ccopting it o.s evidence (R 432). Tho ovidcnco will bo cited in
tho so.me wa.y a.s Specification 6, tho a.pplica.blo milito.ry comrriission orders a.nd
cho.rgos a.nd spocifico.tions bo.i ng entered in this . record a.s follovrs: MCO 1,~220, HQ
8th Army, dated 19 July 1918, Ex 342; MCO ';)~221, HQ, 8th Army, da.tod 19 July 1948,
Ex 343; MCO #223, HQ 8th Army, da.tod 19 July 1948, Ex 344; MCO =;;~ 224, HQ, 8th Army,
do.tad 19 July 1948, Ex 345; Charges a.nd Specifications vs Yuzu Aoki, Ex 373; Charges
and Specifications vs Kengo Ibta.yrunn, gJc 374; Cho.rgos a.nd Spooificn.tions vs To.do.o
Shivo..no, Ex 375.

Specification 1 of

~xhibit

342; R 1351 - 0

Rocord 241
As to Specifica.-Gion 8b: Specification 3a. .of Exhibit 3-1:2, Spocif'ico.tion 1 of Exhibit 375, po.go 2 oflTixhibit n..4 - O Exhibits . l and 2. _
f.s to Specifico.tion 8c:
Specificc.tion 3b of Exhibit 342:. Spocifico.tion 2 of Exh1b~i'ts 373 cm."d.-375 - O I:xhibits 4 o.nd 64.

As to Spocifica.tion 8d: Specification 3c of Exhibit 342, Specification 3 of Exhl'bH;-~7T-=o1focord 231.J 0 Exhibits 13,. 14, 15 mid 16.
As to Specifico.tion 80: SpecificCl.tion 3d of EYj1ibi t 342, . Spocifica.tion 4 of Exhibit 373 - 0 ExhibitS-15 and 61.
A.s to Specification Sf: Speci'f'foa.tion 3o of Exhibit 312, Spocifica.tion 5 of' Exhibit 373 - 0 Exhibi t 's 2, 16 ruid 64.
As . to Spdcifico.tion 13g: Specification 3f of Exhibit 342;, Spooifica.tion. 6 of Exhi'bit--373 - o Exhibit 17 -(hoo.rsay).

As 'l?o Speci.f ico.tion 8h: Specifica.tion 3g of Exhibit 342, Spocifiqo._.

tion 7 of ExJ.:i.ibit 373. .;.~ 0 J:):xhibits 17 c.nd 61.
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11.s to Sp(l,eifica.~ion 8j : .. No~ guilty -- prosocutiOn motion.

l1.s to Spccifico.tion Bk: . Spocifica:cion 3k of E~hibit $42, Spccifica.tio.n 1 of Exnibi:t 3'.1_3 .-. O Record 190., 194~ 443; 0 I.:Xhibits 3 a.nd .16.
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bion 3 o'i: Exhibit 311 .;.. 0 Exhibits . 42 o.nd 64.
1.. s _to Spocifica.tion Sm:

Spocifica.tion 3m of Exhibit 342 - O Dxhibits

41 and 43.
. A_s t :o Sp,ocifica.tion . Sn: . Spocifica:bion 311 of Exhibit 342, Spocifica.tion 5 of Exhibit 375 ..,,.. 16
Record 432-438.

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As .to Spocifica.tion 8q:

Not ~uilty
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Specifioa.tion 3q of Exhibit 342 - 0 Exhibit

16.
As to Spoci:f'ica.tion Br: Spoci.f.i co.ti.o n 3s of Exhibit 342, Spocif'lca.tion 4 of Exhlbi-1; ~13-, Spocif'"ica.tio:r:i. 7 of E.xhibj,.t 3".'d,, SpoQ:ificq.tion 10 of Exhibit
3".1c5 ~ 0 . J.Jxhibits 6, 16,, 25 ru1d 27
As to Spocii'ica..tion 8s: Spooific8.ticin 3t of Exhibit 342,, Spocifica.tion
3 of J.Jxhibit 343 .. 0 Exhibits ~8 and 29 .

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8v, 81r a.nd 8x:

:Hot guilty - findings.

As to Specifica.tion 9: All events a.llogod. in the sub-spec:iifica.tions

he roin occurrGcl'i:tt or noa.r H"f Bro.nch Ca.mp -):~f;J-B, Niie;a.to., Ja.pa.n, locC'.;ted a.bout 160
mi le s from Tofyo. The c6nunis s ion took ju die ia.l notice of Ca.so ',;~69, U. S. vs Ma.so.to
Yoshida. o.J1d thoroa.ftcr cortnin pa.gos of _tho rocord (n '8:1:5, 816) and corta.in exhibits (R 92~-9 11: 11) were duly incorpora.tod by roforonco illto this rocord. In proson.ting tho evidondo offorod by -i;ho prosecution, testimony o.nd oxhibits from suid
case =,;',69 vrilloo protc~ccd by tho lottor 11 Y11 to 'distinguish them from simila.r .roforonccs from tho record mi.d exhibits in this ca.so.
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In Docombor 19 13, Dr. Fujii Yms sent by Suzuki to invostiga.to tho
riu,11orous doa.ths ru1d to. roduco tho nmber of sick PVT' s. Dr. Fujii mudo his exrunina.tion of tho P-P s outdoors in cold Trca.thor, requiring them to strip for tho oxa.mina.tion. Ho sla.ppod P"7 1 s who, on being a.skod to run, vroro una.blo to do so booo.uso
choy 11orc suffering from bori-bcri. Fujii -cla.ssifiod mc.ny sick P:fl s a.s ' being vroll
and they wore, therefore, sent to frorl:: (Y R 54, 166, 382, 383; Y E;x: -11,, 102). Numerous ~ffiduvits from Co.so {;~69 rovQa.l tha.t beatings vroro commonplc.cc o.t this co.mp
( y :c ~~ 100, 10:3) 0
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motion of defense.

Not guilty

As to Spocifica.tion 9b: In tho f a. 11 of 1913, Rod Cross supplies,, including food pa.cl::a.gcs, . su,gc..r, shoos, -ovcrcoa.ts and sulfo:thia.zolo, rroro rocoivod a.t
this camp. Tho sulfathia.zolo i;ms not issued _dcspi to a. protest to Yoshida thc.t it
17a.s no.odod to troa.t F"F pnouraonia. c'a .sos (Y I;x H). Tho entire Ja.p.a.no~o sto..ff used
tho so supplios for their m:m use (y,, IJ:ic 50) c..nd numerous Ja.po..neso por~onncl uoro soon
in 'possoss:i.o'ri of - t~ioso ReQ. Cross a.rticlos (Y I:x 53,. 67,, 77, 100). Yoshida. rra.s obsorvo.d ca.ting ~eel Cross food (Y R 266) a.nd in Ja.nua.ry 19.14 ordorod a. Pff to ca.rry
these supplies out of camp and on to c, Ja.pa.ncsc cc.rt to b_o ha.ulcd o.vro.y from comp
(Y Ex

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P.1' s; rcrc nccusod of stoa.ling Rod Cross_ .supplics :md
Lt. Yoshida:,,, c runp comm...'l!l~cr,, pcrsona.lly ordorod them to be tied . to posts o.t tho ort. "trc..nco to co.mp. : . Thuir hd.'n ds _uoro tiod behind -their b~cks CU1d they -vroro forced to
fo.ko
knocliii.g position a.nd i:;ho ropes from their -.-rrists woro looped a.ro'l:lnd their
~ocks 6.nd1 tied to their ruiklos.
Thc.y no::co loft there for 48 hourG, during uhioh
:md Jc..r11os rJortimor, Ca.na.dian

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and th.Jro w:as . f'l_now~ on tho ground. . They i;roro ui thout shoos ru1d cla.d only in socks,
trousers o.hd drilJ'' . ja.ckots~ . Thoy wuro then placed in the gua.rd house fur 36 hours
. ori_~re?u. cod. ro:Hons~.:. . . !1-s a. .rcf?ult of this troc.tmont; both of those P!'T' s i;rcro hospivuliz()d (Y Ex 10 ~11, 16, 20,, 22,. 23, 2 11, 26-30,; 35, 37, 39 1 'n,, ~3,, 115,, 49,_ 77).
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As .);o_,; .Spo_c,if,,i~_a.tion 9d: . J,,bout Janua.ry or Fobrtia.ry 194~, Jc.mos Mortimer, Co.n.o.dia.n PfT,'l'. vm.s o.gO:in a.ccusoCI of stoa.ling mid Yoshida. sontonccd him to ton
do.ys in tho gua.rd house with tho proviso tho.t he wns to . be tied up outside during
tlio "do.ylight hoy.rs. ~rii1g . tho do.y time, f'or o..n ostimp.tod three to ton da.ys, his
ho.nds 1;rorc tied bohind his buck o.nd a. 15 ...foot rope,, a.tto.chQd to n. sta.1-::o. in tho
ground, wa.s a.tto.c.h od to his tiod 1-r!!ists . Tho Yroci.thor r;y.s ut t11o freezing point or
be lon .frc-ozing o.Ild thor~ i,vn~ snow ori tho gr6und. Mortimer was without shoos a.nd
cla.d only in socks:, shirt t\hd pants. . 1:.. s the do.ys progrcssod, the socks i,-;oro out
o.nd his l\a.nds a.nd feet became blu~ o.nd sv.rollon. During this time ho vms on short
r:"~t. ions orid Yoshido,. porsonc.lly boo.t him (Y Ex 70). As n. J:'<Jsult of this trl3o.tmont,
:Mortinior wus adntitt.o d irito the hosp.itct.l,, suff9ring from g1.ngrono of his foot and
Mortimer died on 7 .Ma.rch 1944 .(y R 215,, 216; Y Ex l".1,, 19, 2'11 29, 33,, 37, 40, 49,
50, 55, 61, 70, 71, '74, 79, 80, 87, 89,, 96,, 97,, 99, 100).
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As co Spocifico.tion 9o: In or . c.bout tho mon:t;h of Jo..nuc.ry a.nd Fobru(b.ry 19'1'1,, . Ti tma.n, lu:noricCU'l '15(!, stole rice from a. civilian worker. Yoshida. sentenced him to ten clnys in tho guurd house. In tho do.ytimo, his ho.nds 1-roro tied
behind Ii.is ba.ck a.nd attached to o.. rope tied to a. stc..l:o in front of tho guard hous e ~
Ho vra.s ina.doquo.toly clothed cmd roma.inod outside "in freezing .1wathcr,, o xposod to
D ~ oe: -1; q.nd. SllOW'e
Jo..pmtCSO guo.rds boc.t him i'li th thoi1~ fists Cl.l.1d clubs O.l1d pushed
ligh:cod r} .~ sa.rottos .into his fa.cc. On the third or fourth da.y, he osca.pcd but rms
rooupturod in n.ri hour or so a.nd vms severely boa.ton in Yoshida.' s proscnco by gua.rd s
a..nd Yoshidci. porsonG1.lly : kicked him (Y R 2 71). Ho wa.s . then pla.cod in o.l.1 unhoa.tod
coll th.0..t did not have gla.ss in tho vlindows and Yms onl;>' C1.llovrcd two bln..rikots a.nd
n thin grass mc..t. Ho "wa.s roloa.socl for trm or three dnys v;hon tho _crunp location
wc..s cha.riged. Ho 1m.s then confined i:1 a.n unheated guard house .with ina.doqu;:\to
clothes or coverings ni1d kept thoro for 15 d::i.ys, dying on 9 .Fobruury 1944. Shortly
before his. do a.th, ho vro.s struck violently' on t~1e hoa.d by a. ~a.po.nose guo.rd., . A Pt!
modicul cfootor testified thC\.t this ;treatment contributed to Titman' s doq.th (Y
R 205-207, 270276; Y Ex 3, 33, ~2, 50, 62, ,71,, BO, , 82, 89}. ~
As to Spocific2-ti_on 9'f ':

Stricken by defen se motio11.

As to Spocificntion 9g:

Not guilty .. motion by defense.

AG to Spocific~n

lrot guilty - fi.11dirig.

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As ' to Spocificr'.tion 9i:

As to Sp9cificc.tion

Stricken.

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guil~y

- finding.

As to Spcc.ifica:l:;ion 9b Seo Spocificn.tion 3 of 2xhibi t 332 (I.1CO 1'.~H:5,

. HQ , 8th- Army, da.tod 30 Jbnuary . 1918). Tho reviewer hc..s chocked Co.sc :Dockot 1f=l3911
U .s. vs Ifasli:imoto~ v;hich resulted in this HCO o.nd. finds thc.t .tho commission's
. findingin thti.t ca.so is i:iupportcd by Exfribits 4,, 5,,6,, ctild -7, npponrin~ in so.id
-Ca.so ~;~1390
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Not guilty - finding.

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in October 19.4 3; u11on 110 roporlod sick, one Olruda., in o.ccord ui th tho usuo.l pra.c- .
. t:i.ce, pent him to. soc 'if l~o. could still vmlk. In lfover11bor 19 13, Okuda. boat hiu for
, "b:ro hours for to.1kiitg to Jo.pa.hose civilia.ns a.'Qout a. sea. ba.ttlo. On this occa.sHm,
Okuda. boc..t him with tho hool of his ha.nds d vrhon ho po.ssod out,, .Okuda. revived him
Yiith vmtor nnd ooritinuod . -tho
bo6.ting
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As to Spccif'ica.tions

Scricl:on

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As to Spocific.u't ion 9t: J. .rthur. Hi]:l;o11 Hunter, - a. Ca.na.dia.n P:T, stntod

a.fto,r ho collo.pscd o.t tllo \70rk sito rui.d hq.d 'becii1 boo.tori by Ha.scunoto,, So.to mo.do o.
ba.yonot;;.lil::c thrust a.t hin .vd th .a. tiiroc . foot . stick,, a. little thicker thm1 o. broom
hn.ndlc. Tho oi1d of tho st.ic!t hit h:im in tho fa.co a.nd glo.noed off his right oyo c. nd
Ho didn 1 t ronombor q.nything
a.fter thnt
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spocificd.tion . is suppo rtod by _Spocifico.:tion
Exhibit 332 and :Cxhibi ts 8 a.nd JO
in s~id Ca.so Dockot it139. .

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As to Speci~ica.tion 9vr:

Not guilty

motion of dcfonso.

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. o. Ca.:.1a.dimi PU, . sto.tod in October . 19-:b3, boco.us.c of an a .tto.ok of dia.rrhoo., ho ho.d
boon p.1lm.'cd to lie dovr.ri o.t tho vmrk site by tho 'roroinn.n.' Olaxdu cruno c.long tind before McLollc.n could got up o.ncl oxpfo.ii1-, Okuda. hit hia o.cross tho hoa.d v..:r'ld.. shou.ldors
with a. stick (Y E~c .65)
As to Specification 9y:

Not guil~y - motion of dofon&o.

J,,,s to Spocifioa.tion 9z: Tho -a.llcgod victim, Victor Joseph Mya.tt, a.

Cr.110.ditu.1 P:r, st~i>d :rrhon Sii.to-st'O.rtod to bcn;:t a. PH of his gro_up, ho tried to intorvono o.nd a.ccidento.lly pushed So.to -dovm. Sa.to go.vo him n torrif'io boo.ting, 1moc!-::inc:; him doym uith his fists c.nd ldckinrr; him o.nd ropqa.tod tho process mo.ny tiuos
(Y Ex 100).
As to Spoqifica.tion 9a.a.: Tho o.llogod victir,1, Victor Jos0ph ~Iyo.tt, o.
Ca.110.diru.1 P7,, . stated o. foi;r days a.f'tcr his boa.ting by Sa.to, ho pnssod out nhilo working ru1d 11Livcr Lips 11 (Ha.srunoto) throw vm.tcr on him to rcvi ve him a.nd then . boo.t
Hyntt, lmocking him dom i.rith his fists, kicld.J."1'.:,; hira in tho ribs,, attempting to
kick hiu in tho ~r_oin ond a.lso sr.msho:, .him a.cross ~ho fa.co Yti tho. stic!;:"' lmocking
him uri:conscious ( Y. Ex 100; soo o.lso . Spo.oifica.tio:1 l of ~x 332).
l.1.s to Spocif'ica.tions 9bb u::1cl 9cc:

Not guilty - raotion of dofonsoo

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l.1.s to Spccific8.tion 9dd: Spocifioa.tions 13 ru1d 11 of :I::xhibits 406

c.nd :::11,,; this . record. Y Record .22 11 susta.:i.i1S this spocificntion but tho connnission
did no~ incorpor.nto thcsc ' pngcs of tho tcstiuony 4-ito tho record by roforonco

(R 846).
As to Spocificntion 9.oo: Tho c..ffida.vit of tho a.liogod victin (Y :Cx
73) _supporting this spccificatioi1 ms rojccto<l by tho cor.u:iissi.011 a.a _irrclovrnt c..nd
irnrmtcl'ia.l (R .91.J:O). This is . tho solo ovidcnco supportiltg t~ic firlding of guilty in
Caso Docket =;~69 oild in this do.so.

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:Pb:;rtic\i:'.fo.~s ,bJ:>tita'.iri,s 21~ J;~'drus nnd tho mo.in proof offered in suppbrt thereof a.re
1n:tiit~Y.:;:6 Qi~rl;'~sfc)n otdoi:'~}b:r O'opios of cha.rges nnd spocifica.tions. 'rihorc the ox'hibits}d9Ji.~ist~d : c:i'f chii:l-gg.S; j :u1.d spocifica.tions, this :rcviovror hus nmde sure tho.t

.G.~~h:: t1;m:ftd:g ~#~ guilty :;.~ro.~>~<rop.firmod by subsoquont milita.ry commission orders.

be shown by citing the Bill of
; .PO:rti~\1.0.::fs rit\inbet: ..'a:nd , th&~'. :~po.cifica.;;ion, number of tho oxhibi t 1rhoroby the so mili. ' t~ry q~~tim.issid.n' or!lors or .~ '9Jip.rgos p..rid spocifica.tions o.ro offprod into ovidonco.

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Sustnins B/P, oxoopt tho T:ords "Arthur

Loonn.rd '.I'uckor, 'ffilfrod 1-1.'1.rry Cha.rma.n, Ng Hoon Soak,, K~ '!:r. Holncs, R. Mitchell,"
n..."1.d 11 Ta.n Took Vld.h,, II~ J. Coker, G. H
.Aindovr, A. J . coo~ H. _Cha.ndlor,, l"r. c.
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a...--id modica.1 supplies frora sick Pr:j_sonors
of 'Ta.r;" (1Tithdra.vm, R 988)
Susto.ins, B/:P, except tl1o vrords, "by be a.ting thou: by inflicting cruel a.nd l:nhuma.n
collootivo punishments on ther.1 for a.llogod
of'fonsbs by a. fovr;" a.nd oxcopt tho uords,
11
En1ost ~7f illio.r.1 Ma.ck,, Sydney Cha.rlos
1
Uo.rvcn, llrthur .Loonnrd Tuokor, 7i1frod
.- Ha.rry Cha.rr:i..1.11,, Ng Hoon Soc.le,, K. rr. Hal.mos,
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S~ C. 170.ko, J. c. Bruce, 11.. Ho.okio 11 (R 988) .
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roquirod; a.nd"

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Ng Hoon socil{;i K,. YT. Holmos1. :R. Eiitoholl,
II. ~I,_ Lnvrloy, G. H. A:i.ndow, A-. J. Coo; E.
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In . Gene~a.lc Knnrone So.ka.ba., in April 19,14, succootlod Kunji Suzuki o.s
o.roo. conni1a.nder of tho Tokyo a.rea. Pi7 ca.mps nncl. comma.ndor of . Omori a.nd continued a.s
su oh un'.b il tho. .. cos.sa.tion
of hostilities
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oinori vro.s a. cor.i.pnct co.mp, in tho a.pproximo.to ronn of a. squa.ro ,,-n. th

sides ci.pptoxirnhto.ly _4 00 f'oet long o.nd conta.inod only tvrolvo _b uildings (Ex 244) ..
Sa._ka.bo.. ~10.d his: offico o.nd living quarters in the a.roa. hco.dqua.rtors building, which
vra.s . in tho camp Q.nd di:roctly opposite t:10 guo.rd house untl tho ma.in go.to (Ex 13, 26:
182)., From his windovv1>', which vms o.bout forty feet from tho ma.in go.to, ho could
see pe-rsormol ontoring or let:1.ving tho guard house and tho ma.in go.te and, in m.._rffiy
insto.n.oos 1 pun:lsbmont vms a.dministerod just outsi9-o tho gunrd . house (Ex 182) 0
Sa.ka.ba. spent a. greo.t dcO.l of time in Om:ori,; vmlking r;i.round tho camp requiring Pfi' s
to borr 'mtd' so.lute him, attending t .h o morning or ovoning roll oa.lls _a .lmost daily .
and c~ulcl seo the living c0ndi-Cions, tho physic a.l condi ti'oh of tho H7 1 s ond tho
brt.:ta.lity to which they vroro subjected (Ex 6, .13, 21, 92, 155, 211). So.ko.ba wa.s
gonorally o.uo.ro of the punisbmont a.nd boo.tings a.clministorod to the RT'
(Ex 6) 209) "
his policy boi.Ilg to encouro.go a.nd foster bru:ta.lity (Ex 99). On occa.sionsi Sa.lea.be.
vtitnossod Ri' s being boo.ton, including too.;c~1gs o.dministcrod by r;a.toi10.be, o....1d did
not intorforo (Ex 15, 26, 118).

Th~ senior P.7 officer sought to protest to Sa.ko.bo. a.nd could n ot go.in
o.n a.udionco a.nd on one OCCCl.Sion TTa.S boo.ton vvhon ho a.ttomptod to do so (Ex 50, 182)
rra.tx.10.bo vms a disciplinary non-com (Ex 96) a.:nd o.dministored boa.tings on orders
fromSa.l;:o.ba. '::i . oxocutivo . (Ex 211). In 1945, Sa.ka.ba. visited Mitsushima. P.:: Ca.Y!1p
a.ncl addre ssed- the Ptr' s through 0.:.1 interpretor, stating 17a.ta.:na.bo ha.d boon sent to
t:l1is co.mp to ma.in.ta.in order o..nd disciplihc. Ho a.lso sta.tod 170.to..nn.bc liffiS directly
responsible to him for carrying out his ord_o rs a.nd if 'thoy did not obey, VTa.tru:.abo
wou_ld punish thou physica.lly on tho spot (Ex 186). Fujii, o. Ja.pa.neso modic'a .l officer,, stated ho did not report Yla.tn.na.bo' s boa.ting of Lt. Bush bociiuso Sa.ko..bt\ lmow
Ha.to..nuba ..-ra.s a.lvm.ys boa.ting R7' s (R 256).

As to Spocifica.tion 1:

Not guilty, finding.

A~

to Specification 2: Tho _bui lclings in Onori durint; Sa.ko.bo. 1 s ti mo

wore filthy a.nd i:roro infested i..ri th flea.s, flies a.nd ruts due to tho unso.ni ta.ry conditions, ospecia.lly in tho la.trinos (Ex 13, 15, 2,.l:, 26, 36; .a, , 55, 91, 105, 125)
o.nd tho 'uthoritios . did not ta.kc stops to inprovo tho conditions (R 732; r.x 36,
211). _ N :0 Jo.po.nose r.1odica.l officor performed opora.tions without o.ncsthotics,
_despite. c..n a.doqun.to supply (Ex 13, 104). B,:;t s ha.d difficulty i..ll scouring medical
a.tt011tion (Ex :ao, 125, 245) a.nd m.odica.l supplies wore not issued although .they
wuro a.vaila.blo in ca.mp (r::x 30, 43, 2~7). Despite the fa.ct that glucose and vita.min cxtro.cts woro sent to cunp, the Jupa.noso fa.ilod to issue then {Ex' 36) a.nd other
a.va.ila.blo Rod Cross niedica.l suppliC'. s (Ex 99) a.nd took li.r,10rica.n Rod Cross J:1odica.l
supp_lies for their oi;m use (E;: 121, 162). Siok prisoners i;roro often sent to work
over -!;ho protests of Allied Hi' modica.l . officers (Ex 15, 26, 100) nnd tho Jo.po.nose
OD or '11.on-cor:rnissionod officer pas sod on thos o who t:io P,; raodica.l officers rocanmonO.ed
excused fron .-iork a.nd of-Con sent those sick v.: 1 s to ",.rork (Ex 21 , 193,
203).

bo

As to

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Spocifi~~ion 3:

_N~I; guil~y, f'i1ding.

_ As to Specification 4: Betwoon April 19 . 11 a.nd .;lugust 1945, Ja.po.noso

porsonnol a.t Oraori witllheld rul'dTostroycd incoming a.nd outgoing r.in.il fron 11.uoricun
ru1d Allied- PT' s . (Ex 53, 57, . ll6, 2_22) . In L..Uf:,"U.St 1914, ff:' s were a.llowed to vrri to
postcards homo. In Doceuber 1911, the so.no postco..rds were ho..nded. ba.ck to the
senior P.'T officer by Ha.ta.no.be I . who instructed this officer to burn thou. :-ra.to.Ua.bo
would ~ften destr,oy tho RP s incoming- r.mil in their prosonco1 (Ex 247) . After
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Tfo.to.na.bo wa.s tro.nsf'orrod n:nd o.lso a.fter . tho surrcndqr, la.rgo quontitics of incoming
rardl tha.t hci.d boon vd.thhold! for a.s long a.s nine r.10nths were rolea.sed (Ex - 77, 94,
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ifo': t~ Spo~trica:t~on 1 ~c;l. sub-S eoifioa.ti~ris 70.., 7d, 7g a.nd 'ln: !3-29
crcm L1.cmbors _-ond Sbr.10.!'i-no _c rov; uon. ors nero _ca.l o
Sp.ocia.
risoners by tho
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Jo.po.nose cu.1d ,,.rorc d~epnra.toly confinod a.t Or.10ri durin3 the ti1:i.e So.l=a.ba. 110.E" co.np coi.:1?;
;:.10J1.der (R 602) . srJ::nba. ordered tha.t: those "Spccici.1 Prisoner's" be givon i10 nodico.1
ea.re. This 1in.s overho a.rd by a.u lu~1o~ica.n nodico.l officer (:ex. 100) and J".1.pa.neso witnossos a.lso testified o.s .to this (Ex:216, 217~ R 9'19). - . .
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. Dur_~ng a.t ionst four ~ir-: rO.iqs in 1915,. "Spo_oia.i' Prisoners" uoro kept
confined in their ba.:rrncks, _.-rerc .not a.lloYrad to go to tho a.ir ra.id. shcl tors a.s wore
Ja.pa.riose porsonnol and tho. rogulo.r prisoner~. Sor.to of .tho bo1:i.bs fell ttithin 500
ya.rds of t'ho "Spocfo.l Prisonors' 11 bci:rrnoks (Ex 101, i-:15, 156, ?13). Tho qua.rtors
for ''Specia.l Prisoer~ 11 wore ina.dequa.to (Ex 15). ::md tho rrhN..o cru:1p and bo.rra.cks
Troro infested rtich 1oa.s, flies u.nd vo:rr.ii,~J (:i):x 26 1 208; -. Seo a.lso evidence in Spocif'ica.tion 2, suprn) ~ 11 Specia.l Prisonors 11 1roro con!'i11od in a.n o.rea. i;ri thout running
lmtor (r:x 36) and "'i10ro , only a.llowed one ba.th 0.: aonth (I:x 31,, 173, 195, 2~0) ., One
P.: sto;iJod ho -vro.s confined for throe nonths before he wa.s a.llm-rod to wnsh his clothe
(E::c 31) m1d m1othor. sta.tod ~ ord;i.na.ry issue of soa.p to RP s uns denied to 11 Spocia
Prisoners" (Ex 26).

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"Spcoia.l Prisoners'' vrore without a.doqua.to clothing (Ex 115) a.ncl t:wa.il
a.blo Rod Cross clothing wo.s not issued to then (Ex 26) . J..va.ila.blo Rod Cross r.i.odicinos a.nd oquipnent vroro not no.de 6.vo..ila.blo for troc.tnont of 11 Spocio.l Prisoners"
(Ex 13, 66, 138, 2'10).
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Author Gill, .1\.r.1erica.n Pr!, vms sufforinr; from dysentery nnd yellow
jnundico and i;ms una.blo to oat tho food fu:rnishod by tho Ja.panoso. Ho rms ~mut"'-'
tended for a.t lea.st a. i;rock ru1d dospi'.t o I.Ia.jar Boyington' s ooaplo.int, _ Gill no.s not
a.llouod to rocoi VO nodioa.l CCI.re Fina.l ly 1 nhon it ui:\.s .a.ppa.ront tha.t he YTD.S a.bout
dco.d, Fujii ca.no in a.nd ga.vo hin blood plo.sn..'l.. Tllo 1 P:: nodicl'.l officer .ua.s oventuo.lly sr.ru.ggled in but it yms too In.to for hin to clo a.nything tUld Gill died in July
19-15 of nnlnutrition, dysentery o.nd other ca.uses (Ex 66, iOO; 112, 137, 152, 173,
208, 213, 2~8)o
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As to Spooifica..,tion 8: - J.,t or ncnr Onori, botwcon ..\pril 19.'.:'1 rn1d August lD.15, officers wore conpelTcd, a.go.inst their 17ill, to do physica.l labor a.long
-v.rith 9nlisted porsoi;mcl (Ex 26~ 77~ 117, 186;, 209, 211),, i;msh~ the clothes of Ja.pa.n
cso porsonnoi (Ex 15, 186), svroop a.nd polico t:10 o..roa. (Ex 15, 186), work in tho
loo..thor shop (Ex 53, 151:, 1861 194); ca.rry coa.l a.ud food into canp (tx 118, 186),
or.ipty tho la.trinos with a. scoop ru1d thorcc..ftor ca.rry tho hun..,'1.ll oxoroto.. in buckets
(Ex 15, 77, 80, 118, 1'.J,2, 186, 19.'.:). lia.tcmc..bo often inposod tho duty of enptying
thu la.trinos Oil officers (Bx 77).

As to .B?ocifica.tion 9:

not guilty, fi,1ding.

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As 'to Spocii'i~a.tien 10: Botncon J.. pril 'i9.g and August 1915, tho a.c:oused issued- ardors tho.t a.ll prisoners, includin:; orficors, nust so.lute c..11 Jo.pan. osc personnel, including coolies (Ex 45, 208, 246). PJ's uho fa.ilod to snluto n.nd
b~r wore boo.ton (Ex 26, 55, 100, 112, 221). p:-,-, s 1'roro roquirod, on entering or
loa.ving their ba.rra.clcs, to fa.co tho na.:l.n office and so.lute (E:: 85). For .f'niluro t
so.lute; Ua.tano.bc no.do ffT' s snluto troos Cl.lld ::. ?quirod P:i' " to ,; v.Iu-bo tho yfindows
of .l.s oi'fioo (Ex 15)
As to Spoci.f'ica.tion 11: - Not guilty, finding.

As to Spocif'ica.tion, 12: Botrroon Soptoubor 19~~ o.nd Un.rch 19 .::5, Cap- . .

ta.in van ~;ornor;-o.n Anorlco.n ~.., rrhilo dolivoring . food to t~1c 11 Spocia.1 Prisoners". o;t OilPri,
tho hoo.dqU:a.rtors nroa. nnd noticed
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louder of tho group, vrlto ho then recognized a.s Ki:u1ruao Snknba.. -.-.-h ilo van -:on:1cr
wus sta.i.~ding :xt tittontion, So.lmbO. struck nt his J~Vf i,-ri-h his fist but only .hit !1is
chest o.nci whon vnii:' -::arm.or foll to tho grom}d, he vra.s _no--b hit ui:;q..:.n 0r :tlo.orcnftor
punished (Ex "1ao, :iaa)'~.

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li.:S to Spocifica.t:i,on l~: Unless noted to tho contrn.ry, n.11 events roln.tod in thososub-spccificn.tiohSC),ccurred o.t Onori botw6en April 1911.'.: and Aur;ust
191:51 dur.ing tho ti1ac tho . 0.ocused.\ms cctnp OOlJl'.la.ndcr.,
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1~s to Spcc:l.fica.tfon 11a.: In Hnrch or li.pril 1'915, a.t tho Shoodono
i;rork site nea.r Ot1ori, when a. gun.rd .cln.ined two bottles of .:(l:no ,:roro .tri.ssinr;: a
group of British PJ 1. ~, inclucli11:; ~.-illin.r.i. :Boyes ru.1d one Do.wson, \tore r.mdc to lmool
dqwri in a. lino., Tho gua.rd thort scruck ea.ch nci.n ort tho hca.d w:i.th tho butt of his
rifle. Six of thoso r.1on i;rorc kockod out .a.nd Boyes i;ra.s badly cut. Dnwson Yins t.n ....
a.b1o to Trork 0. ;3 a. result of this a.nd soon o.fto1 c9lla.psod (Ex 21, 30) 0

As to Spocifica.tion ltJ,b: In tho sui:1uor of 19:1:5; ;.n.t tho Shoo done work
ta nea.r Omori, Ii dJa.pa.nc;sc-o:lviliru1 gua.rd, nicla.1unod "The l:Ia.dl:mn11 1 boa.t HoI'l.1ru1
Albertson;, a.n Ar.iorica.n P:t, for stoa.lil1G poi;rdorcd r.tllk. l . . lbortson ,~ms bcr:i.ton during -a. tvro.:..hour pcrlocl Yrith a. stick a.ncl o.t the sauq tiue, Albertson un.s 1equiroc, to
hold ' tno buckets of vrn.tor a.t o.r.1s lcn~th. Thorca.ftor for seven da.ys, .IJ.bortson Ylt).S
forc'o d to sta.nd a.t o..ttcntimi botncon 6 p.,n. a.ncl r.1id.nicht in front of tho ca.up office (Ex 81, 157).

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L.s to Spccifico.tion 1-.::c:

Norr.1c1...'1 ~~lbortson, a.n ,.\.uori~o.J.1 F::, s te.tod

(Ex 1). tha.t in .July 19~4, ho m1.s boa.ton by a. gua.rd for spca.i-:ing to o. P:: who r:~'l.s
confined to ' thc stocl::a.cle. 1.. lbcrtson ua.s thoroa.fter roquirccl to stru1d a.t a.tto:1tiori
fer three nic;hts a.nd tno cla.ys ni thout rocci vil1ri; food. J...lbcrtson colla.pscd tnicc
a.nd '\Vo:';o:r was thrown on hin ru1d ho wa.s kicked until
rcc;a.ined his foot.

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In or about July 19.1:5, Steffes, ro1 1..uorico.n

civilian F:I, wa.s suspoctocl of stoa.lil1r; rice at tho _S hoodone v10rk sito. i .. ~a.rd
nickn.a.r.1od 11 Tho Ifadm..'1.!l11 bea.t Steffes a..r ouncl the bo.cl:: o:nd legs vrith his riflo. This
bee.tine; resulted i.11 contusions _a.nd the rupturing of Stoffa~' on.rdrun-=:-( Ex 71, 99).
As to Specifica.tions l~o, i .:.:,f a.nd 11,:g:
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to Spocifica.tion l J:h:

rTot guilty 7

finclb~.

lT ot c;uilty, notion of dofensc.

~~o Sp_~~~on 1-:l:i:

Hot

~uilty,

As to Spocifi<?a.tion ..14j:

Not euilty, notion of defense.

fi1idine;.

As . to Spccifica.tion l'.11::: In the la.ttcr po.rt of 191'.!., a.t tho Shoodono

sit'o nca.r Dr1ari, Rue, n. Bri~ish p;i , wa.s kicke-d ru1d boa.ton by Fugijo.wr. for .
o.bov.t two r:d.nutos. R-0.0 w~nt to tho prisoners' hut to report this to tho sentry a.:~.
Fui;ija.Ym, nccoripaniod by 11.nzia., followed '!ln.o into t:10 hut. I?.a.o i.:ro.s a.gt\in bcnton
by FU~).jo.vm, .-mo used a crowbo.r, ru1cL by li.Ilzio.,. uho ha.cl r. stool, pointed bill...hooJ.::
and unothor Ja.pru10Bo who used a. siJiolC. Rn.o struclc ba.cl-c in .. so lf ~dofc11so ~ Rno \'11lS
thoronftor tr~od and sent to v. ci vilia.n prison (Ex 23, 26, . 55~ 221) '."

work.

As to Spocifica.tion l.1: 1: 1 In tho e::i.rly po.rt of 19-15, o.t tho Shcodonc

work. si tc noa.r Onori,, (fq.lla.c;hor, a. British ~.-, \-ro.s bee.tea i-ri th o. sticl:: by o. Jo.pa.no so niokna.mocl tho 11 Fa.t Hun"; Ga.lla.ghor tmll::od to tlw h,ut to report it to tho son-.
try. A.nzia., a. civilia.n forcna.n, ~ho "Fa.t pru.111 a.nd ru1othcr Jc.pa.nose - follo,ro;l
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Ga.lla.ghor into tho hut a.n~l hit' hir.1 ni th n crovrbc..r; stick o.acl bo.ling hooks. Gc..llo,g..l-ic
reported it to Lioutoncu1t Ka.to tha.t ovoninc, uho . tl.C1odo cm inquiry a.nd thon told.
Ga.lia.ghcr ho ho.d' rocoi vcd just punishr.1u:1t (Ex 176, 221)
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As to <Spocifico.tion . 14:n: Robert Roohn. (Roolm), en Ar.1orico.11 F:, sto.tod

Sopt61,:ib.o~ 191: ...1 C1Jld Docm:1bo.r 19,1.:: , Tukijinn (Koi tC\.ro Fuki.iino., Exs
:114:7 , 225) ~?a.t hiu_t,or.: tht-~? :hours ui ~h a. lcn.th~ r shoo .and ordered that Ro0hi:1 wo.s
not to roco1vo. uedical
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As to : ~poqif'ica.tion 14n: Lioutcno.nt John N. Pourifoy, Jr., a..! 1.r.1 0rico.n P.-;, sta.toa ('Ex-- U,7) t ha.t i11 FQ'Grua.ry 1915, Kcito.ro Fukiji1:i,.'\ called for P;;1 s
. t o help unlon.d food :t!10.t urrivod in ca.np. B eing a.n 'officcr; Pourifoy did not thin)~
it . o.ppliod to hiu M<l po.icr'no nttontion. F'ul::ijino. forced hiu to sto..ncl a.t n:cto;.1tion
O...lld then struck hir.1 sovort\1 ha.rd blotrs p.cross tho fr.cc vr.ith - a. hco.vy lco..thor hn.yonct
belt.,
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As to Spccificc.ti6ri. 140: Andro'ltci .:.1.. Sa D' Ar.10rb, C1l1 .lu:tcricn.n . F.: .

stn.tod (:ox 60) o.t Onori,. in Soptoubor 19~1, he ua.s boa.ton 1?: _';into.no.be a.ncl Fuld.jiuo.
becci.usc -thoy though:\; _tha.t D1 11.moro did not sa.l'll,to tho guard hou1:16. They watt their
fists o.ncf sticks, whfoh resulted in .D'-{u-.1oro rooo ivinc; cuts o.nd b:cuisos about tho
hoa.d.
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As , to Spcoifica.tion 14E_: Botrroon I.1.pril 191<1 m1d l:Ia.y 191:5, Koita.1~0

FukijitlD. (Ex 225) bon<t; Scri;oa.nt lU ts ooh, m1 /i.r.1crica.n F;;, o.nc!. Lovris m1d Neville,
British P:i' s, o.cross tho .fa.cc vii th tho buckle of his bQ.yoncc bolt, . ca.usil1s thoi~1 to
bo bruised a.nd cut. .'.rhis _b oa.ting vra.s given boct\usc those P.7.' s a.llogod).y did not
properly cook tho food for the Ja.pn.riOso personnel (Ex 209).

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Spo~ifi_co.tion

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Hot guilty,

fin~ing.,

As to Spocif.ico.tion 14r: Milford L. Bonnett, n.n Anorica.n p_;, sta.tod

(Ex 22) durinc; July 1944, he uns . 'boo.ton for a.bout 45 ninutos by Suga.hr..r~, a. t,Ta.pru'l~
o~o soldier, boca.uso Bom1ott~ on ontorinc:; a. building _
, did not bow 1ovr to Suga.ha.ro..
Sugo.ha.rn. hit hiu in tho fa.co i.-ri th his fists.
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As to Spocifica.tions 14s a.nd 14t: In Jonua.ry 191:5; R. ~7. H. J..,cton
so.luted l[Q.ta.na.bo but brought his llOlld dom1 before \7a.tru10.bo did. rro.tona.bo la.1ockcd
. Acton down vri th his fists tl1reo ti::1os, outtine; a.nd bruisine; his fuco a.ncl kicldng .
hin Ylhilc ho lo.y on t:10 ground. :ro;tana.bo i:u.\do l:..oton st:md -nt attention i;rithout
his ovcrcoa.t for six l1ours and in tho . sax.10 evening hit Acton four or .f ive tii-.1os
wi tl1 his s:mbba.rd. Tho next da.y~ . 1fo.to.na.bo linod up nbout forty Ca.n..1.diru1 HT' s . o.nd
told thcr.1 thoy vrorc t o o slovr and hit e<rf.ery man with a bmriboo stick. He knocked
out Rifleman Colemanis tooth and knocked Staff Sergeant Barton down (Ex l, 26,. 128,
187),
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As to Specification 14u: On or about June 1944, Jerry flo Aher.n~ an

Amerioan IW,, vras beaten by Suzuki,, a civilian e,-uard. Ahern vra.s required to stand
at attention while Suzuki hit him v:ith his f~~ts at least i'orty times in the head
and ohest. The reason for this beating was because Ahern did not return to work
promptly a.f'ter a rest period .(Ex 2., A hern).
A.s to _S pecification 14v: In May 1944, -vrhen Captain Bruce l.Iartin refused to salute all Japanese, inciu<fing civilians arid military, Watanabe said as
a disciplinary matter, Co.ptain Hartin 11DJ.st dtf coolie worl;: with the enlisted perso.n nel. Captain Martin refu-sed b'ecaus.e he vas pei:n.g punished 1rrithoutirial and 'vas
being forced to perform la.bor although he :rras an. of.ficer~ The next day he vras
called to Lieutenant Tetsutaro Ko.to' s office rind VTo.tana.be and Konru.ra were there
.After a d:i.souss~on, Lieutenant Kato repeated 17atanabe 1 s order to
c.oolie vrork
?.in.i shment. and when Martin refu1sed,- Kato hit ~tn 'rit4 his fist and then continued
to hit him and kick him in the f'ace, stomach and groin. -Althoueh Martin does not .
rememb~r (Ex 117'.) bei:q.g hit by ::ra.tanabe, he states he may have beert when he vra.s in
a semi-conscious condition ori the rioor. Hany other vritnesses state that Watanabo
also kicked Captain Martin.. As 'a. result -of 'this beating, 1Iart"in 1 s no_se ua.s broken,
. both eyes '7ere closed and he was sick :i,n qU:arters for one week (Ex 2, 5, 6, 11, 19,
37, ~1, 42, 45, 4&, 59, 57, 72, 77, 84, 98, iI7, '118, 119;- 126, 131, 137, 141, 142~:
. 143; ,15Q, 152,, 163, 167, 171, 172, 175, 176, 184, , 198, 224, 229; 23A, 239,241,,24-2).

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stated (Ex 9>) in the _: aUJmner ()f 1944, Watanabe struok hilll aoro~s the bridge of his
- nose with .the back or hi$ ri"l'0rd, whioh resulted in his no,se being broken..
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..A.s t6 ~eoificat'ion 14y: comai:- Ma.yer (Mitlier~ Ex 211) vras frequent:W
b~aten by Watanabe ~ <?n the slightest provocation (Ex 43) ap.d in the summer of 19~:4,
when Pif officers failed to report for labor, Watanabe beat Mayer.... wi th the buokle. . end of a . leather .belt, 'th$ri kn:pc~E:)d him .down and kicke.d him i n the ribs, l:!tomao!1
and g~oin. Mayer ha~ to be lio.spitalized as a result of this beating (Ex 9) 111
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As to Speoificat:iion .1 4if

Not guilty, motion by defense.

As to Spticiificatibh 14a.1; ' No.t guilty, fin.ding~' -

As to Sp~o.ifica.tion .'14a2: Eugene R. Barhhart, an -American Pli'f~ stated

(Ex 16) in lfo1("ember 1944, he was, on' tvro occasions, beaten across the head end
face with a rice paddle by YTa.tanabe.
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As to ~ Speoification 14a3: MilforO. L. Bennett, an American FW, stated
(Ex 22) in
Jufy .'iln.d Tu{i4~t i944, ho was fl"equently beaten by 11atanabe, i.-rho
used his fists and a stick., . .

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As to Specification 14a4: Harold. G. Beie.rstodt, an American fil, was

beaten in December 1944 by Watanaoc with his fists, bolt buckle and scabbard for
l~ hours a.nd thereafter inade to stand at attention for 213 hours. This beating re ~
sultod vrhen he denied stealing clothing (Ex 15, 21, 246).

.As to Sl,'eoificatio!l 14a5:

lfot guilty, finding.

. Af! to Speoifioo.tions 14a.6 and 14a7: -. Between April 1944 a.nd Do comber
1944s A~:thur.. R. Buchanan, an .A.."Ilorican PW,, vms cn.ught looking q.t a pioturo in a
Jo.pa.no so nov-rspapor by Hiroshi Fujii,, a Japanese mocl.ica.l officer, vrho a.ccusod him
of boii:~g a:. spy a.nd throa.tonod to kill him \Ti th o. suord. Fujii could not. find his
<nrmrd but boat Buchruian uith his fist.s , throw thin0s -at him, kicked him vrhcn ho
foll dovm and boat him unconscious with a broom. This boating lasted moro- than
. ~c;hirty minutes (Ex 39, 242) and \rhon Fujii i;ro.s oxhn.usted; ho roloa.sod Buoha.na.n
r.u+d told.him to go to _the ba.rracks and wa.sh the blood off his face. - On Buchanan' r
roo.ohing his barracks in a do.zed condition, Watanabe . ca.ll()d him to o.ttontioi:i and
asked him i;rhy Fujii ho.d be a.ton him. vlhon Buchuna.n told him, Wa.ta.na.bo hit him in
the hond vrith his fists and knocked him unconsciouso On another ocoasion,
Wo.ta.nubo knocked hi.in dorm a.nd kickod him in tho ba.ck, stoma.oh and chest a.nd thron.
oned him -ivi th tho point of his S'irord (Ex 39).
As to Specification 140.8:

Not guilty, finding .

As to Spocificn.tion 14a.9: In November 1944, Nelson A ~ Busch, an

Amorico.n FW, wa.s in charge of a. nor~ing pa.rty a.nd fa.ilod to report n. theft of
. rice by a !'Fr vrhcri ho returned to co.mp. VTo..ta.na.bo, upon lea.ming this, ma.de Busch
stand a.t attention for five hours. })ring this time, Wo.to.rto.bo boa.t him a.bout the
head and body vri th a. bamboo stick, concontra.tmg on Busch's loft vrrist :hero
BU sch ha.d a. boil (Ex 43, Busch).
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A~ to . Specificn.tiion l!l:o.10.: In Novombo~ 1944, tuo Amorico.n RP s, i :.-1,

. oluding PIH Arnold, fofUsod to listen to Wa.tana.bc' s ardors ooncornj.ng thoir work.
Wo.to.no..be d.re\rr his so.bor Q.nd struck oach, of them over tho hoa.d sovora.l -times and
forced them to stM.d a.t o.tte1ttion for 0: .p o.riod of time in tpo cxtromo cold woo.~
th.or (Ex 10,. 51).

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-. . As to Spooifioation 14a.l2: Botrroon AprJ'.L 1944 and A.ugust 1944, . Wa.to.11abo boo.t ~vriS1'f:L1lia:m Biisl'i.; a. British Pill, on many o;~Yoa.sions (Ex 54,; . ~7, 141
149) - In Mi.y or Juno 1944, he bea.t Bush and k~oked hiiii Jn tho head and ribs while
' he vras on the ground.;:. ' ' Wnt~?-bO the_n pickod ti.p ' a. fi :i;-6 ' oxtinguishor or buc::ct and
J,vas a.bout to hit BU,sh on_tho hoa.d vdth it ;7hon Fujii, o. Japa.noso ofi'ioor, stopped
him. Fujii testified th.El'-'? his a.ttontion to this . incident v~s dra.irm by scrca.mS
and, in 'his opinion, i:f' no had not stopped Vlata.na.bo, tho fire bucket would. ho.-ro
- killed Bush (Ex l84.; ' R 253; 254).

As to Spocifico.tion l 11al3:

Not guilty, motion by dofonsc ..

As to. Spacifica.tion 14ai4: In or a.bout October 1944, James, o. British

over. sixty yo a.rs of n.ge, .;ms soverc ly boat_e n by Vla.to.na.bo for
f'ailingtq stantl ' o.t stiff' attention. Watona.bo beat him vrith his fists and o. kondo
sti'ck "Itri.th the result _that Jrunos bled from the ,n oso and ou.1cs and lo.cora.tions a.bout
his fa.oe. When Jo.mos: f'inO.lly fell dovm, Vfntan:ibe lcickod him. As a. 'rosult of this
beating,; James
oo::rl'iliod to his .bed for sevt'm days o.nd almost h..1.d 0. norvous
breakdavm (Ex 2 .l:, 26,' 46, 77, 148, 152, 175, 184, 186, 222, 224, 238}.

IW' officer, vrho Yms

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As to Spocifica.tion 1'.l:o.12_:

Tho a.llogod victim, Fort Hammond. Co.lla.ha:n,

an Amerioan PIT, sto.ted (Ex 46) dUringhis confinement he wa.s boa.ton O.t lea.st .fifteen 'times by Wato...liabo o.nd on sovera.1 of tho so times Vfa.tonO:bc used _a. kondo stick
o.nd ori tho other occa.i?ions ho. used his fists and boots. On tvro of those occasion~,
the ' little finger of his right hand wns broken when ho wus trying to protect his
hoa.d vvith it. Wa.ta.ilabo also forced him to run a.round tho crunp for a.n hour n.t o.
timo, shine Wa.ta.nabo
shoos, clean out tho latrine and forced him to stJ.nd a.t
attention outside his of'fico in tho winter time for hours a.t a. time. As a. result
of' those be:itings, Ca.lla.han suff'orod l;l. complcto nervous broo.kdovm ~'Ex 77, 144~222).

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As to Specification 140.16:

Not guiUy, motion by defense.

As to Spocif'ica.tion 14a.17: In Februo.cy 191:5, Watanabe forcod Go.lla.ghor, an Allied Pt(, to sta.i.1d at o.ttontion outside Wa.to.na.bo' s office botrrcon 9 :;,;_1.d
12
for tvrenty days (Ex !;55).

p.m.

As to

Spocifica.tion_ -~,k~.!.~.i

Hot guilty, finding.

As to Spooifica.tiori 1'?,,nl9: . Betvro0n Soptombor .19}4 0.nd Do?oi:ibor ~94,l:,

Watanabe beat Borna.ra G. leBoau, an American Pi.'; on t\.-ro occo.sions, striking him
"lvith . his fists a.bout twonty times (Ex 110, LcBeo.u).
As to Specifico.tion 11:a20: In October 1944, dUring retroo.t, one of
the guards discoverecf n pair of sockS-in tho rcfuno ca.n. VThen no ono admitted
thrrvring them avro.y, Yfatano.be was culled and ho lllD.de tho group of 125 mon stand o. t
attention from 7:30 p.m:. until l:OO run. until one prisoP,or fino.lly confessed. During this time, o.n armod guard slapped tho so uho did i1ot stand stiffly. Cor.unnnder
Mayor tried to ' intercodo for tho H'I who fino.lly confossod and tfo.tana.be bent Mo.yor
a.rid kicl::ed him w'hE;m he was do\m (Ex 69)
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As to . Spocific1?-tion l4a.21: In U ovoniber 1914, .Vfo.ta.no.bo took Lioutona.nt
Colonel H. Pike into his office for failing to so.lute and boo.t him a.cross tho fo.oo
\nth o. leo.thcr belt. Wo.to.no.be then oonfinod P:i.k.o to tho gua.,rd house. lrithout
clothing fQr ono do.y (Ex 77-, 160, 224.;;Piko).

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As to Spocj,fication 140.22:

Not guilty, findi!_lg.

As to SpP o if ion.ti on 14a.2S:

Not guilty, motion by dofonae'"

As to Spocificatio:1 !4a.24:
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As to Spocii'ioation ,1 1~: Botwoon Soptomb9r 19'14 .and Docombor 1944,

Watanabe beat Captain S::impaon vrith his fists f'or f'ailing:\to yell attention loud
enough vrhen VTa.tanQ.be appeared (Ex 61, 80, 169). .
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As t9 Speoification .14a.26:

Not guilty.; finding.

As J~.o $peoifioation l'.l:0.2.7: In May 1944,, Captain. David A. Hurt v;ac

bea.ton by Watanabe. Ptf ffirt had, with the guo.rds permission,, made a chango in tho
arrangement of the g~rP,en but vrhen Wato.na.be savr it, he sto.rted to bea.t Ht.i.ri:; be:r'cro
.any explo.nation could oo made. Vfata.ria.be hit him over the hea.d with a. bamboo stick
rmd punched him i.rith ,t(i.e end of i 1;; in the ohest and throat. and then threc.;l, .mod to.
kill him. W'a.tanahe then swung at him with his sword,. missing P.'f Hurt a.nd hitting
tho wooden support of the porch of the hea.dqu~rters building (Ex 179, 9~-Ifu.rt).
As t~~ica.tion 14a.2~: . In lfovombcr 191:1, Vfata.na.bo ru:.d. Kiyoshi
Kono bea.t Henry F. Inmon, an Amcriclilll ,PJ, o.nd fiva other ffi' s Trhilo they stood at
a.ttcn~ion, ; using thc:fr fists, feet.1 'ompty sO.bor soabba.rds a.nd olubs.
This boa.tin~
io.stcd about six lfours ro1d the jnw of 01\e of tl1.e R'f' s wa.s broken (Ex 94-Imnn.n) . ~,

As to Speoifica.tion 14;a.29: Not . guilty, f'indhig.

As to 5 Speoi._fication i4~: . Wot 'guilty; motion by defense~
As to Specifico.tion 11:o.31: Botvroon Soptomber o.nd November 1911.r :Jolson N. Kauffman, Amorico.11 modica~--officor1 vro.s be'o.ton on six difforont occo.sio1 ~
by Watanabe, 1-rho used his .f'isbs on throe, occo.sions ri.nd on throo other occo.sions
beat him wi.th a ba.mboo rod, kicked him in the throa..t, pounded his . hend ago.inst r
wooden beam, lmocking
him unconscious
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Sl'.e~!_ications

14a32 aiJ.d 14o.33:

Hot guilty, finding.

As to Specification 14a.34: About November 1944, Wa.tru10.bo bea.t one

Nelms,
AmerTCan Hr, for failing to salute and bo'Vv Yrhen Ho.ta.no.be entered tho P.7
<.. barracks. Wato.mtbo hit him about the fo.co o.nd shoulders and back wi.th tho.butt
7 of his saber. As a result of this beating,, Helms' face .vta.s S".:rollon and his eyes
blackened (Ex 111)

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.f..s to Spocificatio1?- H,o.35:

Not guilty, motion -by defonso.

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As to Specifico..tion 14o.36: Botvroen Augilst and Do comber 19~~, Francis
Macey, an Allied IW:-rar1ed. to call )1Ts labor deta.il to attention i;rhon i7o.ta.na.bo
arrived. i'7ato.nabe struck him a.cross tho mouth Yrith his sca.bbo.rd, knocking out tvro
teeth. Thereafter when Wata.nabe so.Yi HT Mo.coy,, ho ".7ould strind him a.t o.t'tcntion and
strike him with his fist . This happened on mnny occasions, n:voraging a.bout four
days a weok (Ex 114-Macey).

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As to Specification 11a.3'7: Betwocn September and Dccombor J.911 .
Watanabe beat Captain ~sherrY,ruiAllicd ~7, on three occasions, using his fists,
a. wooden sword and a rifle butt. He then mo.do Ca.ptci.in Sherry sto..nd o.t a.ttontion
for .1qng periods of time (Ex 120).
As to Speo~ficution lj,a38: In Wovember or Decombor 1944, Lieutenant
A. J. Toulon, an-American ffi, vro.s ~ea.ten by Vlo.tana.bo, who usod his fists, knocking
Toulop. down abou.t throe tiinos (K:;;: 123).

As to Specification 14a.~9: Botvrocn Soptember n.nd Dccombor 1944,

Vfo.tana.bo sent Lieutenant Arthur GroenVillo Mcintire to tho leather shop to a.ssomblo
a group of ofr'icors. In a fovr minutes, Ha.tano.bc arrived o.t the loo.thcr shop a.nd
.~eprimonded MoI:ritiro for talcing so long, hitting him in the face ruid throat vri th
. his fists and knocking him down .f.ivo or ,six times. He then lined tho officers up
and hit them with a Tl'ideveb belt thn.t had a hoa.vy buckl.e n.nd metn.l fittings. Ho
therc:l.f'ter dismissed a.11 officers but Mcintire and Licutono.lit Hyra.dci. 'and boo.t Liou-. ..
teria.nt Nyrada in the face vr.i.th his fists and a.gnin struc!:; Mcintiro, . loosening his
tooth ~ (Ex 181, 124-Mcintire).
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Not guilty, . motion by dofense.

As to s12ocifico.tion 14a41:

Not guilty, finding.

As to sE.qcifi9a~io11 . 14a42:

Not guilty,, motion by defense.

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Not guilty, finding.

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.As to Sp9cii'ication 14a14,: In October _J,944, Wa.ta.nnbe callod together

a. group of mon who _had boen leo.ving their clothing a.t the work si to and also. called .
1W Ernest Frank Paul, vrho vras a _non-.o_om in charge of this group . lJ[ata.nabe beo.t
these r.1o;ti .o.nd R7 Po.ul with ll. kondo stick a.nd then singled out R7 Paul for a spoc:<_al
bo11tinr;. p.nd pro.ctically k;nocked him U!l,Conscious (E;x: 222.:.Paul).
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As to S~ocification l4a.45: In Dooembe~ 194<1~- 'rrato.nabe entered tho
ba.rracks through a window and 'be co.use ffi Ernest Franlc Paul was not mo.king the men
pra:ctico.. a.ns\'rering roll c.a ll as ordered,, Vla.tanabe bea.t
Paul with a svror.d scabbard and fists and thereafter made him stand a.t o.ttontion in tho cold from 2100 to
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0200 hours (Ex - 24, ~ 2-22Po.ul).
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As to ' Speic;i.fications 14al6 and 14a47:

Not g\lilty, finding.

As to Specification 14o.48: In November - 19~4, Vfo.tana.be beat Joe

Gutierrez, o.n-X-lliod FV'i, with his cloS'ed ha,.nds, knocking him down threo times, fo:r
failing to . call the detail to attention when Wo.tru111be _o.pproachod (Ex 155) ..
As to Specif~cation 14a49: On one occasion botweon April,. and December
1944, Captain Gould o.nd Frederick Henry R.ichardson, Jr., contrary to orders for ..
bidding; 'treatment of Allied and Amorico.n F\7' s a.fter 6 P.m; vrcro caught by 1t7ntn.:11a.botroacing severnl Bil's who were sick. ViatQ.na.bo ordered them out's ide and made them
struid at a.ttention vrl1ilo. he beat themvrith his fists, eventually knocking thorn
both dovm (Ex 161-Richardson).
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Spe0ificat~~~..:1=...:1:!.5Q:

Uot guilty, finding.

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As to Specifica.tion 14o.5l: . In December 1944, Vlata.nabo boat Datti, o.n
American: Pl'is for smoking in tho ba.i:'racks ~ Vfo.ta.no.bo jumpod on Datti and beat and
kicked . him in tho nook, stomach a.nd groin until Datti turned black and lost consciousnos s . Vlato.nabe o.pparently then beca.me frightened o.nd sent for a PVT medical
office~~ .(Ex 170} ..
As to Specification 140.52_: On an occasion between June and December
1941-, TTatanabo called W. F. Toms, a British Pr:, before him for not saluting a guard
\Vhilo carrying tv10 buckets in ea.ch hand. P7 Toms .t ried to explain to ffatanabe
but \7a.ta.11a.bo hit him with his fists and then hit him n. sviinging plm;r with a b::unboo
stick q.oross the . side of his head, knocking him unconscious. \;'hon P:! Toms regained .
consciou~ess,, ho 1mockod him down again Yri th tho same stick (Ex 176-Toms).
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. ~~to Specifica.tion l~o.53: In June 191i, Hata.no.be, or.. discovering
that Hertlirig Tit A. :-ra.de, a. British P\7 , ho.d failed to detail men to shine shoes as
ordered, cO.lled i:ro.de out at roll call and struck him in the face 1rith his fists.
\fata.nabo then took him to his room and beat him about tho head, face and nock ~ri th
a vrooclen fencing . sword (Ex l84-Uo.de).
As to Spocifi.cations l-1a54 and 14a..5 5:
As to Specification

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Hot guilty, finding.

not guilty, motion by defense.

As to Specifica.tion 14ab7: Bet\reon April and Deoombor 1944, Alfred A.

Tremstoin, a.n American Ffl' mo&ico.l officer, 'vnis bea:ten by Watanabe for no appnrent , _
. reason or for failing to saluto Japanese officers, non-commissioned officers or .
g\lards. \Ta.tana.be use.d his fists, clubs, leather belts and a kendo stick. ro 'ffeinst1o in ,-~ould be stood at attention and lmocked down by one of theso instruments and

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wquld .{nnnodio.toly
B;cramble to rogo.in his feet to avoid being l:icked., This would be
. repoo.ted for about tvronty minutes and then Vfatana.be :vrould require h.:illl to stand at
attention !'or . one :_to throe hours (Ex 6, 26, 77, 120 . 184,, 242) 1U6-T;einstoin),.
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to ~ooif'ioation

14a58:

Not guilty, findi.rig.

A.s t~ ~cifications 11a5~ _o.nd 14a60:

-As.-to-Specifico.tion. J.4a61:
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Not guilty, motion by defense.

Not gi..tiltyll findirtg.

. As to $r:iecificatiori 14a.62: . In Mny 194 1, Robert A. Tuskon, o.n A.!loriu :i.n

Ffi:'. "\.V'aS bea.teri by ~io.tano.bo i'or f.~ilin tc salute. ITata.no.bo :boat him about t~c 1:1co::1~
causing his eardrum to 'l:urst
then m~de Tusken enter a tub of cold 1vo.ter and
throatoncd to , drown him t>.nd thorenf'tor kept 'him sittin~ there for thirty minutes
(Ex 26, 178-Tusken).
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As to Spocifica.tion i.:.a63: on ' divers occasions betvroon AprL 1. 1;1 Dec-

ember 19 14, Wattl.nei,'bo abused lc".lmcrous AJ_lied and .American P.7 1 s by sh.pping tl~.:im;
bea.ting them, practicing ju .. jitsu upon them, requiring them to stand nt attention
for long: pori'Qds of ti1ne, forcing sick P.7' s to work and by huniiliating and otherwise abusing them. rruto.na.bo established .a reign of fear al'ld terror and one FF oc;ti~'l.ted tha.t he beat.. slo.ppcrl and ldcked a.bout 60% of Omori P.7' s during this period
(Ex 3, 6, 7, 8 1 9, 11, 15, 17, ra, '. 22i 24, 26, 28: 29, 3o, 33~ 4o~ 43, 46; 50, 52,
55, 59, so, 64, 69, 10 1 77, so, ~4, 93, 105, los. 110, 112, 111, 116, l ~B~ 121,
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149~

153, 154, 155, 158, 163, 161, 171, 172, 171, 177, 161, 185,

189, 194, 200~ 202; 205.t 211, 219, 222, 221, 229, 238, 2 .tO, 214, 246.)
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As to Specificu.tion lt.l:a.64~ In Juno i9::_:,5~ a Jo.po.nose guard knovm as

"P:i:-t:tty Boy11 p:llhd out his s1mr<rOr bayonet o;nd hit Harry Co Lis.kowsky, an A.l.norico.n Ff, on the back of his head and lmoclrnd hil:1 dovm~ This blovr' resulted. in 2.
severe go.sh on Liskovrsk-y' s head thl'..t bled froe-ly (Ex 15, 81, 112, .lll-Lisl::ovrsky).
As . to Specification 11a65: In June 1915, . Harold Dalo Lone and scvernl
other Allied kfl s were 'baa.ten when one" of the Ffl' s Yffl.S discovered with rice. Tho
guard called "The Old Ma.1111 beat P:i Lane. Ea.ch of tho p;;t' s wore t hon brought to tho
gu~rd house, wore stripped and beaten with sticks and slnppcd vrith bayonets o.nd :?."!
Lo.:1e and three qthor Allied Pi1' s :received sli~ht cuts (Ex 206-L.'1.!l.e).
As to Spocifica.tion l.10.66: In. August 1945, nenr Omori, a guard ga.Vo-l"loyd Co.verly nnd Ca.ptain Stoddard,-:IT'lied P\i' s, permission to rnako a. stew. A
Japaneso officer, known us ii Shorty'\ ca.110 along a.nd struck P.7 Ca.verly and Pi'i Stoddo.rd a.bout six blows across the face end hand, lmocking thnm unconscious. He sL"!lila.rly sbruok Richu.rd H. O'l~o.ne, w.. .Ar.crico.n re, because ho vms tho senior 1'.ll.iod
offi0or present (Ex 12, 138-0'Kn.ne).
As to Specification 1'.J,a.67: In July 191':1:, nea.r Omori, Allied Pl'l' s
cLoan:1 Cutter, Da.vrson, , Cook and Horbert Gould nero boa.ton by several 0ivilia.n
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gua.rQ.~, including guards vii. th tho following nicknru11es:
"Spooner", ''Boris", II snotgrass" and "Spider". R'I' s were .lined up and boa.ton with sticks and Da.i'TSOn, who
o.nsworod bo.ck, was ta.ken inside a. hut and vrhen he ca.mo baci:: he boro signs of a .
.cevore beating (Ex 85...0-ould).

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As to . Spoc:i.ricc~..2!1-:--140.68: In the la.tter part of 1914, Sergeant ~rue;e:

and Sorgoant George Anrood, American P.7' s, locl::od one of their "str-avr bosses" in n
o~o t\lld. ea.lle.d him "mcimkoy''. Lieuteno.nt Totsutaro Ko.to a."1.d 'ITata.na.be lined them up
and Whipped then vtith their hands"ruid' usoljudo on -them ruid kick~d them (Ex 136,
158, 174).
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As to Specification 110.69: ln August 1945, Pvt Sti.kuk'i' entered tho oar

ponter shop ~ wb.ere i{ennoth Stull, a..11 Ailied ffi, . vms employed. ;,non Sukui.d had ~rou ...
blo . with a. tool., lie bent up It Stull lintil Lieutonopt . D:lvis intorvonod (Ex- 174-8b..ill

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Buchanan' and
J:iad~,, Allie9- I:1:i's, for fo.il.ing to carry
raid shelter d.ur'ing. a B...29 ra~<! Tri made them stand o.t
of the parade ground and hit oach of them . in the n.outh.
out in the open 4uring
the . .~ir raid
(Ex 39-Bucha.nan) .
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As to S,EeOificil.tion ' 14a71:

As to SpecJ:..fication 14a72:

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Pfc, punished At'thur H.

o. microscope .to the air
attention in the middle
He then made them sto.nd

Uot guilty, motion by

defense~

Mot guilty, finding.

As . to Spcfoification ' l4a73: In January 19<1:5 1 a Japanese guard nicknamed 11 Hophead1 1 'beat Sorgea.n"ts dfuir'fo"s M. Howard ~d Char-les Kazario.n, Atliod P:P s.
This beating lasted a.bout 25 minutes and 1'Hophea.d11 sed his . fists, feet and tho
butt of his ri.f le. Both p ;[I s received seyero bruises in tho groin o.nd in tho ba.ck
of their logs Howard 1ost consciousncs.s and was ago.in beaten whon ho rocoverod
(Ex l l:6 )'

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. !':_s to 'Specifj.oation 14a.74: In Novor.i.ber 1944, . Fukoda, a Jo.pnnese

soldier, beat up J9hansen~ a.n .Amorico.n RT.(Ex 210).
As to Specification 14o.75:

Be"Ftroen April 19'14 and December 19'14, _

~fatanabe, on divers occasions, boat and a.bused Raymond L. Lucia, a.n A.moricM P~i

officer. On one ;occa.sion, rTo.tanri.bo accused him of not vr<?rking in a. proper mrumor
and b~p.t hir,1 on the heo.d and f~co Yrith, his f'i~ts. H~ repoatod this on ~hroo ot.her
occasibns and on another octm.s1on, bc~:c and kickod him (Ex 224, 209-lucia.)
As to Specifications 14a.76 and 140.77:

.Not guilty, finding.

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As to Specifica.tion 14a.78: . Kenneth St.ull sta.tcd {Ex 174) that some
time durinr; tho first pa.rt of 19451 Yfo.to.na.~o entered tho P."i ba.rracks a.nd boa.t hin
for not sta.nding at attention. \Ta.tan.a.be knocked him down ten er fifteen tines and
stood him at attention
for one hour.
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As to Spocif'icatio11s 14a.79, 11a80, 14t-.81, 14a.82, 14o.83, 14a.84 a1id

Not gU.l.Tty, motion by dofqnse..
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As to SpocifioC'l.tion. M:a~6: . Tl16 ~~l?ged vi.ctim, Hn.r~lcl, T: Hodge~,

stated (E:x: 88J on 15 f\_ugust l945j i.;rlulo workirir; m .a, garden noa.r Omor1, Tsug10.
Nishida . found that someone had ea.ten a. ca.rrot~ After tho prisoners vroro stood a.t
a.ttention for a. per.iod of timei Hodges stated he hO:.d oaten ;i.t; o.lthou~h a.ctut:i.lly
he hO:d not done so. Nishida hit him iii the .. jtwr with his fist~ brot'l.kine; orie of his
teeth. Nishida then knocked him dovm a.go.in Thoroi:i.ftor Ki1iiura., a. Ja.pa.noso civilian gun.rd, made him. .std.nd o.t o.ttention a.nd struck him sowra.l times on the ba.ck of
his logs with tho butt of hi-s rifle. . Ea.oh ,tirao that Hodge a foll to tho ground;,
Kiinu.ra hit him a.cross thq am.a Cl.tld chest Yri th his rifle. Kimura. o.lso ran his hobna.iled boot.saown the front of his legs six or sevon timos, causinc thcr:i to bleed
and then punched him in tho faco, co.using his nose to blood. Hodges wu.s hospitalized after his lib~tion for internal o.nd . o,xtornn.l injuries, resulting from tr1is
boating. The fa.ct .of this boating is -substni.ltio.tod b;)' ma.ny a.ffiduvits (Ex 127,
213.) in .this record and ' (Ex 2, 3, :l:, 6) i.'1. tho record of U ;s. vs Tsugio N'ishida.,
Caso Docket :ffol56, ill.corporo.tod by. roforence in this record., Ono of tho exhibits,
. Ex..'1.ibit 2~ stci.tes Kimura. boo.t Jiedges on tho ordors .of N~dO., who hn.d depo.rtcd.
Nishida admits hitting Hedges (Rec .or~ 29 of Co.so Docket .:;/=1~6), nlthoue;h he states
he . only ordered .Kimura. to warn tho prisoner.

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As to Speoifioo.tion l~a.87: In A\,lgust 1945, a. Jo.pa.nO:seo.fficcr nick.. nrir1ed "Jumping Jack11 (Tsugio ~ish:).da., .R 5 . o~ Co.so Docket =h~156) discovered the prisoners making a. stew while vrork~1g in o. vegetable garden near Omori. ifhon Ca.~.r1y,
an 'A mericroi RT, adni tted he had ma.de the .. scev1, Nishida struck him trro or throe
timos, knocking
...him. dmm. .(R 717,
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.As .to .Specifi90.tion 14a88: Norman

A . Albertson was a.sked by Tsugio

Nishi.~ why he was .being p\l.ntshed and on his reply 'Nishida. becru-.1e nngry and struck
Albertson sevora.l, times (Ex 13, Co.se Docket 4/=156),

Ass . .too . Snecification

14a8:
. peci ica
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Not guilty, finding

Towards the end of 194'1, Henderson, o.

British Pa, 1,vas punished by Kojima, a Japanese civilian guard, fo:r steo.ling. Ko..;
jima made him stand for .one hour, sufficiently near a. fire .so that Henderson was
scorched but noi; burne4.- When Henderson attempted to move a.way, Kojima would strike
.him (Ex 221) .
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to Specifications .14a91and14a92:

Not

~ilty,

motion by defense.

As to SJ?ecificat,ion ltj,a.9~: . Between April 1945 and August 1945.~ o:n:o

Da.r1Sori was boa.ten at the Sliiba.ur.a. work si~e i1eQ.r Omori by Chiku~ .a Japanese soldier.
Chi'k u beat him with his f iSts ci.nd kicked him in .the f o.ce o.nd back (Ex 223)
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As tp Specifioati,01i:. 14a94: B~ti.-ieen April,,19,1& and August l945, "Chiku
boat Cooke. for o.l~egedly slo.cldng on his worke Chilru b~at Cooke with his fists and
kicked hir.i. a.bout . tho fac'e and body (Ex 22~)
As to Speoifioa.tion 14a.95: Be.tw~en April 1945 ,a nd August 1945, be ..
cause. one of a:grQu"p of i;welve;:Dutc}:i-and 'J avanese RP s wa:;i .late at
roll. call,
Chiku beat each of the twelve yd th a. sti.c k (Ex 223)

As to .Specification 14a.96:

Not guilty, finding.

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As to Specification 14a97: On 11 Au~st 1945, Lieutenants Dona.ld A.

Co.rlson, Jp..mes Edwards and Gilbert Smith, .American P:i 's, vrere beaten by "Horseface"
(Ya.sushi K:i,mura) for picking up loose . ~soy beo.ns that were lying in the gutter.
Kir.niro. beat the three of them with his . rifle butt and fists and made them throvr
the soy beans awo.y (Ex 3, 11 1 Case Docket =f/=51, U S~ vs Kimura; i!lcorporo.ted into
this record by reference R 438, ~:1:3'9 )'.

.
As .to .Specification 14a98: On or a.bout 10 Aut;Ust 1945, while working .
in a garden near Omori 1 Ray F. Halloran, an American P.;, was slapped by Ya.sushi
Kimura. for lyin g dovm. Kimura .slo.pped hin face about twonty-fivo times, . causing
it to bo bruised nnd sore (Ex 3 1 Case Dool~ct 4,b51)
. As to Specifica.tion 14a99: About 1 August 1915 1 Ya.sushi KimUra took
pair of side cutting pliers and struck Lieutenant Savadkin, an A.l~ericrui. m, about
t~1e face,. cutting him in a doz~m places (Ex 138,; 208)

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As to Specification 14al00: Betvreen 3 April 1945 o.nd 29 August 1945,

Lieutenant Irving s7Nev-m.rul stole a. cucumber while vrorking in the garden and wus
o~ught by Ya.sushi Kinn.tra, vrho proceeded to beo.t him vri th his fists a.bout t11e head
and face for 15 to 20 minutes (Ex 19-llewma.n, Case Docket 4/=51)
As to Specification 14bl: On or a.bout 6 July 19-15, Ya.sushi K.i muru
bent Sergeant Olinto F. Lodovici, ai1 Jl.r,1erico.n P:r, vrith his fists and with the barrel
!llld b.u tt of his rifle for 45 minutes (Ex 20-Lo~ov:ici, Case Docket 7~51).
As to Specification l.4bl: In or about the month of July 1945, 'one
lfhite, o.n American PJ, . vro.s discovered by a. guard nco.r a box car wh.ich was loo.dad
with food supplies. i'Jhan this wns. _~eported to Ya.shushi Khru.ra, he beat ~ite with
a. stick about the fo.ce and body, causing :-.n.i te' s fa.cc to becone black and blue a.nd
'to swell to about twice its size . Immediately thero~fter 1 he forced \Thitc to stand
at attention for about tWo hours~ holding a cast iron pot over his head.. Every

tine .Hhite loYrered the pot~ Kiiriu.ro. ' hit lH: .1 with his open hand .or fist (Ex 21, Co..ee
Docket. f/=51)
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.1\s to . ,Sp9c ifica.tion 14b3: In January 1915.,ten American P:-l' s, inoldh1g Beclc,-,, ,_P;o lforth?U:p,,. 1feTson "A. Ifush, Bert Mcinnis, Ca.r1 Ronollo, Georgo ,Arwood a.nd
' Kenneth Stull, iifere accused of having stolen rice balls. They were lined up by

Yo.sushi Kimura and $ii.other Japanese and ea.ch of them beat tho ten FU' s nith their
hands, fists and siippers f'or about thirty minutes (Ex 136-Northrup).
~s to Specification 1:- lTot . guilty, finding~

As to Specification 16: The proof .offered -in support of tho subof this specification consisted or_ t1ilita.ry 00~1mission ordors, showing tho conviction of. individual Jo.p_a neso . of qffonsos nlloe;od in tho s~b-spocifica.~
ti6ns herein,, :v rhich were c_olll1lli tted at Sumida.gavro. F.; Canp, o.lso known ri.s Dispa.tch
<;:ar.1p j'/!2.0, located at Tokyo, a.t a. time when this ca.mp wa.s pa.rt of the conr.1a.nd of the
accused herein. All these MCO' s. wero issued a.s a. result cif Case Docket =,'/,91, U. S.,
vs Ivlizukoshi et al'. Tho conunission tqok ' juclioio.1 nqtico of. this cri.so (R -112)
Tho exhi.bit number of tho MCO_ O.dmittod inth evidence plus a. pa.rticular spocifica.tion listed in s a.id MCO' s will be list;ed in S\l.pport of the so_ specifications.
specificat~

#91

This roviowur has chocked the rovievr and/or - record. of sa.:i,d Ca.so
and finds tha.',!; th,o commission therein. could roasonei.bly ren:ch it~ finding, except
as to sub-specification k.

Tho followinr; MCO's wore listed into evidonco: MCO 117, HQ 8th Army_.
dated 1Doccmbor1947, Exhibit 320; MOO 118, HQ 8th Arny; da.tod 1Doccubcr1917,
Exhibit 321; MCO 119, HQ 8th Army, do.tod 1 Deocraber 1947 1 Exhibit 322; MCO 120,,
HQ 8th Army, do.tad 1 Dccot11bor 1947, Exhibit 323; MCO 121, ~ 8th Army do.tad 1
December 1947,, Exhibit'324; HC0 -122, HQ 8th Arny,, do.tad 1Docombor194', Exhibit
3470
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As to Specification 16o;:
Spocifico.tion 1 of Exhib:J,.t 323.
As to Spocifico.tion 16b:

Spocifica.tion 2 of Exhibit 323.

As to Spocifica.tion 164:

Spocifica~ion

As to Spooific0;tion 16e:

Specification 4b of Exhibit 323.

As to Specification 16f ~

Spocifica.tion 4c of Exhibit 323.

As to Specific~tiRn ,16.~~

Stricken def' en so r.iotion (R 60).

As to Speo.if'ication 16}:i,:

St:ricken (R 10) .

As to Specification 16it

Specifico.tion 2 of Exhibit 317.

As to S~ocifioation 1...j_:

Specific a.ti on 3 of Exhibit 317.

As to SEccifico.tiori 16k:

Spocifica.tion 4 of Exhibit 317.

As to SEccifica.tion 1.61:

Stricken (R 10).

.As to. ,Spoci'fico.tioJ:!. 16m:

Sro cif'ico.tlon Sa. of Exhibit 347.

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As to Specificntion 16n:

4o. of Exhibit 323.

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Spocifica.tion 6b of Exhibit 347.

As to Specification 160': Spocifica.tion 6c of Exhibit 317.

Spc~:i.fico.tion

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As to

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Spocifico.tion 60 of'Exhihit

As t; s~ecifi~o.tion
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Spe,cifioa.tion 6f of Exhibit :St,,7 o.nd Spocifi~

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Specifica.tion 6h of Exhibit 347 and Speci-

fication 4 of E;ichibit 322;

As t -o Sp9cif'ica.tioJ;l 16u :. Specification 6j of Exhibit 34:7 o.nd Specification .4c of EXhibit 323.

As . to Specif'icp;J:;iort 16w:
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Specification 6q of Exhibit 347 und Spoci-

As to Spocifica.tion 16bb:
fication 2 of Exhipit 324.

Specification 6r of Exhibit 3 17 and Spoci-

As, to Spocifica.tion 16cc:

tional Specification of Exhibit 324 .

Speoifioa.tion 6s of Exhibit 3.1:7 rind Addi-

As to S;eeoif'icO.t.ion l6dd:
fication 1 of Exhibit 320.

Speo:i,;f'ioation 6t of Exhibit 31:7 and Speci-

As to Specification 1600.= _ Spoc.ification 6u of Exhibit 3.1:7 and Spoci...

fication 2 of EXhibit 321.
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As to Specification 16ff:

~s to Specifica.tion_ 16g~:

Additio:no.l Spoci.fiqa.t_ion 1 of Exhibit 347.

Additiona.1 Specification 2 of Exhibit 317~

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AS'. to Specification 17: . In tho samo ma.nnor a.s Specif'ioo.tion 16, tho
subspocif'ications of this spooifioation a.re supported by Exhibit 395 1 which is a.
copy of MCO 264; headqua.rtors 8th Army, dated 12 AUf:,1.lSt 1948 1 resulting f'ror.i. Ca.so
=fl=wa, v.s. vs Mu.naji:r'i et 7, of vlhich the cornissiontoolc judicial notice (R Ln2)..
The reviewer has checked tho reviou a.nd/or record and finds that tho - exhibits and
tost1mony substantiate tho fin;ding of tho dor.unission in that ca.so~ Tho ovid9noo
in support of the sub.:.spooifioa.tions heroin. viill bo listed in the atotle> manner a.a
. in SpeO"if'ioation -16.

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Spocifica.tion 1 of Exhibit 395.

As to Spocifioa.tion 170:

Spocifioat'ion 3 of Exhibit 395.

As to Specification l7a.:
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Specifiqa.tion 17b:

(as a.mended, R 989) Specification 2 of Ex-

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. . .. . / ~A$~;_,:to f?~eci.fiqa'.tiions. 19 and 20 i On motion of defense, prosecution

sU,bmittod .a :Stl<l \ of ~art~~lt\r.s ocvering Uieso two specifications. This Bill of'
P~tio\llar'~ cont.6'.:i.ns -20l ite~~ arid tl}e main proof offered in support thereof are
militO.ry., c6llinUssion orders O?">cop:i.os or a ho.rges and specificatio11s. 1ifuero the exhi bits - ~ohsisted .o.f charges :aiidspecif'iciations; this .renewer has made sure that
each .f:i.n;dJ;hg
"guilty \VllS , con.firmed by ~bsequent , nii'litO:l'y commission orders.
F01 a.dm:m:tstr~tr~o cohvtiriibnoe, the evi.de:n:ce ~ wi. 11 be shown by citing the Bill of
Parti'ou;i'ti.r.s. number and the' Specificatioil. :n'P'lber of tlie exhibit whereby these military c,ommis1:1io1f ~rders or chorg~s o.nd ~peQi.t'ic~tions a.re offered .into evidence

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In QonerO.l. . P'N ma.ttors were handled by tho PJ'lf Mana.gemcnt DQ.pa.rtmont

of the Wa.r Ministry _and by tho PvV Informa.tion Burca.u which vra.s sepa.ra.to from tho
.War Ministry but was virtually under its c~ntrol as the key positions in both orga.niZations were . held by the same personnel . (Ex I-1). The War Ministry made the
contracts as to the employment of FW's by various companies . without consulting
These detailed con,tracts covered organization, 1ocation, number
. . either accused.
of' PVf' s, . pl~ce, type and hours of work and only the War Ministry could cancel such
contracts (JJ!x G'.'."2). Various bureaus qf the War Ministry made plans and issued
r~gulations,; especially as to employment, punishnient and treatment of BlI' s, without
consulting the mo.in camp commander who was without authority to amend these regulations. (Ex T-1);, . The area army connnander,. in this case the commanding general of
th.e E~stern District .Army, hereinafter referred to as thl:l.- EDA, was the chief admirlistrator of ,fff oamps of his area. The EDA j.ssued detailed orders for the activation a.nd clenctiva.tion of branch -and diSpa.tch camps, including the appointment
of:- the .branch a.rid dispatch branch commanders and their personnel without consulting the main camp commnnder. The EDA also issued orders covering the place, type .
and hours of work and assigned individual IW' s to specific- crunps and the main camp .
commo.nder was without authority to transfer them from one camp to another within
his a.rea (Ex G-1, G-2, K-3, P).
The War Ministry, consulting only the EDA and the prospective employo~
of the PN' s, ma.de detailed 9-ecisions whereby the employer constructed the fa.cili- '
tics .o.nd the EDA, without consulting the ma.in camp ' commander, determined whether
the faoilities, including the barracks~ were suitable. Different bureaus of tho
War Ministry, without consulting those accused, drafted detailed regulations as
to the hnndling of the PN 1 s, including the Ja.paneso Table of Organization for the
camp and disciplinary o..nd medical ma.ttcrs. (Ex G-6, I-1, P, P-1) . The EDA established many standing orders for thQ PVif ca.mps and the main ca.mp c.om:ma.nder could
only issue regulations with tho approval of tho EDA (Ex G-3, Q-6). As testified
to by tho oxMinister of Har, Tojo, duo to tho organizational sot-up, tho main
camp commander vms limited as to vrho.t ho co.u ld accomplish by his ovm efforts and
could only exercise initiative in minor deta.ils but had the responsibility of keeping the .higher authorities :ln:formod of conditions. Officials of tho War Ministry,
tho FWIB o.nd officers of tho . EDA,; mo.do constant inspections and their exercise of
minute control is. shovm by tho doto.iled regulations . and tho fact that tho EDA tried
many R'f's, including Mansfield (Specification 4), for theft (Ex O, Q-6, Q-7, S~5).
Tojo stated ho orily received complaints a.bout food as complaints by tho Allied
Powors concorning tho a.buso of' ffi' s vrorc sent throug)l the PWIB to tho EDA who ha.d.
the responsibility in those mo.ttors (Ex H-1). Tojo further stated tha.t it wa.s his
"policy to olimina.te corporo.:l punislunont not only of FW' s but in the Jo.pa.nose Army
itself. but duo to tho custom in tho family and tho Army, it was impossible as tho
,Jo.pa.nose soldier would rather bo beaten than rocoivo courts-ma.rtial a.nd also because tho quality of' tho -Jo.pnneso officers nnd non-coms steadily detoriora.tod.
, Tojo also testified he ma.do a. s~rprisc inspection at Omori and found that condition
were s.imila.r to those i n tho Japanese Army o..nd ho complimented Suzuki, stating ho
was . aa.tisi'i~d with tho vmy .S uzuki vms running .tho co.mp (Ex 0)
Suzuki,, verbally a.nd by posters, instructed tho ca.mp personnel .a.t
Omori and tho. compa.nio s whore tho l.JT' s worked to refrain .. from . a.dministering cor. pora.l punishment (Ex c I s -7, s-26, . S-27' S-28, S-29, R-55), and a.fter a.n incident
ocoU.rring n.t a. bronoh camp was reported to him, ho sent orders forbidding corporal
punishment to a.11 comps under hfs conmu:md (Ex D) Suzuki, vrhile a.uthorizing col ...
loctivc ' Punishment, required all punishments be reported to him ( Ex S-11) Kuriyo.:mi,, a. Ja.panoso .intcrprotcr a.t Omori, stated Suzuki _wns gentle towards FW's a.nd
tha.t he nover reported to Suzuki tho complaints by FW' s . concerning Wa.ta.na.bc as ho -.
vra.s a.fra.i.d Waj;ri.na.bc would boat him if ho . did. He further sta.tcd that dosp:l to
Suiuki' s. orders, P,e porson:illy
bout . FW's n.nd
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.Omori. Dr. Fujii sto.tod Suzuki did not know tho.t ho,,
Ftljii,, .:bOO.t R'ff s (Ex D) ~ Suzuki so ldom cc:uno into direct oonta.ct with IW'' s (Ex
S-29). Fa.ther Ronan:, '\Tho v10.s c.t Shino.go.wo. for . a. short por~oq. . or time:, sto.tod
SuzUki \'IQ.S strl:ct but ~fo.ir and, a.lthough tho IW' s wore troa.ted .ha.rshly, there i;roro
no bruta.litios 'tmd .punishment . daoroo.sod . o.s Suzuki mO.do a.' sincere offqrt to comply
with tho Geneva Convention (Ex S;;.32, S-33).
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As to . S~ocifiho.tion 2: Tho Ca.binet :E>la.:nn:i,ng Boo.rd decided to bring
t .o Jo.pan to C\.llevio.to tho lo.b6r shorto.ge in mining, stevedoring, engineering
and construction work (Ex F). Tho grea.t porcento.ge of PJ'I's vrero suffering from
mo.lo.ria, :dysontory o.nd mci.lnutrition \'then ca.pturo(La.nd wore confined in horrible
cond.iticins in _tho Philippines o.nd rnnny noV'Elr received modioa.l co.re prior to coming
to Jo.pan., An Allied PJT officer sto.tod tho.t !Vf officers 1iroro a.ll(nrod to pick tho
PIT' s to be shipped to Ja.pa.n nnd they. picked those ."in _tho poorest he.a .1th and loft
those in bettor hoa.lth in tho Philippirios (Ex M througp <M-8) .. ja.pMeso policyma.king uuthoritioS :-desired to ship a.s I!lo.ny PJ'Jf S O.S possible Md ordered dock loo.ding, if nooossa.ry, bo utilized. The R'T' s. vmre trMsportod under indesoriba.ble conditions in so-ca.llod "hell ships". ' These horrible conditions '\roro so prevalent
tha.t tho Vice-Minister of ffo.r, on io Dooombcr 1942, sta.tl.ng tha.t mMy R-1 1 s boon.me _.
sick or died onroute, sent instruotions to lovror echelons .to select the Pli' s to
be tra.nsporj;ed to Jo.pan moro ca.rofully' o.nd to provide for provisfons, mcdico.l personnel, modica.l supplies a.nd. a.doqua.to fo.cilitios for their tro.nsporto.tion (Ex N
through N-45). PJ'T's o.rrivod in such a. dobilita.tod sta.to, only tho most modern
medicine a.nd modica.l troa.tment could ha.vc cured thom (E;,: D-2 o.nd tho M series of
tho oxhibits)..o.nd such troa.tmcnt vms not a.vo.ila.blc ill Jnpa.n for oven Ja.pa.ncso
troops ns shoYin by tho U .s. Bombing Survey (Ex E-3). M:any RT' s, on a.rriva.l in
Ja.pnn, vroro ta.ken directly from tho boa.t to hqspita.ls, including among o thors,
Hovmrd E . Huffine (Ex N-4), Ra.lph Weinberg (Ex N-4) a...nd Edo van Spali (Ex N4),
victims mentioned in this specifica.tion. Huffine a.nd Vloinporg o.rri:vcd in Jo.pa.n
_ 11 November 1942 D..nd spent a.n unlmo\m period of tiine a.t a. hospito.l ~ in Osa.ka. o.nd
Huffine:. died on 7 Ja.nua.ry 1943 a.t tho Tokyo Mo.in Crunp. ".:O:oinborg therca.ftor wa.s a.
po.tiont' a.t t:flo . Sa.goinihira. Hospita.l from 27 Doc9mbor 1942 to 16 August 1943 ::u1d
died a.t ornori. on: 19 Ma.rah 1944 (Ex S,, N-4). Edo vcu1 Spa.11 a.rrivod in Ja.pa.n on 20
Mo.y 1943 and w-D.s pla.cod in tho Okura. Army Hospita.l for an unkJ.1.ovm fO riod of time
a.nd died 22 March 1944 a.t Omori. Exhibit. 262-A--dcnth cortii'ica.to discloses tha.t
the transfer. of mo.no.gcmont of P.'f Huffilie occurred on 13 November . 1942 but the ui tness Ma.kudo., v.rho spoke' for the custodian of these records, testified transfer of
mo.na.gome11t: did not ncccssa.rily moa.n tha.t P:JI s vrcre a.ctua.lly confined n.t Omori but
only tba.t , ,~Omori ha.d a.dministrC1.tivc custody of those P:T' s (R 801) and ho could -not
sta.to from .tho dco.th certifioo.tes tho:.t RT's vmro a.ctua.lly conf~nod a.t Omori (R 809)11
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Thero vra.s n.n C?Vcra.11 shorta.gc of food, clothing, modico:.l supplies o.nd
modicino in Jo.pan a.nd these . items rrorc highly ra.tionod and even the ra.tion runount
wa.s often not obto.innblc . ' Modica.l porsonncl i:rerc not efficient by vrostorn sta.nda.rds and oven tho Jn.pa.no so suffered from .nutritiona.l deficiencies (Ex E through
E-;4, E-6--U. s. Stro.tegic Bombing Survey,, Ex o). Modica.l supplies for branch c_o.mps
did not come from Omori but from. the nea.rost Arr.1y hospita.l (ps 95 ond 96 of Ex K).
T110 ~rorxbhor . in. the winters of 1942 ru1.d 1943 v10.s extremely a.dvcrso, co.using the
doa.ths not only1 of Hi's but o.lso of a. lnrgo number of Jo.pa.nose soldiers . (ExQ).
Tho ra.tion for Ja.panoso soldiers and Pil' s w::i.s fixed by tho EDA (Ex D) und high
d.uthoritios determined tha.t tho ffil S yore not to bo givon tho so.mo food 0.S Ja.p~CS('
soldiers but .for rntion ptirposos wore cla.ssifiod in the SflllO monner a.s Jo.panoso
. civiliOJ;l. . lo.bprors (Ex E-4,, E-6, Q-7). Those a.uthoritios ~dotormino_d tl4'1.t the
Pii off'icbrs :,;<f9ro to bo given o. .redu,o od ro.tions (Ex E-6). Food wo.s i.."1. short supply
a.nd ' ovon t ho Jnpo.nose Anny units wore instructod i to -a.ttompt _to bo self-subsistent
. '?Y rci.ising thoir;. o;m !o.o d in ga.rden.a (Ex :g!-6)

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Tojo -tcis tificd tho, u;r Minist~ o.ua.ro of the pcrocntngo of doa.ths
run.011g tho RP s a.nd: tp.o iAA.:i;n camp corinn.nnders could only roqup_s t food,_ c1o~hing,
hca.ting o.nd modico.l suppl}::qs but mo.ny of the so requests could not be gra.ntod. ~o
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a.lso testified tho fo.oilitio.s and ba.rra;cks ~a.t 0100ri Co.mp wore substa.ntio.11y tho
sa.rt10 us those suppliod'to tho Jo.pa.nose soldiers (Ex 0, P).
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Suzli:ki mo.de ropeo.tod requests for a.dditiona.l food o.nd medica.l supplies
_c.n.d modica.l po:rsonno:J_ but those roquosts nero in tho niain fruitless (Ex D, Q. Q..;3).
Suzuki could no\; pick his modica.l porso1mel or reject thoso put undor his conunond
bu~ v-r.hile Suzuki sent many men to the So.go.mihiro. Ho spi ta.l and Tokyo :/-ib2 Army Hospita.l,, ho could oniy roquost they bo hospito.lizod a.nd did no.t ha.vb tho a.uthority
to ordor tho hospito.ls to recei vo them or ardor doctors in other uni ts to trea.t
RP s. Those hospita.ls wore 'increa.singly hostile to tho rceoipt of Rl'' s -o.nd for
this roa.son thq Shina.ga.vra. Atto.ohod Sickroom ''ms esta.blished (R 1232, 1265; E x O:.Q,
Q-3). Lieutonnri.t Bush, Allied P.7, sta.tod drugs i;rere in short supply ht he does
not know of rui.y oc.cp.si911 \vhon. Dr. Fujii refused to use a.vo.ila.blo supplies o.nd i;rhcn
ho "rms on sick ' c111l, tho HI 'modicnl officer vms a.llot rod a. free hand in treating
ffi' s (Ex D-4). . Dr . Fujii sta.tod Suzilki did not interfere wit_h tho conduct of modica.1 mattors ::md onc.oura.ged tho medical section in its efforts a.nd a.idod them in
many' ways, incl~ding_ tho production -6.f yeast for :tho -"1.so of F:P s . (Ex D-1) . Pressure wa.s put ml.Suzulci by higlior a.uthoritios to put sick Prf' s to 1mrk o.s soon ns
possible (E;: G; K-3) but despite this, Dr. Fujii testified Su~uk;i. ~lover ma.do oxor;b_ij;rutt dc~nnds to send ID' s to work and o.l though in tho beginning, on one or tvro
occa.sions, ho questioned t~10 number of sick 1.=n 1 s oxcusod from work, ho did not
press the issue. Dr . Fujii testified .ho novor overruled :Chb .Pl'!medico.l officer
when ho excused men from Ymrk {Ex D-1, D). In sending medica.l officers to inspe ct
. sU:bo_J. d:ina.to, c.Ozj.ps, Suzuki's opjcct wa.s to ta.lee ca.re of the sicl~ a.nd not to got D.S
ma.ny moh bnclt t 'o'\rork a.s possiblo (Ex D). Tho cronp rogula.tions, providing tha.t
t ho duty officer would determine vrhothor or not a. P.7 vms to be a.llowod to r:;o on
s ick ca.11 or roquirod to go to :rrork, uoro copied from Ja.po.noso Army rogulettions
v;rhioh vrero simila.rly o.pplico.blo in tho Jn.pa.nose Army (E:ic C),
_Dr. Fujii sto.ted spina.l iltjoctions of :vi ta.min B-1 for bcri-bori wore
. used in a. Jo.po.nose No.".o.l Hospital in 192 6 a.nd ho observed q. simila.r use during his
internship (Ex D-2). l\n Allied R ! sta.tod Dr. Goa.d's mo.in objection to this troa.tmont wo.s tho. USO of Jo.po.nose ampules (Ex D-4). Another P\7 testified this typo of
treatment vms used 'n.t So.ga.mihiro. Hospita.l (Ex S-21).- Tho Ja.panoso mo.do no effort to concea.l their usp of moxibustion and
Lieutono.nt Bush, Allied P i, tostifiod Suzuki vrn.s sincere in instituting this tron.tment vrhich wt\s vroll-lmO\m .in Ja.po.n and Lioutoha.tlt Bush himself ha.d ho.d it a.cl.minis. torod to him boforo tho vmr a.rid fqu11.Cl it offociti'vo C\.S n. -tompora.ry moo.sure. This
troQ.tmont uo.s oxhibi tod to :the commission by tho s.a.mo ci vilia.n vrho _introduced it
into On.ori under Suzuki's orders _and tho subject of this _oxporimont testified in
ro.ga.rd that . it wa.s rela.tively pa.inloss (R 13'79..i.1382). This . civilian a.;Lso sto.tod
n,oxibustion ha;d 'been used in Jo.pan for ma.ny conturios (R 33).
As. to Spocifico.tion 3: Tho runount of Rod Cross supplies roooivod
prior to April 1944' i.-ms negligible vrhon the nur.1bor of RI' s a.re considered (Ex 388)
ru1d Rod Cross . supplies for a.11 camps in tho .o;okyo a.rca, wure sent to Oraori for dis-"!1ribution (Ex c) .
.
f1s t~ SRCCifioa.tion 4: ffi Mansfield i.ms scntoncod to throe months
conf'ino1:iont for broo.king nnd ontoring to stoo.l rood in Fobrua.ry .194.-4. Tho rocord
or trio.i (ps 7 o.nd 'S of Ex A-4) rovoo.ls Mo.nsf"icld tro.s given to stoa.ling o.nd oh 10
Novoribor 1943 wu.s sontoncod to ton do.ys solita.ry oonfino:r.i.cnt for stealing relief
goods .

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arriv9d in oxtromo'ly.ba.d hca,lth and tha.t ho reported this

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to Suzuki who qC;lo.ye.d tho P.'1 1 s go_ing to work for one wcok, .sent u jo,po.neso nodical
officer' to vis~i; th9 camp (~ 8?6), sent O.dditiona.l modico.l supplies a.nd go.vo the .
ca.mp priority ii\ sending ptl.tionts to tho hospitul. m1on tho company employing tho
ffi 1 s tried' to n,creci.so tho working hours,, Suzuki bo.cked Nichizo.vro. up in refusing
to incroo.sci those hdurs (R 883-.~44).
To.koichi Shisuvro., who bccoi.10 canip commo.ndcr on 21 Juno 1943, sto.tod
(Ex R-13) ho vms trtinsforrod .from o.n inf'a.ntry company o.nd docs not lmovr 1hy ho vra.s
selected for tho job of\ Oa.r:ip cort1r.1a.ndcr. Uhrin he tool1= over cor:uno.nd,, ho found tho
co.r.1p Tms only a.bout 80% complete but facilities noro grndut\.lly inproveci.. ';foon ho
o.ssi:uncd cor.-imo.nd; the EDA Yto.s supposed to mo.kc inspections nnd nocosso.ry r opo.irs but
when tho can1p vo.s converted .into a. dispa.tch crunp, the campal1ywas responsible ~or
.the so repairs . On his-.,o.rri vo.l, Lioutono.nt Nich~za'vo. told h:i.n o. nur.ibor of RP s ha.d
died O:t the c'::unp th:it previous vtirito:r . o.s t}leso ffi':s ha.d cor.10 into Jo.pan frbn. a. wa.rra
cli6..'l."\;o o.nd many of tho1:i vrorc sick upon .d.rriva.1 a.nd ho uttributod their doo.ths to
., this flo.ct o.nd to tho .fa.ct th'1.t
.. ho v1a. s uno.blo t0 ob'to.in t\doqua.to ncdicinos o.nd modi-.
er.I supplies from,.thc Army o.ncl o voh though ho bought n.odica.1 supplies on tho civiliru-i no.rlwt. A :foi:r da.y-s a.ftor ho a.ssumecl cotnm...'tnd, Suzuki instructed him tho.t corpora.1 punishment +ills ti.bsolutoly prohibited a.nd tha.t tho prisoners wore to be trca.toe
fa.irly. Suzuki also sa.id po.ticnts ,uoro to bo hnndlod in uccordr..nco vrith :raodica.l
regulations and those o:x:cusod from hoo.vy la.bor should bo t1Q.do to do light duty,
w'hilo those excused from tro.1.ning should be rostod. Shisu>rn further sta.tod a.t no .
tine did ho over rocoivo instructions fro1:i Suzuki or . Suko.ba: tho.t a. corta.in nunbcr
of uon wcro to b sent to ''rork nor did ho porsonti.lly fix tho porcontnge of mon tha.t
had to go to i;rork. Tho Ja.pruwsc doctor a.nd Ri m.ecliea.i officer' picked those vrho
Hore o.blo to go to vro rk.

Iu tho sur:u:1or or fa.11 of 1943, ro.~ioirn wore reduced o.nd Suzuki . instructed hin to c:;ot tho conpa.nies employing the R1' s to fun1ish food o.nd to obtain
o.s iru.ch 6upplct1011ta.ry food o.s possible. H.o requested such food from bho com.pony
but .vms uno.blc to obta.in it ei thor fron thorn or tho Profoctura.1 Govornnont. 1'7hen
tho compa.ny omp].oying tho p;j, s failed to cooporuto on modica.1 i:i.a.tters_, Suzuki ordered Dr. Tokuda. bo issue nedicinos i'ror.1 the r.;m;in c::uip o.nd O.lso to na.lco cm inspoc ...
tion and conto.ct tho coupo.ny a.s to tho situation. Ai'tor this nogotit\tion, tho
co;:i.pa.riy furnished a.dditiona.l nodicino. Shismm sta.tod tha.t he doesn't roca.11 n.ny
occn.sion when ho I:i.o.de requests .tlmt oithor Suzuki or So.ko.ba. ever rof\isod to holp
hiu.

During tho winter of 1943 ru1d 1944, thoro were no dca.ths runong tho
ID' s o.nd ho believes this ,-ms ca.used by the fa.ct tha.t tho p::-1 s ha.d become o.cclima,tcd ond fncilitios ha.d boen inprovod a.s tho fo.cilitios,, gonero.lly spea.king., woro
not inferior to those .furnished in nei.-rly forr.10d units of tho Ja.po.ncse A:rmy. Suzuki
inspected tho ca.np three tiuos o.nd never criticiz.e.d Shisuvm. for not sending enough
prisoners out to work. The cm.1p wa.s a.hm.ys clon.ned up before Suzuki o.rrivod a.nd
Suzuki novor spoko to any of the gua.rcis or Rf' s. Suzuki notified hir.i' in writing
tha.t ho should punish Jn.po.noso porso..--lncl if they inflicted corpora.I punishment on
the RP-s; tha.t 110,, . Shisuvm,, struck ffi' s in violation of Suzuki's orders; thc.t ho
never reported those Viola.tions to Suzuki oven though Suzuki inquired t\bout ito
".As to Specifioo.tion 7: Soc defense's
dcnco o.s to Spocifica.tion _2, - thi~ o.ccusod.

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Na.ka.jirJ.o., oa.np oornrn.a.nder of the Ui tsushino. Pi7 Ca.mp, testified o.s follov1s (Ex '. R): Colonel $\lzuki sta.t_o d thrit the lnndling of :?;: 1 s should bo strict but
l:DJ.no.no o.nd fo.ir-; tlla.t Suzuki told hir.1 tha.t tho EDA insisted thn.t he rooeivo tho
~;ts ovo~ though tho camp vms ill-oquippcd o.t the tine of thoir .o.rrivo.l; tho.t most
of tho RT' s who diod in his
ca.mp died during tho first >'linter duo to tho sudden
1
chungo in . clin.o.to a.nd tho b:id co11c1.iticms under which they vror? transported to Ja.pa.n;
tho.t a. futch doctor,, a. Dr. Vru.1 Slut~, vro.s tho Ri goctor when r.in.ny of tho~o Pil' s
clic:d a.nd Dr. Tihitf'iold tro.s sept to roplo.co Dr. iVa.n Slutin; tha.t b6f'oro Suzuki 1 s._ll1-
spoction trips, tho cnnp YJ'Q.S nlvro.ys oleo.nod up_ o.nd tho.t ho :rocoivod cooporO.tiori
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from Suzuki when he tried to get hospitalization and medicirles for ' FW'sJ thet he
was authorized .to dismiss several civilians 'employed by the camp whose services
were noi; satis!'~ctocy .
Xoislii Mori,, civilian manager o_f one of . the wor.k sites where fW"Y s
from Mitsushi.ma Pvf 'camp worked, testified (Ex R) Suzuki came to his company two
or three days prior to the arrival of R'ff s and after inspecting the facilities,,
he assembled the village offioials, company representatives and branch camp military personnel and instructed them the PV1P s had surrendered but are not considered criminals and are to be afforded treatment .in accordance with -~he spirit ot'
international law.. Corporal punishment vras strictly prohibited o.nd if the FW' s
did anything wrong,; it sl1ould be reported to the camp co1mna.nder v1ho will take
necessary measures He also instructed that the fff' s vrere not to be placed on
dangerous jobs, that (;heir drinking 1\rater was to be boiled; that they were not w
b~ overirorked or subject to ridiou.1eo '

As to Specification 8:

The . senior PH officer o.t Camp 4-B testified

(.GJ~ 11-3) that he khew the Japanesemedicalorderly in tha oamp alterod medico.lre

cords forwarded to .higher headquarters and that he had been refused permission to
see the camp cominandor by Ka.ta.yarn.a. He further stated that he never saw the crunp
O>nrro.ander strike fij_1.y FW' s in croup nor did he ever vvitness him observing P\li[f s being mistreated anQ. that in his opinion,, the change in climate and the change - in
diet so vreakened the RiY' s that the;>r vroro susceptible to pnoumohia., bori-bori,
dysen~ery and diarrhea.
He further stated that when ho wus .a.blo to complain to
t:a.o camp oommo.nder about beatings, thore vras alvm.ys on itmncdiato improvomo'iit o.na
that conditions irnproved ai'tor Dr. Fuj1,i visited tho crunp. fihen Colonel Suzuki
visited tho ca.mp, a special issue of equipment va.s made to tho PH's as eyov[ash
and 1/IJU.S vri t:hdravt.n when Suzuki loft a.nd ho doosn' t knovr whothor tho complaints madG
to Shibono ;mro ever reported to the_ camp- conun~nder.
Hiroki Kono, interpretor. at ~o.mp 4-D, t .o stifiod (Ex R-4) Lioutono.nt
Ooto._, c n.mp commo.nder, issued instructi-o ns that PH's vroro not to be beaten;" that
ho never complo.inod to Liou.tenant Ooto. a.bout tho mistreatment of P:I Fo.rley and ho
boliovos Lieutenant Oota did not have lmovrlodco of o.11 tho boa.tings tho.t took pl.a.co
in camp and vrhon ho reported tho Burns . a.nd McCarthy incident,, tho co.mp commander
ca.utionod the ci'irilio.n guards concornod 9
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Rokuro Kondo, .a Japanese pharmacist a.t this ca.mp, sta.tod (Ex R-5) ho
wa.s a. pha.rma.cist at tho To.lea.do. Anny Hospital which .i:vo. s supposed to supply drugs
a.nd medicine to Comp -4-B; tha.t drugs Yrore ra.tioned a.nd Camp ~-B did not receive
the full a.mount tho.t they vrero ohtit1od to booo.uso of tho sco.roi ty of drugs o.ri.d
:i number cf oivilia.ns also died from pneumonia. during tho nintcr of 1943-1944
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Tadio Shiba.no,, ~-rho vms seoond in oomtna.nd in Decombor 1942 to Docombor
1944, testified (E:x: R-6) he never sai:r camp commn.:ndor Oota. either boa.t or mi streo.t
a,.fW or observed such mistrca.tmcnt; tho.t Ooto. novor ordered him to beo.t or mistro~t
PIV''s nn4 ho never reported the boa.tinc;s in uhich ho took po.rt.
Shig-o ji Ino, modica.l officer of tho To.lmdc. IIospit::i.l, testified (Ex R.-81
,ho aoted a.s visi tiq:g doctor to Co.mp 4-B nnd did not lmo;-; of t1.ny instructions r.oquirirj.g_ a; certain quota: of IW' s to bo sent to work. Ho a.lso sta.tod tho.t in tho
bqginning he visited the ca.mp onoo a. \rock but booruno SO busy thc-.t ho -Could not go
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Hisa.kiohi Tol_ru.da., senior_modioa.1 officer of tho Tokyo 1\l'l.in Cnrn.p, tostif'iod (Ex R-9) it was tho EPA who decided brunch oCJnps would only ha.vo a visiting doqtor and tho Har Minist~y decided to use !ff medics in tho sa.ni.o wo..y us Jo.pa.nose mcidico.l o.f.ficors nndthll.t tho numborof.JO:po.noso modico.l pors6nnol used in

Rif camps would be o.s sma.:1.1 a.~ pos.siblo . Ho a.lso sto.tod ho made visits o.nd inspoc-:_
tions of this ca.mp on throe difforont oc.ca.sions a.nd it \7D.s Suzuki's policy to
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st\.f9g\la.i:d o.s mu.oh a.s possible thp physica..l yrolfo.re of tho PiT's a.nd .t o provont tfu~
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Narumi Oota., ca!mp comm:o.ndef o.t -Camp 4 ...B; sta.tod (Ex R-10) Suzuki
ncvcr"'ordored h,im .to send more men out to work but ea.utionod him to put light
cluty pa.tients on. Hght duty.. - He further sta.tca he never ma.do uny reports of
beatings t9 Colonel Suzuki.
. :A,s to . $pecifica.ti~n g: Dr. Fujii testified thil.t ho visited Niign.ta.
Co.mp 5~B in Deoemb.e r 1943, pursuo.ii.t to Suzuki's orders, who instructed him to cut
doit\'11 the number of dea.ths and the number of sick FW' s by treating. "the ca.uses bo-
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Captain Boone, Allied Fi7, who was confined at Camp 5-B, Niiga.ta,
testified (Ex R-14) Wfl s often..engaged in ~tra.ding wea.ring o.ppa.rel and cigarettes
for .f'ood and this trading had injurious off octs on~ their hea.lth. Ma.jor Fe llovrs,
s~nior fff of;f'icer, punished R'P s i;rith~n tho comp .by depriving them of ra.tions
upon certa.:i..n . occasion~ . puring the. i/r.i.nter of . 1943-1944, everyt}:lft.ng in Jo.po.n had
becon~e scarce and shoes were 0. difficult itom to procure for tho FW' s.
He a.lso
si;;a.ted after Lieuteno.nt Yoshida Vm.s relieved as camp --oommo.nder , boa.tings and mist:reatment of Pl'.P s vroro reduced to prnoticnlly zoro; i;rhonever inspections vrero .
made, the cainp and P\17 1 s i;rore so proparod.. and ;i.nst:rUcted that the inspecting ofiicers did not get a true picture of oond:i.tions.
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Frederick Zaidm.."\.11, ,Allied P..'T, sta.ted (Ex J,{ ... 15) ho ru:i.d many other ffP s
experiencedd;i.fficulties vrlth Ma.jor Stewart, All,ied R'T modico.1 officer, when a.ttemf.ting to be Axcuseg; from -1vork,, a.s Ma.jor Stowa.rt ya.s a vrea.k .q~a.rO.ctor who. showed
i'a.voritism and ofton o.llowod his orderlies to 9ondu'ct sick ca.11 and sent sick
PiV' 2 out to work; it vms ,common lmovrlcdgo tho officers received more ra.tions than
. tho men as tho officors 1 batmen ba.rtorcd excess _food for tho officers' mess for
cigaretto.s. Rod Cross food parcels wcro distributed fa.irly vroll on two occa.si.ons
but on tho third occasion, the officers received o. la.rgor portion thrui tho men;
thri.t when he became sick and could not go to work, Major Follovrs thought ho was
.f aking and . threw him dovm on his back rind stnrted to choke him and ho[l.t him i,vi th
his fists in tho head,, fa.co and body; that 'th:o second co.mp cormnander, Lieutenant
Nemoto, was "the whitest Jo.p I ever seen"_ and tho, third camp c-omm..'U1dor only slapped men vrho hD.d violated regulations; that Serget1.11t Faulkner, vrho vms tho moss
sorgeo.nt: pushed FVV' s a.round o.nd traded food for cigo.rettos.
William H. Gagne, Allied Pt"f, .sta.ted (Ex R-16) Ma.jar FolloW's boa;t;
Za_ichnan for refusing to go to Yrork, even though Za.idmo.n protested he vrn.a too sick
to vrork; that _some men received prefor~::m'\;io.l treatment from Mo.jar "Stewart on sicl~
call and the R7. o,fficers obtained more food than -tho ffi onlistod porsonne l" P."!
V{il.f ricl J. McDowell nas turned over to the Japcmese by i:;fo.jor Fel).ovrs for ste0-ling
food to supplement his diet; tho:!; ho hoard Mo.jor Ste1mrt vms i-'esponsiblo for tho
. cl.~ath of Battie; that Sergeo.nt Faulkner, who was tho mess sergeant, traded rations
" 1d th ?111 1 who .were required t .o turn ovel" to him any future Rod Cross pa.reels they
received. He also said. he heard tha.t FW' s beat Titman M.d i:;hut Major Fellows
turned Titman over to the Ja.panaose.

Joseph ~Tolczulc, Allied ffT, stated (Ex R-18) many PJV' s . feigned illnes s.
some because they had mentally gi von up o.nd others who preten<;lod to be ill i f the ~
wore placed on the sick list by the Fil' s modi~o.l sergeant. He also stated he received Ii boo.ting from PW Faulkner.
Francis B. Gallagher, Allied P,'i, stated (Ex R-19) he received o.dequa.te
. rest :('rom the medical. orderly af.tcr he vro:s injured o.t v mrk and vro.s then plo.cod on
. light duty for approximO.toly a. month and o. half;. He o.ls.o stated Major Stewart refused -to further excuse him from work, . stating the Japanese authorities ha.d ordered .
a cer:t;a.in percent~ge of ~ris~ri.er~ be sent to v10rk ca.ch day.
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from the officers' mess to other P,lts,, Major . Fello\'TS discontinued g~ving anyone tho
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Lt, ~ Colonel Fellows, formerly -Major Fellows, American -Pi.7, stn.ted
(Ex R-23) a.s follows: . On or a.bout 10 JG1.nuary 1944, R'l Titman stole some food
from a. . ci~ilian wot-lonan. . The JO.po.nose commander told him no food would be is
.. &uod until the ouipri1f vvould be . r'ound. Ho notified tho P!i" officers o.nd NCO' s
of t;ho situa.tion .."Prf NCO's bea.t Titmo.n: - a.nd brought him to Fellovrs who surron.:.
derod him to the Jci.pa.nese officfors. Titman was confined a.nd while in collfincmont a sea.pod and 'wns rocO.ptured. Ho wa:s reloasod on 26 January 1944 and ro co~oncod his tr.o '-1.bleniiiking arid the~s . Ho vrn.s boa.ten by
s o.nd sta.ted ho .
intended to csca.pe. Lt~ Colonel Fellous reported th'is to tho Jo.pc.nose, requesting that he be confined o.nd ho wa.s cdnfinod until his dea.th on 9 Februa.ry 1944.

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A United Sta.tos Lieutenant from tho bra.rich crunp brought over PH Mor.timer and requested ho be confined because ho stole i'ood froni ' his f _o llovr PVir s
(Ex R24). Lt~ Colonel Follows relayed this Lieutenant's request and Mortimer
..,-ms confined in tho Ja.pa.nese guard house ai1d died o. short time a.f't~r his re lea.see
Lts Colonel Fellows, _American .PF/,- sta.tod (Ex R-25) a.s _follows:
Lioutc.nrint Nemot.o; ~rho relieved Yoshida., did niuch to roli~vo tho 1rorking and
living c oridit'ioiui t\ri thin tho crunp.
A t~logrrun from tho Intcrriationa.l Rod Cross (E}~ R-26), ba.sod on rm
interview ...-n.th Lt. Colonel" Fellows, reported Lt. Colonel Fellows sto.ted the situo.tion vras as good a.s . could be expected for the lo.st two years; that they i;,rore fr.iprovinz o.s tho heal th con'd i tioris v.roro considerably improved a.rid thoro vrere no
-serious illnesses; that the prisoners ho.d become a.cclimo.tod and thoi"r weights had
increased betvmen fivo to six 'kiios, although mo.il servico vta.s poor.
Exhibits R-28 and R-29 a.re don.th cortifico.tes for RTI' s Ti tma.n and
Mortimer. Those cortifico:l;os, which wore form\.rdod to the mo.in ca.mp, showed that
those men died o.s o. result of bcrirrori and nothing in thorn indica.tos tha.t these
prisoners had died o.s a. result of mistrea."tlllent.

Fujio lforri.oto, vrho sucooedod Yoshida. a.nd wo.s uoll-likc_d by tho. ?.":' s,
stat.cd (Ex R-30) ho was told by Suzulci that this co.mp vms in very poor 'medical
circumsta.ncos mid to take specia.l co.re to -inproV'o its conditions. Ho vms also
told to trea.t the IV:"' s with benevolence ~d fa.irncss.

As to Spocifico.tionlO:

Seo Specifica.tions 6, 7, 8 and 9.

, As to Spccifica.tio i;i. : Michiji Ishigc, ca.nip con1ma.ndcr of Kavmso.ld

Bra.nch Crunp 1~f7, lo.tor knovm as Di spo.tch Co.mp =/f-5, scntod (Ex R-11, sec Bi 11 of Pa.rticula:rs, 88 through 97) tho.t throe RV' s died immedia.toly a.ftcr their a.rrivn.l in
Jo.po.n and there wore only ono or -b.10 doo.ths during tho first winter. He did not
know that McEwen, vmoso de a.th wa.s o;tt:!'"i butod to moxibustion, ha.d over been gi von
this trca.tm~mt. Suzuki noiror insisted that a. certain quota. of prisoners i;rould 'be
sent out to vrork ea.ch da.y nor did .he roprir.10.nd him been.use too m...'my prisoners vicro
in camp~ Ifo.VfQVOr, Suzuki did request that light duty be given to light duty men.
Suzuki oxp.r essly p'rohibitcd. corporal punishment a.nd he; Ishigo, never reported
to thq tao.in cruitp that any ~ff[ \ms over mistrea.ted. During tho ' trial he learned'
thoro vrore sovora.l cases of mistreo.tment but this wa.s his and not Suzuki's ro~pon
s.i bility and it . a.rose out of ' tho custom in the Jo.po.nose frunily and Army. Moxibustion" troatmont . for bori-bori -pa.tionts wti.s discontinued aftor the Pi!' modica.1
officer stated tJ:mt tho prisoners didn't o.pprovo of it. He a.lso sto.ted ho ha.d
o. groa.t donl of trouble resulting f:r:olJl stqc,ling . by tho rots. It vto.s very difficult; for hir.i to hospita.lizo priso11.cr-s. in tho Jo.p6.neso Army hospito.ls a.nd Suzu,ki' s
efforts in csta.blishing tho Shina.ga;rro. Atta.chod Sickroom .proyed of grea.t bonofi t
to tho J'fi_' s. Af';tor the Shino.gavm Hospital wa.s established, ho could hospi ta.l izo
a. pa.tiorit simply by picking up the to lephono and tel ling hoa.dquo.rtors ho wo.s sanding a. Pf[ to the hospita.1.
-..Shigeru Ncmoto, who uv.s tho .branch director of tho COJ'!lpany vrhero th~ -.

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v.rork sltc soon Oi':t;or tho pt.Jsoners wore a.ssignod o.nd criticized and left orders to
iJ;tJ}rove ~tho fol~o.wing: en~prtnirir.lont fncilitios for tho Pri' s, improvement of qua.r. to.L's by. &.sta.blishirig stovo~i~ improve so.ni to.tion iri the ba.th ro~ns, hnve the compn.nY doctor go -. t _
o the ca.mp :inoro often n.nd the Plf' s should not vmrk a.t night o.nd
should not worlt a.t a. pla.co tho.t vrould onda.ngor their voll-boing. As a. result of
tho so criticisms
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. ; . , _ Shigeru nwna.ji~Q., , crunp cofoma.ndor a.t Ashio RT Calilp .from November 1943
through April ' 1944, stct.tod ($x -R-32) bef.orG. a.ssulning commo.nd he ront to Omori
to so6 . Suzuld, \'lh.R ncconpa.riipd hir.1 to Ashio~ . Suzuki t<?ld him to Ina.into.in the dignity of .tho Imporia.l Anny, elimina.te corpora.1 puni shmont :ind improve s001ita.tion.
At Ashio, Suzuki ccillod tho officia.lS of' the (;>ompanios vrhore'in the R"l' s vroro go
ing to 11vork a.nd . axplliinod to thont tha.t tho P.rp s wbro to bo troa.tcd fa.irly und not .
improperly w-orkod Ho a.lso told them tho cntftp vms rospons~blo for. tho a.dministra.tion .and punishment of Pf:'' s o.nd tho compo.nios shold not a.ttompt to pw1ish then
iri o.ny wO.y but report irregu.la.ri tics .in tho co.tnp. Iio a.lso rcquostod tho company
officio.ls to do :is much a.s they 9 ould to , procu_ro supp1omenta.ry food for th5) P\7 1 s.
Thoro vroro a.bout 2.50 PV:' s a.t Ashio 'duting SUzuki' s timo~-. '60)~ of then being Indonosia.n soldiers .' Vn1on tho Ri' s a.rri,ved, they vroro not vory strong physica.lly
and uoro givon to.+i to fourteen da.ys rest bofo:to they vrero sent to work. Tho compa.ny doctor co.r110_,. :to tho ci:l.r,1p o.bout ovory other da.y d.nd when ci.t ca.mp decided who
ua.s a.blo to work but only after consulting v.rith tho DUtch doc:tor. Tho oompa.ny
furnished nodicirics o.nd vi ta:rain pills. He a.hmys rocoived tho stO.plo food ho roquostod but dos.Pito a.11 his off'orts, b,o th through-A.rmy and civilia.n chmmols, tho
supplomonto.ry food wn.s many times insufficient. During tho v;:i.i.rcor of 19431944,
there wa.s a pneumonia. epidemic a.t the corap . Those shl'.5wing any signs. of pneut1onio.
uoro confined to tho sick room i;thich vm.s enlarged and the com.pony doctor crone to
trea.t the pa.tio.nts evory da.y. . Yfuon Suzuki hoa.rd of this epidemic, ho sent Dr.
Fu:jii from tho r.10.in co.mp. _Dr. Fujii vms very helpful o.nd never m...'l.do nny a.ttor.ipt
to get a.ny men out to work. Suzuki novor reprina.nded hir.1 for ha.ving too in...'Uly men
a.bsont from v.rork. Although twenty fff' s d_iod a.s a. result of this epidemic, ho boliovod it vms due to tlie fa.ct tha.t those prisoners came fr<:m a. wn.rm tropica.l clina.to and oould not a.djust thomsolvos to JO.pa.Ii. LioutcnCl.!lt Mao:s, _ Dutch Plr doctor,
oonfi:trlod this o.nd sta.tod tho pure Dutch could .resist this clime.to much bettor
thOJl tho Indonesians

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IiI Co.mp, sta.tod lEx R-36) Suzuki brde1~ed no sla.pping of Fri's. He a.lso sta.tod tho
food shortngo wns so ba.d in Jn.pan, ho ea.w one Ja.pO.nesc officer stoa.ling piocos of
moa.t out of .o.nothor's lunch box uhon tho othor Jo.pa.nose wns not looking; tha.t whon
PIT' s conpla.inod a.bout tho food, one of tho RT cooks -told thon thoy could gi vc a.
full ration if tho RT' s would quit stealing food Ho a.lso sto.ted tho Pi'"i sta.ff at
tho hospita.l, such o.s cooks and doctors, were only out to holp thousolvos and not
tho other ro s.
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Ko.ichi Kushida., nho Yms director of ci. company nhoro RT' s from tho
Yokohb.nn. Pii Ca.Llp worked, sta.tod (Ex R-38) Suzuki so.id unless they a.bided by P:r
camp rogti-la:tions on such ma.ttors a.s food, la.bor, prohibition or corpora.l punislu:-iont
of P.:-i' s, ho nould not supply p;;t s . to tho coupa.ny a.a la.borers~ In Ma.rah 1944, he
w-o.s prosont when Suzulci ca.mo to the ca.mp to r.ml::o a.n inspection. From his co:r:iduct
dur-ing. tho
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Cha.rlos R Film, civilia.n American Pr:, who vms imprisoned o.t Tokyo .
R1 Co.mp #3-D, sta.tod (Ex R-50) by c6apa.riso:ri PJ's rocoivod tho best troa.tr.1.ont o.t
this c02:1p than a.t. rm.y other ca.mp a.lld ho hn.d "v1rittcn a. lot.tor to Lieutenant Uvmnori,
tho cornna.nder, --tho.nking hin for his a.ttonpts to troa.t Pl!' with a.s much co~sidoru- .
tion . a.a _ possible~ Ho also sta.tod in order. to su~pleraont tho uoa.gor nodico.l sup.
plios, Uwo.oo-ri poriodica.lly ca.n:vo.ssod drug storos in tho a.roa. to o.b to.in su]1'o. drugs .
o.nd disirii'ooto.nts. Ho a.iso sto.tod ' a.ny boo.tings t ha.t took pla.co in thi.s conp ucro
ili'i tia.tod and o.dr:lihist(!)rod during tho a.bsoncc of U>mnori.

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s-to.tm:i.~~ts .a..nd a.i~o sta.tcd (Ex R-51) ,Umi.Dori a.llotrod prisoners to purcha.sc condincnts to f'la.vor thoir food a.rid a.lso brought such itc1-:ls into tho cru:ip hitlSolf Ho
loft it up to Licutc ria.nt Reid o.s to which prisoners vrould go to vmrk a.:nd told hin
tho "minim~ figro ' of vrorkno.n tha.t they could got mw.y Yrith; despite continua.!
pressure ro1"1 Anny hoa.dquo.rtors and fron tho ci vilim1 officio.ls to increa.so tho
size of -\wrk pa.rties. . On. one ouca.sion, . during cm opidor.rl.c of influenza., Lieutenant Uwanori, on hi.s' rocomm.enda.tion., doc1a.rod a. throe da.y holida.y for tho Yrholo
comp. He continua.Hy coopora.tcd in. the P _-is efforts to equip tl1oir canp hos pi ta.l
and closed his oyos to the rcpoa.tod stoa.ling of fuel o.t tho nork pin.cc for unc in
tho cru:ip hospita.l stove, On ono occo.sion, when tho coupo.ny wa.s pressing then for
a.n L'Ylcrea.sod la.bor force, ho, Lioutcno.nt Reid,. throa.tonod to refuse to o.ct a.s doctor if he were forged to send those uon to Trork a.nd Lioutoi1a.nt Uvmnori o.ccodod t ~
his . cior.lOl'lds. On mi.other occo.sion, .Ui;ra.i;.1ori told hir.i: ho . did not huvo to conply ui th
tho order of a.n inspecting colonel to incroaso tho sizo of tho w-ork party. On
severa.l ; occa.sions, in di sciplino.ry 1:10.ttors I Uncu:iori took ;bho nord of P.-;"' s over tha.t
of Jo.pa.nose . a.nd when the non did got in. trouqlo, allovrocl_,thor.1 a. docent ol1a.nco to
ploo.d their ca.sos . After tf].O Ba.rnslmwich boa.ting, Lioutona.ht Reid 1Jrotc a. 1ottor
to Uwo.nori, sa.ying tho punj.shmont givoi1 out tms ru1 cxm1plo of sa.disn o.nd requested _
no punishnont be. -mo.tad out by Ja.pa.ncso underlings until the co.so hud boon hoa.rd by
Lieutcna.nt Uvm.r:iori. Lieuteno.nt Uvro.i-:i.6ri c.o nsurcd tho pcrpctra.tors of tho boa.ting
a.nd ordorc"d -chc1i1 to a.pologizc to hin a.nd a.lso ordorod no futuro boa.tings until ho,
Ut'ro.nori., or his second in conmand, ha.d hca.rd tho ca.so. This resulted in tho a.1:raost cor.1p~cto abolition of physical puiiishn<;:inJG -rrithin th.~ ca.ope

Co.pta.in Edwu.rd V. Doqlcnoilor, U. s. No.val Officer, statod (Ex R-52)

ho n.nd En~ign Pollak 1:.roro . trn:nsferrod to Canp 3-D in Yo_koho.nn in Docombol' 1943 to
Yvork a.s engineers in tho Nippon-Koka.n Shipyri.rds. T.11011 Lioutcnb.nt Uyra.nori inform d
the:u they wore to a.ct in tho ca.pa.City of no.vtl.l ongincors 1 both ;'o lla.k nnd hinsclf
sta.ted they would not conply nith tho.so orders. Higher hcudqunrtcrs directed they
. would but Urronori o..llorred then to go through tho notions.
Ho .f'ur.thor sta.tod both Uvro.nori a.nd his interpretor lfoyagi nont out of
their wo.y t 'o obta.in medicines in tho bla.ck nurket i;ri th funds supplied by tho R:' s
and they never insisted tha.t a. sick mo.n should :rrork. In his opinion, Licutc:hn...~t
U1;1onori sincerely did his best to trca.t then a.s huna.n beings. 17hcn nonbors of his
sta.ff troa.tcd tho R"P s cruol.ly ru1d it i'm.s reported to Urn:u.1ori1 ho too1~ corrccti vo
nea.surcs to soc thc..t those individua.ls uorc curbed. To Ca.pta.in Dockrroilor' s
lmoulcdgo, Licutono.nt Urronori novor bco.t or othcrfriso a.bused R:' s.
Orville Sta.nford, .Anoricm1 p;, confined. o.t a. Yokohb.::m p;; Cl\J.:ip conrno.ndod by Lieutenant Uvro.r.1ori; sto.tod (Ex R-53) ho discussed such r.mttors a.s food,
T.).odica.tion, St\J.'l,it0ition o.nd i;rorking conditions of the non i;rith Lieutenant Uwa.aori~
tmo vro.s cooperative 0.:nd considoro.to. Lieutenant Uunnori rro.s, without doul:-t, noro
huimmc a.nd _oonsidorntc thnn o.ny othor Japo.ncso officer in cho.rgo of o. P:~ ccinp.
Lioutcno.nt U-\v-ru:i.ori insisted -sick prisoners sl"..ould not vork n.nd ' tried to do everything ho could to o.llovia.to conditions of .tho prisoners. ~:hon P:T Do.vis nns boa.ton
for broo.king out of cc1.np rutd looting food stores, Lieutenant Urro.uori na.s in con1:io.nd q Ca.mp 10-D but vm.s not present n.t tho tiuc ru1d Sergeant Ta.no.kn. kept tho cn'tiro i.m..ttor secret from hin. Boca.use thiS r.lC.n nould be uorc severely .punished i.f
it. i.-rere reported, tho Do.vis inc_ident Yms i1.ot reported to Lioutonm1t Urrx.10ri.
Lieutenant Ma.so.a Uwnnori, who vms co11currontly cor.n:J.C\.J."'ldc.nt of ffi Cn,':lpD
3-D., 10-D o.nd ll~D, sto.tod (Ex R.-54j Suzuki instructed hti-;i tho P:-;t s should be
, trea.ted fairly in a.ccorda.llco nith -ilitorna.tiona.l lo.n nnd corpora.! punish:::i.cnt should
not .be o.di'"".linistcred to then ui1dor :iny circunstnricos.
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In 1943, a.t Lic'utcnt..nt Ho.ya.Shi' s ctir.1p_, Sorgoo.nt Ushodn. boa.t a. P.-: officer o.hd Suzuki a ovcrcly ropri!:1...'U1dod Lioutono.nt Ifaya.shi o.nd pui1ishqd Ushoda.. Ho
_ then sent instructions to o.11 bra.i1ch o.nd dispntch ciar1p cor:nc..ndors - forbidding the
use of _corporal punishment. He or"dorod ti1011 to @:i vo tho. P.:' s o.s r:ruch addi tionr.l . .
rbod o.nd c.lothing '. o.s po?siblo o.nd st~tod undor no -circuusto.ncos would sick P:; s bo

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ullowod to work, . Ho o.lso or:dorcd tho R7' s i;rorking conditions bo o.ilovio.ted by .

. prolong4ng their rost hours l'\.nQ. putting ~tho:q on jobs o.ccording to their toclmicnl
s1.1F a.nd phys,ioa;l condition ~: .Ho socurod an o:x:tonsio:r;i: of' tho lunch hour o.t the .
T.su.ouri Shipyo:rd from 30 to qp r.rl.nutos. Suzuld sta.tod speci~l a.ttontion should b o
given to r.i.e4ico.l troo.tuont unp. hospi to.lizo.tion: of R1 1 s a.nd l:J:o rcprir.io.ndcd Lioutcmo.nt Ha.ynshi for not utilizing:,CI. Rod Cross hospit.a.l. w'hort ci. ptoua.ine poison incident
occurred. Suzuki orcl,ored pos'J;ors 'be plQ.ood i.n ,every rbor.1 of tho Adr.linistro.tion
Building,, sto.ting p,71 s sho~ld ~ not bo nistroa.tod and their hoa.lth should bo na.in-Co.inodit
. _i' :_.
Tho companies ompio;1.ing the RI' s irore only ii1tercstod in their oconomio va.luo Q.s la.b0rors and tof'usod to Supp:J.y medicines to such an oxtont that
Uwur.1ori ho.d to obto.in thoni froi':l. blo.ok ~:rkot sources with ffi funds.
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. At a.neoting o:f'' o.11, r.io.in cronp oor:n~ders in Tokyo under tho o.uspicos
of tho ,'hisonor 0 ITo.r Infomo.tio11 B-rpQ.U Colo:i:igl Suzuki sta.tod. to Ma.jar Gencra.l
Yo.InQ.ji of tho EDA .and Mo.jor Gcnor~l Jfur,:m.dn Qf the Prispner
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Buroa.u tha.t tho 11H s were in bnd .11.oQ.lth beca.uso of tho btl.d q~ulity a.nd quo.ntity of
food; tha.t in spite of this, higher ~utllorltios obstina.tely urged co.np aoErr.ia.ndors .
to incroa.so the size of tho i,rork pa.rt;ios and iriJ.prove tho 0.:f,'iQionoy of tho _:p;;r s.
Suzuki sta.tod this tms a. conttndiction ond up.loss a.dditiono.1 food wa.s issued, tho
oa.mp comrao:ndors .v,,.ould h,a.vo no a.l:torna.tivo but ' to a.llovi.o.to tho vrorking conditions
h,i .ord9r tho.t tho RP s night tminto.in thoir physica.l strength. h1modio.tcly o.ftor
this conforonco, th~ ro.tion ims incroa.sod .by order of tho EDA.
As of'ficio.l of a. c0ttpa.ny 01;1ploying. P.:[ 1 s fror.1 Lioutor).o.nt Uucu:1ori 1 s
ca.r.1ps,, sto.ted (Ex R-55) SUzuki told the chiof' off:).cio.ls of t .ho conpa.ny thoy uust
supply .extra. food a.nd _clothing for tho R I '; t):lnt there vrould b9 no corporo.l :punishr.1ont of '.R7 1 s; and tho.t they should bo a.ssignod to jobs suito.blo to !;hon a.nd
ga.vo other instructions dcsignod to protoct the hoct.lth ~1d vrolfa.ro of the R7' s.
In t~o sui:mor of. 1943, duo to sickness ar.1ong tho PU' s, Suzuki docroa.sod tho working tir.10 by two hour:s~

An officio.l of tho Tsurur.i.i Shipyards, omployil1e; PJ'f s fro1:1. tho . sa.r.io

ct1.r.1p~, sta.tod

'(Ex R-56) Suzul<:i roquostod

prolonged fror.1 30 to 5.0 minutes and this
ithon the m s first o.rrivod, tho corapany
onod condition,, they could not bo put to

th-.'\t tho lunc h period for prisoners bo

roquest vms cotlpliod with. Ho a.1so sta.tod
vms infornod tha.t ns thoy wcrp :i.11 0. woo.lcvrork _:iJ'!n,1odia.toly.

Kur.io.g:i. Suda., o. member of the sta.f of Branch Ca.np 1,~1-B, Ka.wn.so.ki,

sta.tod (Ex J,l... 59) tho cru:1p comnmndor vms_.. L:i.outona.nt Ta.kouchi, who i;ra.s succoodod by
Lieutono.nt Enori. Both of thos.o officers instruotod thou to troa.t tho prisoners
fa.:i.rly and cr.ipha.sizod no corpora.l punishnont bo dea.lt out to ff;'s. Colonol Suzuki
visited tho ca.mp and o:mpho.sized a.11 efforts ~hol,.\ld bo r.10;do to prevent th~ ffi' s
from booor.1i11g sick.
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-An officio.l of tho Ka.vmsa.ki .Stevedoring Conpc.ny, or.iploying prisoners
i'rm:i K:.wro.sa.ki p,-; Ca.np :J2, sta.ted (Ex R- 62) Lioutono.rit r:o.shir.1.0., tho bro.noh comno.ndont .. ins'cructod thom P:;t s would not be a.Honed to ;wr!' on dangerous jobij,
would only work in tho schcdi.iled ,hours and vrould bo providod with C\d6qua.to rest.
Ho a.ls:o so.id thoy should be pr~vidod with a. rest roon a.ud a.ddi tiono..l food whenever
possi'blo a.nd strictly prohibited corp.ora.l punishment. Ho a:lao sta.tod siclc R1' s
1;rore . not to bo worked a.nd woI'o to bo treo.tod in tho sa.r.10 r.ia.nnor a.s Ja.pa.noso workers.

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. In Genor.a.l. Tiio gcnero.l dof'onso ovidonce n.s to Suzuld (supra.) is

cql;lt}lly ~ppiica.ble to Sa.ka.b'a.., especio.lly tha.t evidence showing the doto.ilcd , control by .higher a.uthor:i,.ties a.s to org:ll"'lizn.tion, personnel, fa.oilitio;s, linitod
po,'lors . of initia.tivo and pr9ssuro fron higher o.uthor1ties . Soc ::i.lso Exhibits J, '.
K..;l, P,, Q-8. It might be noted tho.t Sdto.bn roquostcd inspection by tho EDA so thilt

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they could observe conditions (Ex U18), o.nd that the ED~ decided how soon a.ftor
arrival prisoners would be put to work (Ex K-2). All inspections by the Medfqo.l
Intendo.nce
the Military Affairs Depo.rtmonts cf the EDA resulted in fa.vora.b':.l:o .
reports of PJ!f conditions (Ex Q-8) Sako.ha put out training .rogl:llations instructing his subordinates to treo.:e tlic FW' properly and forbidding corporal punish- .
ment (Ex s..12) and instructed subordinates and employers of the Pill's not to administer cqrporal pu~ishment a..ii.d asked tho employer.s to furnish adequate f~ci:j..i
ties -(Ex R-31, n-37, s,..13, s-25, s ..42, s-43)~

and

Sa.ka.ba. ha.d no power to tro.risfor personnel who mistreated PJ'f' s.

His

r~quest to ha.vo Wato.nabo son:t' ha.ck to his original unit was rofusod by the EDA

(Ex S-42, U-16) . Sakabct. 1 s request to transfer a NCO who vrct.s rough on prisoners
o.nd to dismiss o.n officer who used camp materiels for his ovm use was acted upon
favorably by the EDA (Ex Q~4). Mo.ny , Pn's stated that living conditions were su~
pc_rior and they vroro treo.ted bottol" iri the cnmps in tho Tokyo o..roa tho.n they were
in t _ho cd.mps qf other a.rco.s and that 'they notror saw SoJca.ba administer or wi tnoss
mistroa.tmant of ffl' s (Ex s .. 34~ S-35, s-37; g;..3s, S-39} S-43, U). A:n interpreter
o.t Omor:i statea..,'tha.t. trea.tmont there wo.s better than in the Oso.ko. Pilf camps . and
that Sakabo. told the Pif' s they could complain to him but they never did (Ex S-26).
Dr . Fujii tos:tified that he did not believe Saka.be. lmevr Vfo.tana.be wo.s using tho
latrino . deta.il to punish officers (E.x D-1).
A Swiss Legation tner11ber, in February 1945, i..YJ. his interrogo.tions,
disclosed that Commander Mo.yer, .senior Plf officer, stated that a..l though there wv..s
overcrowding, tho .administration, in general, vro.s "highly _favorable and satis.:.
factory'' a.nd 111."Te have nq complaints whatsoever. They treated us fair, .concii tions
have improved a lot la.tely." He a.lso sto.tod that frhile. condi t;i.ons were not
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necossari:ly bad before, -the "treatment ho.s becoriio very fair since 2nd Lieutenant
Sano and tvro _q r three- othor personno'l came hero. We are etll grateful.
fTe really
. have no complaints o.nd. a.re plea.sod with the si t"Uo..tion. 11 Tho Swiss _delegate concurred w'ith Sa.ka.ba' s statomont tha.t 11 1 feel f\llly confident in so.ying that they
(PN's) rove boon -given just . troo.tment." (Ex S-45).
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The. pressure trot Sakaba was subject to i,ms shown by such things as the
:?;I Informution Bureau's monthly reports. In October 1944, tho report stated tho.t
.t ho employers of RP s wore protesting .tho kind treatment of Pi!' s and that he
should notify the Bureau if he had ta.ken a.ny mea~uros to cope vtith the situation.
Tho report of Ma.y 1945 stated that can.corning the handling of petitions submitted
by P.7~ s that 1'Although the ho.ndling of poti tio:ris submitted by PsYl may vary vtith
the various intornment camps, those petitions~ from tho v,ory beginning, have merely
been a docla.ro..tion of compla.ints of the Ps~1 or the insignifico.nt o.rgumcnto.tivo
tbeories of those PsYr who vroro influenced by others. Tho food ~ituo.tion a.t tho
present time is in such a. pressing state o.s to ca.use difficulties in acquiring
merchandise. Not only is it difficult to provide enough supplies to mo.into.in tho
_hoo.lth of tho Ps\1, but the hostile feeling of tho pooplo has become i~croa.singly
. greater duo to tho continuous ro.in of atrocious and indiscrimino.te bombings by
. B-29' s. Tho si.t uation is such that it is feo.red harm vrl..ll be inflicted upon th~
. Ps'fT if :mn.tters o.ro left standing. But in spite of the fact th~ ca.mp sta.ff exerted every possiblo offort in giving the Ps~I f'o.ir t.reo.tmont,, tho PslJ a.re not
gra.-beful but to.lee t ho liberty of making requests at evory opportunity. Their be. liof tho.t . this is only their. natural right must be so.id to be an expression of the
extreme individualism o.nd authoritativeness of Europeans a.nd Americans. Furthermore, as their tendencies tovro.rd assuming such an attitudp is gradually becoming
groa.tor., i ~ is necesso.ry tha.t thl?so on:ga.ged in the m..ma.gement of Ps'fi be very carefu1 so a.s n~t to be taken advantage of in tho least by thorn.
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. "This -bur130.u l;>cliovos tho.t _the roquests of the PsW a.re, in ,view_ of
tho present circumstancos, a. l'orm' of . discontont. and protest .directed at mana.ge. ment and ho.ndli~g, and is of the opinion tha.t nc:>ne of their re_qucsts should_ be
fulfillod. It is pa.rticV.lo.rly desired that such activities ns organizing 'fW reI>resol).ta.tivcs for purpose~ of prosent4"Jg roquosts be a.bolishod at this time.

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"In connocti6n with this matter, vre wish to remind you onco t1.gain
that wc'-0.ro not. 6'.bligated .to fulfill tho troa.ty governing the treo;bmont of Ps"fl. 11
(Ex J) .
. Tho : Thought Police Repor-t , sent to the Uomo Minister by tho Govornor
of'; To_o higi l'ref'octure (Niiga..ta. camps), shovrs that . tovmspoople a.nd civilian employees rosonted tho fo..ct that the. Plf 1,s received better food tho.n tho civilia.ns,
woro given p;r:ior~ty on receiving TB inoculat:i ons a.nd a.t tho genero.1 lenient troa.t ...
ment of Pii's The company officio.ls and the civilian worlanen protested that the
Pi7 1 s shovred contempt for_ the Koreo.n o.nd Japo.nese civilian workers and nothing
coul_d be dono vrith them a.s they were forbidden to administer corporal punislunont
and the. PVT gu.a.rds took no action. This report f'urthor sta.tod that tho FW camp
commander's lenient a.ttitudo -to,.;mrds ' ?;7 1 s is only due to orders from Saka.ha (Ex
R-31) ' .
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Not guilty.

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A_s to Specification 2 : Tho general defense' evidence- sunnna.rizecl \inder
Specifico.tion 2. 0 SUzuici is equiiily applicable to Saka.ha. . In uddition to the
exhibits cited thereunder, seo Exhibits ' J, K, ps 21 to 26, . 38 to 41 and p 48 of
Ex K-1, K.. 2; S-6,; S-44, U-18). ,
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So.knba. o.lso made vilrious futile requests for a.ddit.iona.l medicines oil.d
medical attendance o.nd gun.rd per sonn'e l (Ex K, pg 14 to' 23, . 26, 54 of K-1, K-2, P,
Q-4, U-18). A shortage of medical personnel during Sa.kab-a. 1 s. time is indicated by
tho fact that in Mo.y 1944; the Morioka Arlny Hospital informed Sa.ka.ba. tha.t due to
the shorta.ge of personnel, medica.l officers could only visit branch co.mps tvdco a
month (Ex K-1).
The shortage of food and other necessities increased during So.kaba. 1 s
tenure of oi'.f'.ico
shoi;m by the fa.ct that .t ho Jo.pa.nose Army, espocia.lly the novr
recruits, had a 1a.rge incidortce of men miff'ering from TB and ;:ievero ffio.lnutrition
o.nd that as a. result of this there vms a. gra.dua.l broakdo\vn of d~sciplino (L series
of exhibits). Sa.ka.bn mo.de repeated requests for a.dditiona.l food o.nd compla.inod
to highe_r hoa.dguurtors that the RT_ co.mps wero not even receiving their ailotted
ration (Ex Q-4). Saka.ba. never pcrsonnlly decreased rations (Ex D-1). R7 1 testified that the food, medical trea.tment ru'ld vrorking ruid living conditions in the P.7
ca.raps under Sakabn's control were superior to tha.t received by PrT's a.t other orunps
(Ex s.. 36, S-37, S-38, S-39, U~ u..24, U-2_5). Majors. lucia. and Frankcom stated that
the elderly o.nd conva.lo scent P;1 1 s .. were given sedenta.ry occu12a.tions a.t Omori wherea.s
they vroro required to do hoavy mo,nua.l labor a.t other orunps {Ex S-35, S-36). Sa.ka.ba
never ca.used sick Ri 1 s to be sent out to work (E:x: D-i). Lieutenant Bush sta.tcd
tiw."t in 1944 modicnl supplies \roro so sea.roe that the Jupunose roqestod tho RP
to sa.vc tho cellophane from their cigarettes to bo used ri.s medica.l dressinGs
Lieutenant Bush- further sta.ted thnt he knew of no instance 17hcre Dr. Fujii refused
to. uso o.va.ila.ble modic-0.l supplies for the treatment of RT' s and tha.t . when ho \'ra.s
on sick ball, D:r:_, FUjii seemed to give Dr. Goad a pretty free hand,. He o.lso sta.ted
that moxibustion 17as not used under Saka.ba (Ex D-4) The vice fio.r Minister, from
August 1944 to July 1945, , sto.tod ' thnt due to the dire shorta.ge of medical supplies,
stock piles of medicines of certain KT camps could not all bo used ir.unedia.tc~y boca.uso .they cou1d not be replaced (Ex S-44). A Svtiss Legation Sta.ff Member visited
6mori and Shinci.ga.,ro. in Febrl,la.ry 1945 o.nd his . interrogations (Ex S-45) disclosed:

as

(1) That Potty Officer Thomc.s st:ited tho.t P.'T's vrero rocoiving an ade~
quo.to a.mount of food but. compia.ined abo:ut not getting onoug}\ me a.ts and fa.ts.

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(2) _M ajor Berry, ro medico.l officer, stated the prisoners were gotting enough oa.lories thougl':\ moa.:t wo.~ quite source and although nourishment vms not
rich, tho p_risonors did not ha.vo . to wor.ry about losing weight.- . J!o also stated
he was grateful that soy boa.ns vtoro included iri the PIT' s monus . o.nd 'as they were
gotting enough . fish, moat vn:i.s p.o.t a.b~ol1:1t6ly essential.
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. O.bout ~the moat situa.tion. Ma.jor Berry o.lso stated that twq_ 'Pif modio.a .l officers
vmrkod one-J:uilf : day en.oh ~nd modica.l exrunino.tions wore ma.de every evening a.nd reported to tho JO.pa.nose medica.l NCO;. tha.t those prisoners requiring hospita.liza.- ..
ti6n vroro sent :to ,Shfua.ga.vm ,a nd tho physico.l oxo.mina.tions were highly satisfactory, e specially of' la.to. Major Berry further stated tha.t the R7' s ha.d a.n a.dequnte supply of general drugs and equipment and everything thnt could
done for
bori-.beri pa.tionts wri.s :be:i,ng done; that beri-beri co.ses originated ill tho South
Pa.cif'ic a.nd this .disease could not be cured in a fe\v do.ya no 'ma.ttor wha.t typo of
medicine vra.s -used. Major Berry complQ.ined tho;~ Ell\llY modical soldiers vrere working in . other jobs .because they hAd lost thoir identifioa..tion pa.pars ro1d he re. quostod tho R~d Cross to clear up tho situation a.nd furnish them vrith such identification a.s soon o.s possiblo. At Shina.ga.vm.; Dr. Gottlieb sta.tod that amoebic
dysentery ca;sos ha.d greatly decreo.sed a.s hardly any cases brolcc out . in Jn.pan . and
tho disea.se vms brought from the Philippil1es and Hongko1-i.g.

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As to Specificnti~:

Not gu-i lty.

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As to Spocifica.tion 4: Lieutenant S_a.no o.nd Sakaba, in. discus sing tlie

rnil situation in February 1945 vii th a Sv-riss Legation eta.ff mombor, stated tho .
rogulati ons as te mail v'iero complied with ti.nd tho ?;rt s vrere pornittod to writo
one or tvrci postcards a. month and there vms not a. P.7 who had not r~rcei ved zru:'.il.
Connno.nder I'lla.yer, on this occasion; .said they vrcro rocoiving their r.mil bitt tho
out-goirig :mail did not seen to be going smoothly (Ex S-45)

As to Specifications 5 o.nd 6:
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As to Specifica.tion 7:

Stricken, . defense . motion (R 60) .

In o.nowor to the protests _o f the United States

throu ~h diplomati""C"O'hCUinols, tiio-:fo.po.neso Government, beginning in 1942, continu-

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ally . stated tha;t they did not intend to trQo.t a.ircrevr members who onga.ged in in~.ii:;cr:i:mina.to bombing o:s P.7 1 s n.nd did not intend to divulge . tho no.mos of the so crow
members vrhen th~y vrere captured or tho sentences imposed upon thorn. (Ex U- 4, S-44).
In oonformi ty 'With this' the II Spocia.l Prisoners" a.t Omori vrorc not considered p;;i s
and 'vere. not 'a .dministro.tiveiy handled as such. They were not issuod idontificai;ion cards by the R7 Informa.tion Buroo.u or reported to tho Gcnew. __Rod Cross o.s in
the case of ordina.ry p;;r s and the custonary death cortifict\te vras not made out
when FU Gi 11 died. Sa.ka.ba. wus instructed not to include the "Special Prisoners"
in arriving at tho fixed total strengt11 of ffit s t\t Omori (E:x: D-1, ps 12 and 13 of
P, S-44', U-18). Due to propa.gando. by tho Jo.pa.nose Gove:t"~..ment a.nd tho' onorm.ous
nunbor. of civilians killed and homes dom0,.ged in the. bombings of urbo.ri. a.rans, tho
Ja.pa.nese pooplo _ha.d o. burh!i.ng hatred for B-29 flier.s (E:x: U-1, U-6, U-7) Tho o.tti tudo of higher a.uthori tio s is shown by tho number of fi-icrs exocutod ih the
Eastern; Centra.l nnd tho 'ifostern District Armies . Most of these fliers were executed vnthout tria.l, even nftor tho Emperor had a.nnouncod the surrender General
Okido, Milita.ry Police Cor.uanndnnt, with the encouro.~c1~ont of Lt. Gonoral TD.llUlra of
the Pf[ Infornntion .Burea.u, instructod the Army comm.afidors . to quickly try capi..""Ured
fliors Oxid "If it is impossible to mn;ko im.":ledia.to disposition by courts-ma.rtio.l,
perhaps other methods mn.y 'lina.void,a.bly be usod. 11 (Ex u.. 1, U-3, U-8, U- 9, U-10, U-11,
u ...12, U-13, U-i4, U.;..15) . Va.rious district Ar:my conr.mndcrs determined when tho
fliers vrero to be executed and tho "Spocia.l Prisoners" at Omori wore lucky t 'o bo
alive : ri.s . tho fliers in Osako., .Na.goyo. a.nd Fukuoka i,-roro cxocuted9 GonorCl,l Tn:na.k:a.
of the EDA . di.d not think those executions vrcro lcga.l and with the a.ssisto.nce of
Sa.lcaba. prevented tho 11 Spocia.l Prisoners" a.t O!!iori from being executed by tho subterfuge of ho.Ving them continuo.lly-_questioned by the sto.i'f momber.'S of tho EDA to
indico.to it was necessary to keep then n.B,ve to go.in information o.nd to quiet suspiaiq11, that tho . EDA \io.s igiioring ordo.rs to oxocuto tho B- 29 fliers . (Ex P, U-19)
Dea.lings betvreen higher hendqi.lo.rters a.nd So.kO.ba. ~relation to
S.poc:i:a.l Prisoner~" wore eilrried out in a. secret ma.nner and. the Chief of the m
Adminj.stro.tion D9pa.rtmcn-t? of' tpe ".7a.r_Ministry issued priva.te instructions to
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So.kaba.. Dr. FUjii boliOvod ,thnt So.lmbo.~ - in his notions; rof'leoyed tho general 6. tti-W.do of. higher .cor:rr.mnds n.nd_ there vra.s nothing; in his mn.nnor to indicate that 1
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Sa.ka.ba. bore "t'.he "Specia.i Prisoners" a.ny spocia.l malice (Ex o-:i., rc:..1). Sa.ka.ba.
objocted' to the confinement of' 1.1 Special Prisoners" a.t Ontori beca.uso keeping them
p.pQ.rt from tho regular prisoners vro.s difficult and nskod the sonior officer of
the Pi1 Mnna.gement Depo.rtment of tho Wa.r Ministry as to t);ieir status and f'uturo
dispos;i.tion. Sak.a.bu i;ro.s to~d th!it their. status ms ind,ef':i,nite a.s some might be
executed a.s wa.r criminals (Ex P).

Tho itnr Min~td:;ry ordered .tha.t nspecia.l Prim ners" be confinGd sep- .
o.ra.toly and tho d~strict armies' h0.0. the duty of providing rations 'a..'11.d food
(Ex S-44 U-17, U-18). Dr. Fujii stated that the requisition for medicines n ..'1.do
by the Or.iori Ca.mp :wa.s based on the. number of regular prisoners a.nd did not reflect the true strength so tha.t no o.ddi tiona.l modicinos ;re re : received be ca.use
of the presence of "Specia.l Prisoners". He . also stated tho.t he believed that
Red Gross olothing ..vro.s _ distributed to "Special Prisariers" (Ex D-1). The Japanese
m:edico.l s.o rg;ea.nt on du'!:;y a.t Omor~ from Jo.nun~ 1944 to August .1945 stated the .
ff[ moss' officer took charge of distributing .rood to the ..'lSpc<J.ia.l Prisoners" and
he heard of no .order to the effect tlmt "Special Prisoners" we.r e - only to receive
hulf ro.tions. He further stated _that o.s he issued tho bo.sic foods, ho- vrould
have knmm if o:ny f?UCh order ho.d been issued (Ex s~28) Ono P:r tostified tha.t
Jo.pa.nese rnedica.l ordorlios crune in frolfl tine to time untl slipped some medicine
to . the ''Spocia.1 Prisoners" (Ex U) . . Another "Specio.l Prisoner" sta.ted. thore wns
a dispensa.ry 6.t ' Omori to treat seriously .beaten . o.nd vrounded _Prt .~oncrs (Ex U-30)
Numerous P.i' s stated they rooivod more food CL71q bettor treo.tm~nt o.t Ot:iori than
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they had at Oftmo. or vrhilo imprisoned by thtr IComp'61" "Tai (Ex U-20, U-22~ U-25, U-26,
U-30, U-34, U-38, U-41). p;; Trupp sta:l;od thci._t v,.P.ilo o.t Oi'una "One prisoner,

q.iil, initio.ls A. H., a. corporal in tho Arrly, vro.s o. Iil.Odol prisonor a.nd seldom
bothered by tho gunrds bocn.uso h6 \'TO.S so srta.11 in sto..tu~ being only o.bout St 211
Ono night a.ftcr tho 1st of Mo.y, Nishi a.nd Suga.ta. entered Gill's cell and soveroly
bout him o.s ho lay in his blankets. Gill nru.st h.nvc been iri.jurg_~ internally for
ho was nevor a.blo to digest nru.ch food a.fto.r this boo.ting His condition becruno vrorse o.t Omori and ho fii,lnlly died a.bout thci soc.end w0ok in June. His don.th
vms duo to tho b0ating ho rocoivod a.t Ofwir:1. by lHshi and Suga.ta." ~ (Ex U-35). Ju1othor ffl sta.tod tha.t a.11 tho P.7' s a.t Ofuna. folt tho.t Ho..do.1 who vms . at Ofuna o..nd .
. not Omori, vro.s directly responsible for the den.th of Ri Gill o.s he sta.rved hir.1 to
a point whore Gill fina.lly died of pneumonia. o.nd dysentery (Ex U-36). RI L::iibold
sta.ted when he first smv RT Gill at Ofuna, Gill wa.s not in ba.d sha.po but before
. being tra.nsforrod to Ouori, Gill wa.s no.thillg but skin o.nd bonc;is . and did not vreigh .
over 85 lbs. Ho a.lso sta.tod P\i Gi 1.1 told hiu he . had been bontori a.ncl showed him
the effects of tho boa.ting. p,-; Loibold further sta.ted t .hi:i.t unlike Ofuno., a~
Omori, ffi Gill wo.s ne:vor badly boa.ten 01 , gonorally raisthia.ted, a~though ho vro.s
hit by a. gua.rd vii th a. rifle butt, which, while not a severe bl.o n, did ra.iso a.
. cump. PIT O'Ka.ne. st.a .tad when he fi.r st "sa.w P;T Gill 0.t Oi'una., . he a.ppearod to be
healthy but he becano very thiri. as tho da.ys passed Gill spent most of his time
in his cell as he hc.d difficulty vri th hi.s digestion (Ex U-37)',
Sa.buro Mizukoshi, General Affa.irs Officer a.t Or11ori fron Docor.1ber
1944 until the end of the vmr, stated that in discussions Q.bout the war, p,:;t s and
"Specla.l Prisoners'.' , he .never hea.rd Sa.ko.ba. sa.y that they ne~d not be given nodica.l
a.ttention beca.use it did not m.a.ttcr wha.t happened to thor.i (Ex s ... 42).
As to Specificntio11 8: In Juno 19~2, the 1"in:r Ministry sent out a.
notification ~o Army uni ts in charge of P;'; t s tha;t sto.ted, 11 .{l.lthough the imposition
of labour upon prisoncr-ofwru" officers n.nd n9n-c.otunission9ti o.ffioers is prohibited under Article 1 of- the Prisoners of '::a.r Labour Regula.tions1 it is the
policy of thb Central Author'itios. in view of the presont condition. of this country
which d.ocs not allow" anyone to lie idle o.nd C'.lat frocly. and nlso with 0: vie11 to
- m~into..ihirig the l~e.o.:lt.h or pri($on:er-s of 1mr, to moJ:o_ such: officers a.n.4 ~on.;.com-
missioned offi'cors . volunteer to vorl:: us in accorda.nco with their rosP.ecti vo status,
intolligonco, physical strongth, et;c. You a.re thcrefcfrc . desired to tal:o proper
stops nccordingly. 11 This so.me notif'ica.tic:ni: q\loted .Tojo's instructions to the con
mru1dor of thczontogi Divisiorrin Mny 1942-~ "To this Division is at-Cached n
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o_: prisorl.ors of vta.r comp. Pri sonors of war must be placed under strict discipline
as far as it does_, not, con~ravene the law of humanity . It is necessary to take
oare
.to be . obsess,e.d" With the mistaken idea of fumanitarianism or swayed by
the personal .f,'eelings towa_rds those prisoners . of war wM,ch may . grow in the long
time of their imp'.r:Lsonment. The present situation of affairs in this country
does not permit anyone 'to lie idle doing nothing 'but eating freely. With that in
v:i.ew, in dealing with prisoners of war, too, I hope you will see that they may bo
useful~y employed."
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he attended a. conferenc_e whe:rein.,Tojo decided to disregard international laws
and treaties and . put
ail :EW1 ~' r_e.ga~dles
.s of rank, to work (Ex u..19).
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In this. connection, it is desired that plans be made for the promotion of their vrorking spirit by explaining to thom that idleness is . an inunoral
act rmich cannot b e permitted.. By resortinr:; to ~11 possible measures such as
providing those who work'>vri th food equivn.lent to that received by persons engaged
in work, promising them an increased distribution of a part- of the harvest ob-
tnined through self-supportinc; . work,, firmly ir.iposing tho necessary restrictions
upon tho;Je vrho refuse to work 11
The Vice _Minister of Wa.r stated, 11 Because . of thi:i supplementary food
situation in 1945,, the various units in the . Japanese Arin.yon the mairlland engaged
in local farming in order to increase the amount of vegotablos It wus ous ..
tomary for oonva.lesc.i ng Japanese Army officers. to help ~rlth farming those local
gardens. It was :r.ot considered a. disgrace fo-r officers to do such work. In
Japan lit that timo, it vras necessary for officers and everybody eisq to go to
work on the farms for self-sufficioncy. So at the POW oo.mps,, if tho officers
vrere vvorkod, _;t;hey were riot vrorked to humiliate them but to make it possible for
them to help sustain themselves." (Ex s-44)9
Sakaba in reply _to a. question by ti10 Svriss_ Legation staff member who
. vis_i tod Omorpn Fe1>ruai:y~ l945- ~-donie~,~hnt. officers were required .:to work (Ex S-45)
.A,s t 'o 1?pccific_9-tion 9:
As to Specification 10:
As to Specification 11:

Not guilty
See general evidence, supra.
Not guilty, finding.

As "to Specification 12: . Seo general ovidenco:. supra..

Stricken,
defense motion (R 69).
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As to Specification 14: See general evidence supra. In addition,

in raga.rd to the Rae incident (Spec. 14'..k), tl1e Labor Section :head of the company
employing RV'' s from Omori stated he "wu,s t .old, in tho summer of 1944, that '"Fujikawa and Rae were arguing over whether
. work vrould be done ol,'" n_o t . Al1za.i,, the
labor suJ?ervi.s or, (~a.e;yo hn.noho),, then went ~'Ve_r to their Yrork site to- clarify
things . Ra~ 'apparently thought : that Anzai cniiie ov:or to assist Fujika.vro. und knock.od
him do'\'ni a C'o:uple of t;nes. As
result,, Anzai lost about four tcc~h . So.kurai
was ca.lied to OnlQ~i- to 'brolo.in this incident. Si:i.kur:i relo.yed who.t ha.d taken pla.ce _:
at Oin6ri. S~lcurai met 2nd Lieutenant Ka.to, who so.id that suit~ble- -moa.suros \vOlild .
. bo . tp.ken about Ra.~, . but he ;v~ted to lmovr' nhat. tho- company wri.s going to do a.bout

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thei:r m~ .. 'Saku,ro,.;t told. him tt the company vrould r.eprimand tho w orkers ml;d boe-,geq.
~orgiv'eno.ss for this ihcidetit, . and .told him that this sort of incid'imt vrould not
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t().ko place a.gain; , turthor that he woul'd instruct the company vrorkers on the matter of' corporal puni-shment~ . Fujik.a;iro. and Anzai both r 'e oeived 20 days' reprimand.-
Later Sakurai told :himthat thePrn'fs requested Anza.i's presence at the work site.
Sakurai went to Otnori Ca.nip and negotiated with Lieutenant Kato, which resulted .
. in his reprimand being d~croased to about 15 days."
, Kuto Fukijima (Specs 14m; n ~ o, p), former Japanese soldier,. sta.ted
ho vras on duty a.s .. a _soldi~r at Omori and . civilian guard _a t ltonose Pif Crunp. At
Omori, Saka.ba. '\VUS Ii military disciplina.r'ian and instructed him as to so.luting
and informed him corpora! punishln.ent of R1's ~s forbidden. Despite this, on his
owri. initiative, he bet1.t ti.vo !W 1's o.t. Omori, _including Dr. Weinstein and o. medical
1st lieutenant but did :not report those boa.tings to ,Sa.knba. or any oJc;her Japanese
personn~l.
He also stated tho.t although on one occa.sion, 'fTu.to.llo.be bout him f:or
releasing a I\y fr9m pun:j.shmont, ho did not roport this to' .Saka.bu. Ee further
sta.ted that a.t Kono.s o ho wns instructed by Lieutenant Azuma. not to beat Plf' s but,
on his own initiati:v-0 1 ho ~~isterod two beatings o..nd r110.de no report as to those _ boa.tings (R 69) .
Fujii testified (R 623 of Co.so Docket ://=111) that ho 01tly slapped Pl{
Buch.a.nan (Spoc 14t1.-6) v'lith his . open hand o..nd PVf Bucho..nnn vro.s not hurt and con- ..
tinuod to work and he did not look .for his svrord to kill .ffi Bubhanan .
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Not guilty, finding.

As to Specification 16: So.buro Mizukoshi, camp commander of tho

Sumidaga.w-a. Dispatch Camp from July 1844 to December 1944, sto.ted Sn.ka.bo. told him
since the buildings at Sumida.go.vro. hn.d not been finished ho must exert his utmost
efforts in tho.t direction and he did this and the. buildings vrore ready for occupancy vrhen the PiV' s a.~rivod. So.knba.; after nn inspection, sta.tod they wero suit.,.
able for housing prisoners . Tho nogotia.tions had been carried on -by the company
and the EDA. before he arrived a.t crunp. Although he did not recoivo o.ny instruc t:i.Ons from Snka.ba. concerning Red Cross parcels, he know he h_a.d to ta.ko special
precautions in hroidling them. During the time he wa.s crimp commander, ho did not
lmovi o f any beatings tha.t took place and; therefore, never mn.de any report to
Saka.ba concerning Pvvs. Sakaba. fulfilled all his requisitions ind never instructed
him to sond more men out to vmrk. Sc.ko.bo. ubsolutoly prohibited corpora.l punishment . of P{f' s and stressed tho pbsorvnnco of military courtesies arid tho abiding
by established rules (Ex S-42).
As to Specification 17: Shigeru Numajiro, former camp co~unn.ndor,
sta.tod (Ex R-32} ho--ha.da. difficult time in spcuring supplemonta.ry food for tho
RV' s and Sa.ka.ba. ma.do a. special visit to his co.mp to a.ssi. st in alleviating this
food . shortage a.nd even threa.toned to withdra.'\V- tho IW'' s from _this compo.ny if they
did not supply food Whon ho requostod thn.t R1' s be hospi tulized ci.t Shino.ga.wa,
Sa.kci.bo. never refusod to do so o.nd tho ffi's, upon being returned, woro in much better hep.1th. Saka.ba. o.bsolutoly forbade corpora.I punishment o....-1d the sending of _sick
m t s to work. S.a.ka.bn novor reprimanded him for his lenient troa.tment of' Pii' s
when the Gov~rnor of- Tochigi Prof'ecturo complained to thq Home Ministry a.bout the
. leniency. (Seo ovidonce in gcnera.1, supra). . Du.ring a.n inspection of tho work
site, when Saka.ba. so.111 o. sign vrhicl1 rea.d, "A.nnihilo.to the Americans a.nd British" /
ho .ho.d it erasod. Tho grea.test problem he had a.s. o. comma.nder wQ.s the s:tea.ling by
tho !W's. Although-he never authorized corpora.I punishment by the guards, he
(Numajiro) -punished P/T' s by confining them a.nd reported this to the. mnin co.mp .
H'Q\vever.; Sa.kO.b;:i. vrould XlO't kn0\7 a.bout RT' s being tiod up tci ma.kc them confess boca.l!~u no roport concerning this vro.s forvro.rdod to. thp ma.in camp.
Rod Cross pa.reels
were treated o.s belonging; to tho Pi"l' s as per instructions recei "ired by the main
. camp btAt . Pi1' s go.ve 6r trg.ded 1 them with Japanese personn~l.

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Kichi ~:toku, interprote?'. o.t Ashio, sto.tod (Ex R.. 33) w"hen ho roo.ohod .
Ashio in NoveJ)lbor: 1944, tP,ere were ni.any po.tients sufforing from bori-beri. Dr.
Fujii mado an inspeptioi1 trip in Docombor 1944 o.:rid seitt a.bout thirty pa.tients to
:Shino.gavm~ . Dr. FU.j:ti ino.de another inspoctiOn trip in Fobrua.ry 1945 a.nd a.bout tWenty P.1 1 s were '.sent to Shino.gri.vro.. SoJ.co.b,o. made an inspection ~n April 1945 and
upon dis.c.ovoring ~tho.t the RT' s were lice~illfqstod, ho ordered their clothing a.nd
bedding lte boiled and this WllS done . a.nd tho situa.tion WO.S. effectively corrected.
So.kaba. instructed the JO.pa.nose personnel to ta.ko va.rious sa.nita.ry' mea.sures. In
tho Decomber 1944 itispoction.t'. Dr;, Fujii ha.d the prisoners strip outdoors and mistrea.tod many of ~hem. .Dr . Fujii succoodod, 'however, in ha.ving the compo.ny furnish
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PVT_Gallion wus caught steuiing and wheh Go.llion . did not; confess.,
NUnia.j:i,re beat his chocks with o. loathor slipper for five minutes a.nd then ha.d 'Pf;
Gallion confined ~.o tho guo.rdhouso for three days until' he confos sod o.nd t heri
Numajiro r~leaseQ.. -him without further punishment . Pfi Hall vras suspected of th.oft
a.nd Num..~jiro . siappod him a.nd ordered him t6 be hung by his lw.ndcuffed wrists for
five minutes ?ut tho only injury rosultin~ was that Pl;7 Ha.~1 1 s wrists wore scrn.~cheq.
In February 1945, 'PiI Jones ,reported thC\.t IT Durr vras a. thief and ha.d m..'Uly Rod
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Cross a.rticlos .in his room. Durr and the Red Cross a.rticlos vvere brought to Numa.- ,
jiro and Durr ;:1.ccusod Pfr Ikonhorso and both P;[f s a.ccusod oach othor of tho thoft.
Durr was made to la1ool o.nd hold a. chuir in his -0utstretched ha.rid mid Nishi slappod)iim if he iovterod his. arms. Durr wa.s then hung up by his . wrists and confessed and vms a.ftcrvro.rds confined to tho gun.rd houso. ffI' s .Woco.l and Quintana.,
vrhon they rofusQd to conf'os~ to o. crimo, wore hung by their wrists in the guard
house. There woro also a.bout four others involved in this incident~

The defense introduced Exhibit R-34, which 'fffls n lotter whorein tho
IW' s in this ca.mp requested tha.t F;; Di.lrr be transferred to another ca.mp .
As to Specification 18:

Not guilty, finding.

As to Spocifico.tions 19 & 20: Sumio Sugilnoto., c.n omployee of il.lD oa:ip.iny

usirig IW' s .from .Ca.mp ?./'9-B, Ashia, Io.'Eer lmovm o.s 7-D Dispntch Camp, stated (Ex
R.;,41) srucabri. made a.n inspection trip in Ma.y 1944 and .April a.rid May 1945. Sa.knba
ordered the extermina.tion of insects ond Christian buria.l for doo.d IW' s. Sa.kaba
a.lso emphasized the prevention of. injury. Tho company supplied food and medicine
despite the .. complo.ints of the Ja.p_a.nose people in tlw a.rea..

. Xa.nichiro Yoshiza.vm, co.ffip conuna.ndor nt 9-B, Ashia, from April 1944

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until tho end of tho Ymr, stntod (Ex R-42) that O:round Ma.y 1944, So.ka.ba. mo.do o.n
inspection tour of the cOJilp a.nd the v1ork s'i to s. He told him to get the sick cured
a.s soori as. possible o.nd to ro.iso tho work porconto.go, if possible. Ho .directed
tha.t thosopa.tients on light dty should .be pla.cod on work v.ppropria.te to their
s:lckness; that they should not cio o.ny 1rork to injure their heci.lth. He instructed
him corporal punishment should not be ndministcred to ffi 1 s beca.uso it would crca.te .resontmcmt town.rd the Ja.pa.noso and the prisonors would a.ttempt .to esco.po !
SoJ.co.oa. told tho compo.ny officio.ls tho P:T' s should not come in canto.ct vti th foma.les,
tho company should prevont injuries to the P:I' s and .should provide them vri th
rubbor..:solod ta.bi a.t the factory to prevent Slipping. Ho instructed the company
th.nt the ~.{1 s rest pla.co. must be kept in a. sanito.ry condition o.nd a.doqua.to a.ir
ro.id sh.el tors o.nd proco.utions shou-ld be to.le.e n .
Keitaro .Fukijima; gunzolo.i (civilinn employed by Army) a.t 'ffl Camp 1$-D,
Kono so 1 . sta:~o.d . (Ex R:-69) al though insthlctod by tho co.mp cor.unnn~or, Liouteno.nt AzuwC'
not t'o bea.t
p:;i s G.nd to troa.t them fnir ly, he, Fu.kijim.a., a.dministered two
boo.tings on his 0'\1n ii tin.tivo o.nd did not report ii; to onyono.
Exhibits R..;.~7 . and R-ea a.re letters of clemency in .b eha.lf of
. Fu~djinm _b y former PJI s-. p;'f Cho.ter asked clemency for 'Lieutontlllt Azuma, the c~~
conmo.n.der, sto.tod (Ex R-66) that r.iost of tho ilicidents, espocio.lly tho Trorst ones,
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were' carried out .in AzUma.s _absQncc Without his sanction or laiowledge and the
Japanese ca;rp,p personnel were concerned lest the news should reach Azuma's ears.
Azuma tried his best to get everything within reason that the IW's requested. He
took a per.s onal illterest in the FW' s, especially the sick a.nd -spent much time out
of camp procuring medicines, books and recreationai equipment. - The decision of
the IW' docto_r as to whether or not men should go to work -was final. There was
only one death, whiqh was probably due to natural ca.uses or a mistaken diagnosis
by the FW doctor. -Kzunia was accessible and U:pon hearing complaints, took remedial
action and protected the FW' s from the_ actions of the company when it ;tried to
exploit them. IW Beament alSo asked clemency for Azuma and Ishibe stated -that
Azuma. did everything he could for the Pvv' 1 s and his only crime was being camp commander -(R 64). FW Janis state4. .(R _65) - that Azunia was liked and respected by all
FW-1 s. Azuma~ - at t~mes, took -disciplinary .action against men who broke clearly
understood regulations. This action :..fas taken against men who violated orders
from: their own ~-fficers as well as the Japanese . regul~tions and would have been
i~ trouble evenw.i.th:in theiroWn. units. The principal offenders not only stole
from the Japane~fo but from their fe1lo'vf -RV' s. PVV's Aiken, Gava.rd, Jones and
Martingdale were :in this category and their evidence should not be given credibility.
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Yoshio Sudo, former camp commander of Dispatch Camp #24, Kawasaki,
from December 1944 until July 1945, stated (Ex R-43) that prior to ass~ing command, he was briefed as to his duties at Omori and Sa.kaba told him to treat IWi s
with fairness and it was imperative that tlw Fff !3 health be maintained . Sakaba.
never set a. percentage of men tha.,t had to go to work. He I Sudo, never reported
to Sakaba that !W's were compla.in:ing of mistreatment. His request to hospitalize
FW' s wa:s _never refused and Sakaba. fulfilled all requefJ_ts ' :in behalf of the-.PVV's.
_Sakaba instructed that Red C'ross packages were strictly for Pff' s and they were so
dist~ibuted.
In May 1945, General Tarmira of the Prisoner of War Inforin[l.tion
Bureau stated, - after seeing tho ch~rts as to the weights of the RV' s, tho Pill's _
were not working ha.rd enough. Sudo never made a. report to Salcaba concerning the
actions of gunz6lru Shiogavra..
FW' McGrow, former prisoner
he was slapped by Sudo when he had -done
tively excellent and Sudo insisted upon
diti.ons were better than in other camps

at Lieutenrin:t Sudo' s camp, stated (Ex .R-44)

Something wrol'1:g The -food wa.s compara,\
sanitation in the kitchen. Work:ing conand Sudo' s attitude was one of fa.frness.

Yasuji Sawn.no~ an official of tho compo.-ny wher~ Pll' s in Sudo' s c'amp

employed, stated (Ex R... 40) Lieutenant Sudo insisted on regular working hours,
improved camp facilities, secured additional medicines and that So.kaba. requested
air raid shelters be built.

w~re

Kumaji Sudo, branch commander of Crunp ifl, Kavra.saki,, until July 1945,
stated (Ex R... 59) he vra.s under Lieutenant Takeuchi, who was succeeded by Lieutenant
Emori and both issued orders that Pif's be treated fairly, in accorda.nco vri.th regulations. Sakaba visited tho co.mp and gave instructions as to sa.nitation and said
corporal punishment vro.s forbidden. In 1945,, - Lieutenant Emori instructed camp por.sonnel they nius.t protect PW' s with-their lives- if the Jnpo.neso people raided the
,, camp -becO:U:so of -their hatr~d for _the PW' s. <Ile further stated tho.t Rod Cross supplies vtould be turned over to tho Pii officers and during Christmas 1944, Lieutenant Connnandor Newman gave Lieuten~t Emori. some Red Cross supplies.
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An official of - tho company i;{here Pif' s from Ko.ika.sa.ld, Branch Camp 4fl
w:ere employed stated (Ex R-61)~ Sclk:o.ba said that FW' s should be treated with benevolence and no corporal p~ishrnent . should be a~inistered to them. So.kaba nl~o
gave instructions concerning the protection and welfare of Pfl's ~d the company
sUpplied clothing
medicines for the USO of' tho Pff 1 Se

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An offici(l.l of! anothor company vrher.e ror s from this same crunp workod
stated (Ex R-70 )- Slllcn.ba crone to the work site once or twice monthly ,;ri th Lieu ten-ant Emo:r~ a nd , told them there would be no corporal punishment administorod to . .-

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. RP s and ovcrythii+g ~should be done for their care o.nd i.TOlfo.ro. Tvro compo.ny doc..:
. tors, . who lived n~D,.rby, vrere available to treat Pfi' s in co.so of . C.ccido11:cs but nano
. ocourtoed. Tlie: ~~ompany issued o:ttra food, work clothing and og.0 s to Fi' s whenever
possible a..n.cT constructed u.ir raid .shelters for tho~";l.
Michiji :Ishig9, 'ca.11p comrnb.nder of Kavrasaki Brc.nch Co.mp ~}~7 fron: August
1943 t'o May 1945,, 'st;a.tod (Ex 11-lJ.) Sukaba inspected the camp twice and tho co.mp
~s cl9o.ned up i'o:i, these. inspo.c tions . Sukaba instructed them the Pi'I' s must be
troa.tod fa.irly roid corporal punishment should not be adr,\inistored.
A compo.ny official where RT' s from Bra.nch Ca..inp ://=7 licro employed
statbd (Ex R...12) . Sa.kaba. requosted additional food and. larger o.nd more sa.ni tn.ry
r.ost rooms. He, ~flsuod orders i'orbidding oorpciral punishment a.nd had the compo.ny
establish 'aii raid shelters for the. Pi!' s

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Bi'.r cho.11,, Pf! at . Yo\coharaa. ro cump, sta.teJ . (Ex R 37) Sako.bn visited

the . calilp and the. Asru10 Dockyard nreo. in May. tmd loctu:rod the docltjrard officinls . _
rogarding nork clothing and extra food; 13tatod there "iivas considcra.blo unrest --.:. in
c~-np because the Irf doctor. was fn.vo _
r ing certain men ov(3r others and those men oponJ~;r
admitted thoy narc not too siol~ and it 1Tas well la'1orm they had all lent money to
tll.is RT doctor; during m1 inspection, the Japo.neso medical orderlies brought a.
big load' of empt;i;r ~mcdica.l boxes JGo impress Sako.ba.. Ho o.lso stated PJT' s vroro vrorking
hours less in 1915' than in 1944 because of tho reduced rations.

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Officio.ls from the Tsufni> Shipyards employing P:!' s from Co.mp 3-b and
tho Yokoha.mo. Shipbuilding Yard employing P~T' s from ;;b10 Dispatch Co.mp stated (Ex
R-47, R-48)- Sakabn. ordered those compa.nios to provide medicines for sick HP s ruid
insisted PJ's bo treated like the Japanose ' workers.
p:r Finn stated (Ex -R-50) LieuJceno.nt Uvra.mori canvassed tho drug stores
in order to obto.in medicines CLYJ.d only o..drriinistored mass punishment on one occasion.

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Licutenn.nt lfasa.o Uvro.mori, . vr~10 vrc..s concurrently cor:unci.ndo..i:l.t of 1:1." Crun.ps
3-D, 10-D CIJ:l.d 11-D, sto.ted (Ex R-54) So2.mba sumi-noned him tci tho mo.in camp a.nd told
hiin tho Kcmpoi Tai ha.d reported the personnel oi' tl'l.o Tsumori Shipya.rds vrcre having
groat difficulty \'Tith him because of his attitude towo.rds Pl'P s. Urro.mori oxpla.ined
tho..t his policy of treating P:T' s was in o.ccord -.vi.th 'inte:r-.aa.tiono.1 lo.w nnd tho
Tsumori Shi-pyo.rds' persom1ol vrore very reluoto.nt to CO!Jpora.te. Sa.lea.bu just grinned
and told him ho lmd . beon jus-c~fiod hi his a.ctions and no further action wo.s ta.ken;
So.k9-bo. . ci.ttompted to ga.iri. tho wi thdro.vml of the P;;r s from the .Tsumori Shipyo.rds but
the rrar Ministry refused to do so~ In S::irtomber l9'1A, when sicl-.: Dutch, .Aii\orico.U
and Auscralia.n P;;r s a.r1"ived at Camps 10.,:;.D o.nd 11-D, So.ko.bo. provided medicines and
permitted Jche P.7 1 s to rest unJGil their hoo.lth '!iras restored &.nd during o. two month
period the P:i's gained five l::ilogrruns in weight. Beer.use of' the uncoopero.tive a.tti tude . of tho TsUm.ori .Shipyards1' So.ko.bo. ni thdrevr 96 R7' s from tho camp under the
gu~se of hospitalizing them a.t Shi110.gawt1
' Jfasb.o Ya.mo.be, former pfficio.l of tho Tsumori factor; v1horo P:r' s :from
p:; Ca.mp . 11.;.D vrcro empfoyed, stn.t;od (Ex R... 55) tho.y received mMy ispcctions by
. military radii. o.nd both tho EDA. o.nd tl1e Navy. Colonel Sc.li::r.ba co.mo oi1 one or t wo occasions . and- instructed them .to build a.ir raid shelters for the .p ;r s, give them
:.o.dditional food :md improv:e (;he . ba.i:racks. 'He c..lso empho.tico.lly sta.tcd corporo.l
punishr.1ent of p ;;rs vro.s strict:J.y forbidden.
lshi<ihi Tsuzuki,, o.n employee of the Tsumori Ship~.rds whore P.7' s from
tho Yokohama. camps vrere employe4,, . stn.ted (Ex R-56) .he ho.d met Sn.l::a.ba. on three or
fou-r occasions o.nd Sa.kab.a. requested tho o.ccom:;aodo.tions o.nd food for P.:P s be iJn..;
proved.;_

An officia.1. of" the conpo..ny ,1-:-here P.; 1 ~ fr.om Bra.nch Cn.np =//=3, Yokohalrui,
uerd;.einployod sto.ted (Ex R-57) Sc.lcab"- visited tho work site in July 1944 and .told
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tho a.-s~omblecr compa.ey r.epresonto.tives tha.t Frl' s are not crintlmi.ls a.nd ,they must
be trea.tod .in a:()oorda.nce with the spirit of interna:tiono.l 1a.vr ru1c1 vith benevolonco o.nd should n6t be given. any corpoi!:'.l punishment~ He also told them tho
ma.in co.mp :vm.s limi ~~ed in its budget a.."1.d t!1e food allotted to the RT' s vras not
sufficient for those doing ha.rd physical la.bar ond. the conipc..ny should assist the .
branch comps in . obtaining o.dditiono.l food; for the P."ff s.
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Tsuruichi . Ta.ko.ha.shi, a. membl3r of the compa11y stuff o.t Yokohrunn Dispa.tch Comp =
,V=i9; sto.ted (Ex H-46) .S!:'J::aba. insp'o.cteo the ca.mp in June 1944 o.nd April 1945 on(:]. on both oooasions he instruote'd th01;1 the R1 1 s woro to be troo.ted
fai:i;ty. 'c olonel Si:l.ko.bo.' s policy was thc1.t ?:"."' s should not bo mistroa.tod but
despite this, sono of them vroro slapped . When ?fits compla.ined, ho trti.nsnittod
their complo.ilit_s to Lieutenant -Koina.tsuno or S.orgoo.nt Mo.no. In April 1945, when ,
Sd.ka.ba. asked 2nd Li-Outena.nts Ford o.ncl. ~rd if -Chey fished to work, the officers
volunteered to vrork mid were not forced in a.ny ":to.y to . do so.
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, An : officio.I of the cornpri.ny . einploying P.7' s .from -Yokohcu:ia. :camps stated

(E:x: R-48) So.kabO. ilistructed tlmt' tho. prisoi1ors .be q.:f'f ordod tl1o so.me trea.t1"!1ont a.s

tho:!; accord~d to '_Jo.pa.neso vvorkers.~ Major Goner-nl Yama.guchi of the EDA, a.fter
inspecting tho . yrork sito, pra.i~od . tho company for ics handling of p;;r s, noting
that tho P\T' s had in6rot\sed in: weight
on o.n o.vcrnge of fi vc kilogrruns.

An officio.I of n.nothor COl';J.pany ouploying RT' s from Cam.p :f,~22D, Sa.l::a.to.,

stated (Ex R-45) So.!ca.ba. visited tho \'Tork si to in the spring of 1945 and criticized Lioutenru1't ~ia.ta.na.be beco.tj.so tho air raid pl"a.ctice yfus not conducted efficiently. He .instructod tho cor.1po.ny officio.ls P.7.' s r:rust be treated fa.irly and
~10 corpor.o.l punishment sl.~?uld be administered.
The coHp;my secured food o.nd uedicirre for ' tho Hi"' s and cor.1plied with
tho

mo.ny requests for o.ddi tiona.l supplies for the use of P:!' s.

A cor.1po...'l'ly officio.l, euploying P,;t s fror.1 tho Kru:iaishi p::- Car.1p, st3:l:;ed
(Ex R-58) Sa.ka.bo. inspected t}1e vrorl:: site quite o. few .times q.nd ' iristructed them .
that t;he P:!' s should be treated benevolently; in D.C.corda.nce vri th mtornational lo.u
ond under no circumstances should corpornl punishr.1ent . be adninistored.
Ho o..lso
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:i,nstruoted then to put PiP s on suitable jobs, to conply with working hours, to
secure a.ddi tional medicines for tho P:T' s and to . a.llovio.te tho R'7 1 s ho.rdships o.s
wch o.s possible by securing a.ddi tionaJ. focid for them . He a.lso instructed then
.to onla.rgo the pa sick roo1:1..

T.hore arc no orrors or ir1egula.ritios whic!1 injurl.ously o.ffoctod any

substantial ric;hts of ci ther of the o.ccu;rnd. Tho commission no.s lcgr.lly constituted by propor authority and had jurisdi.c tion over GD.ch of the accused and of
the offenses charged. There is no evidence tha.t either of the ac~usod l/U.S not
sane o.t the tir:10 of the connission of t:10 o.llogod acts or n.t t'ho time of tho trial.
The o.ocused wero o.bly defended by ooniPotent counsel, coopora.tocl in their ovrn do. fens.a , produced witrtcsses in their ol'm boho.lf .and, after being vmrned of_:lihcir
rights, elected not to testify. Except us horoino.fter sto.ted, tho fi."11.dings of
the conu~1ission con.corning each of these b..ocuscd a.re _lce;o.1 a.nd Supported by sufficient evidenoo.
The com.r:iission could reasoriri.bly find as to ca.ch of those accused that .
~hey had knoW'ledge of i-;u;uiy of the incidents .a.llogod to 1-ui.ve o"ccurrod at Omori.
Tho so who huve . ha.d :A.ri-ay OfPertcnce: reali-z o tho:!; if bonti:ngs occurred with the

.fr.equoncy sot forth in the prosent, oaso, it vmuld bo ulnost . iupossi blo to koep
. .-Phom secret from t:w cor:1nll.i:"1tj.er (u.s . .v Ta.na.ka, Ca.so Docl:et 1'~145)~ ' The cotnis- .
sio:p. could . certai.'l'lly fil1d thq.t these q.ccused vrore put on notice . and should }1a.~o .
kno\m thn.t tl~e RT' s at Omori were bei~1g abused. _ I~ is irol1 established that; on
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the basis of .this knowledge, eaoh of ~hese accused, ip. his oapaoity as IW camp
oormnander, had the duty to take proper mea-mi,..~e-B'-'-W-i..thin-'.his pawer to prevent his
subordina.tes from subjecting PN's to violence~ abuse
cruelty (U.,S. v Kana;.
yama, Case Docket 1~~13; U9S. v :Hichizavra et al, Case Docket 7~':46; u.s. v Yajima,
Case Docket 1/:66). Except for the mere verbal instructions as to eliminations
of corporal punishment, the record does not reveal that either of these accused
took _appropriate measures withi;n his paw.er to correct the. obvioui:; abuses at
Omori. It is;, therefore, concluded that the comm,ission could; as to each of
the accused, reasonably arrive at its finding of guilty of the offenses occurring at Omori e

and

Th.e evidence does not sustain the oommisoion' s i'indings as to Specifioatio:i:l.s 6, 7, 8; 9k, 9u, 10 and 11 as i(o the accused Suzuki and Specificaliions
16.; 17, 19 and 20 as- to the accused Sakaba. Prosecution's pr.oaf of' these specificat;i,ons consisted _of' military coIImlissicn orders. or copies of approved oha.rges
and speoifioatfonS' revealing the conviction - of the acm1sed-l:'-s alleged subordinates of' the alleged incidents alleged in the above mentioned specifications and
sub-specifications. The connnission, upon being asked to to.ke judicial notice of
the trials resulting in the above mentioned military conunission orders and ap_proved charges and specifications, did so but stated that the taking of judicial
. notice was not considered to be accepting them in evidence (R 432). , The commission f'urther ~ stated that the prosecution must point out the pages of testimony or specific exhibits that they desired the coJimlis.sion to consider (R 413).
Later., -when the prosecution attempted to offer into ovidonoe the :reco.rds of some
of the cases of which the commission had taken this . limited judicial notice, the
commission ref'used to accept them, stating that it was administratively impossible
for the commission to read all the records but stated that the prosecution could
make speci'fio ief-:Prence to the.s e records in the closing argument or in a.nvror to
motion of the .d efense (R 783). The prosecution ailed either to point out ,or
ma.lee specific reference to t4e particular portions of the records bearing on
these specifications and thus this revievrer co..n only consider the evidence that
was properly before the commission, namely the above mentioned military commission
orders or approved charges and specifications.

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-It is not nooossary to docido the questionthat mi~ht havo arisen had the
commission i:;aken judicial notice of these records without lim.i ting tho scopo
thereof and no opinion is given expressly or by implication as to this question.
If the cormniss ion ruid considered . tho records of these cases, it cannot be said
beyond a ~easonable doubt that they might not have . arrived at a different conc1U: ..
sion as it is well kno'\m that different verdicts ma.y legally be arrived at even
though tho evidence is substantially tho same (!<,all v US 49 Fed 2d 506 Certiorari
D()niod 283 US 867). Tho prosecution nmst provo every element of an offenso beyond a reasonable doubt so as to . excluae o.ny fair o.nd rational hypothosis except
that of guilt (par 78 MCM pg 74).
It is not boliovod tho.t the milito.ry commission orders,, etc, introduced
h-0rein1 ovon established \'That might (by a.n analogy to civil co.ses) bo called a
primo. fo.cie case as thoro is tho additional factor to be proved, namely that the .
accused, if considered to be on notice, could have reasonably discovered those
O.buso:s . Evon if those military commission orders,, etc. were doomed to prosont a.
prilTIA fncie ca.so, the deferise., by its evidence of instructions by ouch a.ccusod a.s
to the climina.tion of corporal punishment and unsanita.ry conditions and the admissions in many instrinces by subordinates .that conditions wore kept hidden from
!Joth fi"ccuscd, sustained.its burdo:ri of a,dducing evidence and thus the prosecution,
.by not introduqing further proof, f'o.ilod t6 sustain its ever-present burden of
proof~

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. . A different ,g ucsti.o n is presented o.s to Spocifico.tio.h 9 against th~ ac- .
cu.sod Suzu!d.- The comrnission not only took the limited judicial notice o.s above. but ho.d bef?re it certain P~?,es of ~ho record ~d certain ex~ibits extra.ate~ from
U .s. v Yqshido.,r Caso Dockot =//=69, winch :were duly incorporated by roforenc~ - ~to .
this record. Except a.s to sub-specif'ica:ciori.s . 9dd and 9eo, tho corrunission., 'on tho

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. basis 'oi .the : evid,e.nce '."prop,e rly before it_, could reasonably find .that tho incidents
alleged aqtually.did occur. Tho only reino.ining question is whether Suzuki can bo
:b,eld responsible for these acts. Tho evidence herein esto.blishes that . Suzuki
should have J:g:iqw.n PN's wore being beaten and otherW:ise tortured and abused at
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Omori and thus Suzuki was placed on notice that his subordinates were conunitting ~
offenses proscribed by the Hague o.nd Geneva Conventions. Suzuki mould have knom
t;J;iat if~is sul;>ordinatos, directly under his control, V-rerc commi:tting those offenses, . it vn:i.s more than likely that similar instances were .occurring a.t branch
camps _arid thus he- had tho dUty of inqu:l,:ry. A .camp commander ho.s the duty to pro.teat prisoners and, by tho use of diligence, must determine tha.t they a.re not being mistreat~d . (Nichizawa et al, Case Dooket 4'146; u.s. v Uchida, Co.se Docket 4fo76;
U ~s ..
Hashimoto, Case Docket =//=166) More.over, _in th.i s instance the e:videnco disClosed that beatings at .this. camp were so commonplace tho:!:; oven a. casual investigat:i..qn wold have disclosed- the ne6essi~by for ta..lcing actions .to protect tho prisoners'. , IJ~ may b~ noted thO.t ip. December 1943,_.Suzuki sent !Ujii to investigate tho
high Q.eath rate and to reduce th~ m.lJnbor of . sick PIP s ~- kid tho:~ Fujii did, by sending sick IW' s to ,,\rorlc. Tho commission could reasonably find -thn.t this accused .
did. not use the n.ocessary diligertce in determining whether the PvT' s were being
mistreated and could, therefore~ reascmably .arrive a.t their findings. The evidence in Case Docket ~1=69, supra.,, susto.ining the findings as to Specifications 9dd . :un<;i 9eo# WO.S IlO'.~ incorporated into the record a..'l'ld thus in view of the above discussion.;
~he se . findings cannot be sustained.
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Recommendations:

Kunji SUZUKI. It is reconunended that the accused be found not guilty of

Specifica1;ions 6,~8, 9k, 9u, 9dd, 9ee, 10 and 11'.
Letters of clemency from a fon.ner Prince, and presently chief priest of
the Meiji Shrine, a former Count and vice .. prosident of the House of Peers, a. for.;.
mer Minister of State, a president of a : college and former Minister of Education,
a college professor, Father Ronan, Japa..'1ese priests, fellow-townsmen, and the
wife and relatives of the accused have been received. These . petitions offer no
new ovidenco, except that three of these indiv~duals v;:Lsited. Omori and observed
Suzuki's ki.."1.d treatment of tho PN' s, his intorost in sanito.tion and revealed that
Suzuki admittl3d that Rod Cross o.rticlc;is . were missing at Omori despite his best
efforts. The clemency fileal&o inclutj.es o.n o.ffidavit from a former IW, who stated
that although Suzuki took corrective action on one. occasion when a. brutality was
reported to him,. it was apparent ho had u lack of interest in tl).c RV' s and failed
tq control his subordinates. This affidavit also revealed tho.t Suzuki vms not
nccessible and tho.t the affio.nt did not 1;>eliev0 that Suzuki 1 s subordinates ro~
ported the complaints of tho Pi'T's to him.
Despite these petitions and the recommendation that the conunission 1 s
finding of guilty a.s to Specifico:cions 6, 7, 8, 9k, 9u, 9dd, 900, 10 and 11 bo
d.i so.pproved, it is not thought tho.t the sentence of confinement at ho.rd labor for .
iifo is excessive o.nd it is accordingly reeommended that the sentence be approved.
Knnrune SAKA.BA. It is recorilmended that the accused be found not guilty
of Specifications 16, 17:, . 19 and 20.
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. A letter of clemency, signed by the chief, directors, n.nd over 200 other
employees of the Yokohama. Branch Yard of the Osaka Dock . Yard Compa.ny, ha.s 1:Joon
received. Both this petition and an affidavit from o. former IW, o.lso included in
the. petition file, present no additional evidence. Despite tho rccommendo.tion a.s
to Specifications 16, . 17, ,19 ap.d 20, it is not felt tl:}.at the sentence of confinement a.t hard labor for life is excessive o.ni;l it is ' acd-ordingly reconunonded tho.t
tl1e sentence be approved.

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Attnch.od , hereto aro forms oi' notion designed to co.rry ,_j,i-1to offoct tho
a.bove rocomrnbndnt:i.9nJ;J.

NO IMAN CAR'i.O LL
Rovioi,wr

I' concur generally. The evidence would hav.e supported the

extreme penalty as to each accused. However in view of the limita..
tions placed uprih the Reviewi_n g Autho:ri ty . with .respect to prohibi tioffr,
t&' increasing
the. sentence of the commission,. approval is recommended,
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The . defen$emotion to sever . has been disposed of adversely to

defense in many cases heretofor (cf US v Ichinoe, #265,, etc.). In
this case three American and four Japanese lawyers aided :;i.nd
counselled the two accused so they were adequately supplied with .
legal protect~on.
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The .court set special rules for admisslon of portions of other
records of trial as evidence by requiring that the pages of th~
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record and the affidavits to be offered be designated (R 413, 415, 432,
474, 717, 772, 783, 838). This was - a reasonable rule but, in .the
instances in which disapproval o;r the findings is recommended, it
was not complied with by the prosecution.
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Defense cor:iuont is no-Cod:

"MR. Y.AYE:
May the defense , at this time state that ,.

there never has been anytime in any of the defense

. counsel Is m:tnd' and I . can spee.k for the Japanese
counsel as well, that . this Court wasn't fully
conscious of and completely on guard for the
rights of the ~cc used in this case."

ALLAN R BROVVNE
Lt Col .
JAGC .

Army J~dge A~e

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