Yokohama No. T291

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' ndi:qurmrsrs Eroi:tn 

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Otfüco of the Stra:tt Judge Aövocate 

.'!ltrji:"iir: ; i...;r;f: 

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:t tt | :. .1,'::., 

IJNIC@ ST-AIDEg Or ÄGAICÄ YS KAKTZO IIDI, 

tnIIIlD s!Ä!!t5 Q] IMERI0A is urno ltrrTA 

nilIttD slrllEs gs il{Eßrca vs s$oao sronR.lsl{r 

trilIT,@ $rA.lIES 0t $IERIoA VS tft!$ltsa8l.ylüa0lt0Hr 

., u!ilf[!D sT4rDs 0r r$rilcA Vs roRU r"trzrtNo 

ut!@ gla[ss 0r AEnutcA TS t{ID3CHItrl:SucIIl,ta 

, TIilIIED SOT'1:S OF AUEBICA VS 1IßIO rÄTJETSHI 

U1ETED S!{l:ts'or ${ERICA VS !Sl'y!Ot{u Tltrfl.tolo 

\t 

/-r 

{ 

Yökoha,na, Japan 

19 l.{qv t9+g 

''4"::' 

1. rllho aütachod rscord, o! trtat of' the Car'e of Ealuzo liaa, Ntro atclter 

! Saburo Elgrrraehir Hltruaarl Yana€uchl, Toru l{tzuno; nre"Ecrrir."ri"fi-", yukfo 

Idc?hashl aaQ\[rutouu Saka,rnoto "i fofonar", l.parr, trtetl fron ?9 .tprif 194g to 

rr Octobor 1948,. by a Mtlltalr coryrorloa alpoiatÄa ty paragraph +, Selca1 orderr 

ilo. !7, 

Head.gua,rterg 

,Ufehl,U 1iw:_Uatteil st-"iu"-inov,-aät"a-eg-.tprir 1948, gg 

.' 

aq9$od b;r taragrBlh-ur 

1948, havtng 

lpeglal Ordors so. 1lz, rarne hoaÄguartoir, detsd zz w 

boon rEferroä tti the Staf,{_Judge 

: 

Aivocate, fh{r rovlar tg rubnttteÖ 

to ths Comeadllag Geaoral. 

Pstsonal Dat+ Coacoralaa_4ccua_oal 

NAl{n fAruso itaa 

' 

DAIIE OI' C0lr FfNEM[fr!:' 18 Docsnbor 1945 

. LEEI. 45 -. : 

D4$E 0-I'.fXBfIONl.@{Er 

' 

1? l"tqv 1948 

AXFIIIII9E: . EaaagoröFän, Ee,naJnse. -. : PI,ACE:03'1[BIAi,l 

'Tokoha,na, - 

Jcrfal . 

.Gtu!. OfunanMachl. yokt-Zflg . . PmIg? 0r' !trj,r:-_-z?-Aprff rgie to 

-- !{{RI!4J5S!4[OS:, Mürlod'", . 

li. Octobor 1948 ..' 

, Bttlultl$: Erto, g darrshüäfr.,.1 lon, .DlrqJt sUtf,iswi rl.Ocioler tg4g.: - i 

::- 4 

r 

rilatöre, l brothor:-..=..' -' ' jt; 

. -SEIftlEt[08: DoalE ty ]iluglng 

roufiift 

_. 

Ot:'El3uontA'y. gi"rq61* - 

scr,o$, _- cLD.{ll{Cy 8ECO}|XEIIDED By C0l.tt{tSSI0N: 

'ft 

-I9 .-._..: 

;.- - Syoare - ".'' - 

-;-- -- 

YOGAllOl{: Dustnoss 

' nalr and.off,fcE 

otoployoo 

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HItInÄff CÄtE@: 0aqr Coinnaitü,er aä 6tuaa 

?rtsoacr of tfar Caö -frl;Toptortnr 

. 

- L9.4? .uattt tho end of -!hc yii wtth raah .: 

f trot of -lr'srre!'tr Of,flcor aad lat'ör 

- 

-ebgtgn 

, 

$ll,IE: lltro Aktta 

AoE: 49 

lSttIDINCg! Ibäragt-Kon, tlcuchtura4$hl, 

. ßosakura-Cho', 3L96 

H.AB!!.{I, STATUS: t{artoil, 

eEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE lll?o, Z drughtorr, I'fr[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 

2 

IYlSs 

aotc. 

1'brothor 

EDgC.&lOUs Elsnontary Schoolr ? yoalr; 

lltildlo Sohool, 6 yoara; üoilioe.l 

Gollegor 4 yoars 

TOCA!!IO-{: Doctor 

l{llrllAgf CIIIB: : Chlot.stugoon of 

igkoerrla fiaval.0uarit Untt frän ß ftrrtl 

1943 to 15 Septcnbor 19[6 ytth raDk of 

F-rlttaia 

D.{!E 0F'COF9MEI{EN[: 16 Docenbsr 194? 

DAIE OF ldnrronmm. L?.trqv 1948 

?IÄCE 08 llRIÄL: Yokohasar Jepan 

PERIoD 0r [ü.0tJ: p9 April 1gag to 

l1 Octobor 1940 

DAIE 0T SEMIS'CE; 11 october 1948 

SSITEIICB: Doath bv hangtng 

C:,E}MNCY AECOI.OfiWDED B COI,IMIS9IO}I: NO 

(p f of IO2. fldc, Ca.ro ifo. ZSf) .

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i[?;iit t',,;i r''$"' .'i.:[ :t-: ii' 

trt;,tl' :' 1 ::'f i " 

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llll,tEt Salrrro Elgurarht 

IOE: 46 

BESIDEICS: ,'Chlba Eon, Chtbe Qun Honita 

l{aru lllralceya 2216 

MABIC.ü STATUS: l,{arrtorl 

RIII,ATIWS: $tfs,.2 song, I darrghtor, ? 

brothors,.l etstor . 

II)UC.{!IO}T: .Oraihratoü ltaJtua Naval 

Collogr tn July I92p; Grailuatsd }Taval 

Or:nnory School.i OräÄrrctorl Saval, [orpodo 

Schoot; GraÄuätoil KaciiAtrbaura Alr 

Elonontary courso 

T0C.fllIOlT: Farnor, \ 

MIIIT,ABY CAREEBI lteutoaant COnnaaöer 

at Yokoguka $ava1 Oua^rti Unlt f,ron lF 

Mqv 1942 to 1. Soptomber 1943 

DAtrl Otr' C0I{IINEIiE}IT: 9 Docoabor 194? 

DATE 0l A8RAICNI{&{I: 1? t{ay 1948 

PI*AOE 0F !RI.[.ü: .yokohanar Japan. 

PDRIOD 0X'!RIAL,: p9 April. rgis io 

11. Ocüobor 1948 

3A!IE 0F $I[[|!SIICE: 1I October 1948 

SEW!EI{C!: OHr föl rhj.rty-.tro (ga) yoarg 

ctrltENcy n3cou!4ENDIo By COuMrSSloiI:' wo 

lfÄME: l{ltsunert Yanaguchl 

AOE! g5 

RESIDE$CE! F-anag*a'ßon, Yokosulra-Shl, 

Zughl.Macht, Saku.ayaloa 742 

M,ARIIAI SEÄTUS: l{a,rrloÖ 

REI,AIIIVES: lftfel. 2 eons, 1 daughter, 

L slstor 

IDI.TCATIOIf: ldaJfne Naval Col,Lgger 

Orailuatoil. 19 Marcb 1936 

VOCATIO}I: . Offtco clork 

UILITABY OAREE,: Ohtef SocurttSl Of,ftcer 

wlth ranl< of I,louJonant Conna,ntlor of 

tho T0Xosr:ka l{aval Ouarat Unlt fron l. 

Soptenber 1944 to 25 August 1946 

DATE 0l'JbllF.IltU.tEMl g lsceubor 194? 

D.A[E 0F-4XP,AIGNME{T: 12 l{av 1!48 

lllgE 0F IRIAI,! Tokohana, Japaa 

PERIOD Otr llRIArr: ?9 tprlr r9äB to 

11 octobor tt48 

DATE OI'SXNTEIICI!: t]. Octobor I94g 

SEIIfE{CE: CHi, for Ilfs 

CTTMEITCY N3COMMEßID@. 3Y COMMiSSIO}T: NO 

\ K L 

-NÄHb: 

'Iqtu -=, 

t{lzlao';' , , .:.. . . -DÄ!E gf 'C0SfINfi{A[Ii!' -I9 

_&& 3f3- ..- _..,. 

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Docontor I94?-.1- 

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DATB Of ..0fR4,fc^lrMp0{f : L7 .t{6,y-1948 

' . " '- 

- 8IS.IDtr!IIGE: lukurltug-Ken {alja:Shtr 

HadlllüggtoJt- $0--?6 

-. - -' -r; .- 

PTAQS o! ffiIAJ,! 

r "'-'.- . -. 

tbtohaa. i"pao t 

- 

' MÄnIfAI SIAEIIS-' Marrtorl -. ' ? + i lg]01 !I IR&r-!r " ?s .tprrf rsi8...to- 

- 

-' 

-j-?.fr,mrvpF: uife, . r aariärricr.._'rlo.tnÄr, 

- llcOcto.bel 1948 - . . 

DAIS 03 SEIITESTCE: tI Octoier 

, brothor . 

1g4g .r ,_, 

.. - SENIENCE:' Cltl,.yor ftftoon (fS) yo]ir 

{, .. EDIICA|O}T: }Itroa}rlina Naval Cgr}tego,* 

gfaduatod. July 1939 - CtIX'tElICy RECOI.MEIDD By COMMISSIOII: No 

t 

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-_V0CAM0II: Faotor.y o.U)tolga, offtco 

f : 

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cloik 

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l,{ItI[Any O4REEB:- Chlof 

a 

Securiüy Offtcor 

of Yokoarrka Naval Guard, Uatt vtttr rauk 

ol lloutosant frou 6 May 1944 to 81 

Arrguet 1944 

XAl,tE: Hlitechtka Sakuna 

DATI 0F COIll'IND.tEM'z 22 Decenbor I94? 

AOE: 49 

DAlx 0r AnrrAIeNUBIl: 

ffilqltBl0il' 

t? Uqv t94B 

lluro lfakaya^ma-tocho, I3-I Ptl\CE Otr' lRIAi,: Yokohasa, Japaa 

Hlroshlna-Kea 

PERIOD 0F TRIÄI: 29 Aprtl 1948 to 

l{4BITAn Sf.[fUE: t{arrted 

11 Octobor 

n4Ä!I'IVES: 

1948 

fttd, 5'ehttilroa 

!A[3 0f SEIITEI{CE: .11 ocüobor 1948 

IDUCAIIIOü:: Oraduated fron Naval Acedony 

lOC4[ION: Clork 

CLAnEDICY RECOMMEI'IDID BT COtO.tISSIOtr: l{o 

l{IiItAß'i ,iJr'l'Ar(; CjrBtr@.r cAaruB8 Caraor Qarüor ln Iqlorlal 

.fapanosc favyl i{tghoet rank ättatnort: 

Captata 

(p 2 of 102. flda, Caeo !Io. 291)

N.AlitE: Yuklo Tal

,Sb 5:.',.'! 

1945',9$d 

'cll'd .*t1l 

'orden 

.,: 

,It $s".to, be nqle.d 

ütraü on nsülon of 

the Defeäie ''fon a 

flndlng of tot 

Gutlty lü wag sustalned 

on Pag€ lBgI 

of the ?eoorde 

':r.3ii 'Tl?I 1''03 ,FP9Et .?9.,9p,g-' 

' 

$c Ies 

tember l943,,to ! Slpü-ernler 

1945, äccuged'dtd wtllfüIly 

and unLawfully order, cause 

and perntt Japanesc'personnel 

on aüpv at sa{ä ö"rp-t;.-rü;t;eFü,.. 

?Pusg an$, tgr?1t19 nunerous , :: 

Anerlcan end i.llted Prlsonerg 

of liier,r 

e 

-f, 

-- 

bä t*" "i.-ää 

-eäp-tä#äi- 

ön 16i116ocius?cc 

ept.enbsr rö 194? 

- *ä-*ä 

and 

1-p9pt94ueT 

l ggptg4QcT, ,L91ür, F!öpged 91.q 

aü t one 

1 Septenbez' ,19*!r, aoöused d14, . 

w1lLfu11y'and rülävfuIly wlthhold 

and' nlsaDproprlate' 

nlsapproprlCte 

food and end Red 

Grogs suppltäe lnlert{oä for the 

lrse .and benrifLü' of lunerican and 

Al$bd : Prisonons 6f War.' 

,...,.r : ...: --. ','. -.., -, .: 

a 

G Yer -.* 

exoept .the wordg -. 

trnunärquEllt'-sqb; - ?- 

stltutfnn- f,hofefon 

ülie r{o;d-tt iövenaltl 

alrd e.'ro,apt. the wor.de 

ttwttttholä 

Bßd'r|.. Of 

the exc-oJ)tcd wordo, 

, t{c.- Of ,ühe substl- 

-, tuted wor.dt, O. 

Sp- ?! Ilrat at dlvers tlmes be- NG 

tryeen.28 $eptonber' 1942 snd 

1 Sepüenber- 1.94'5, accusod; d-trl 

u61awfu11_y dlsregard and fall . 

to 'dlgctrirge hts'duüy tö pontrol 

and reEürPaln neEbers of hla connand 

.snd" pergona undön hls supervlslon 

änd controlr' by per!illttlng 

them üo eonnlt tho'folloving"' 

brutal aots, 'atroeltlos snd other 

offenses egelntt l"lhenlcan and 

' 

rillled 

...: 

Pnlgonons of War! 

G 

Yes 

(p { of 162, fldar' Case' }|o,'agi)i 

4te;

J , - 

' m.' 

lB'etun""n. about .'?r'Hanch 

L945 and 51'August 1945; the. :, 

unlawful mls,tfeaüraent 'and torüure. 

of slck Ämerican gnd A11led , 

Prisoners ef,:'!.far:,by der.rying ühem " 

food; by. probing ln lheir; trounds 

to prevpn_ü' hgeltn€ii-,b{ falltlg 

to ppopönIy i didess,r:thelrr wounds ; 

by operatlng 

'on ülien'w1th

under hls' suPervlslpn and'contr:oI. 

trol, .a4d and others otträrs bY'PernltttlnElnE 

ühen;.to ,,commlt:bruü-al iäct'si t, :.' 

atrocltLes and' othäi offenses 

agalns.t: tAmerican an*dr Al-11öd'' . 

Prlsöners 

of 9f V{aS ttfa5 byirefus.trhgr' 

faillng fsl'l l no. nhd and neo1ectin^c' neglectlrlg' tol.brö- to" f,e"Pr'ö-. 

vlde' adgclgg!.e. uatö ahd ahtl hutnanö hurnanö thedlca]- .ti 

öare and' attentlon' . arrd' qdequate 

avallabLe' iüedlcä!q'eüpplie$'; I' 

hospl taIl z a.ü lon aäd' corapgtent 

naediö a1- porsbnneL' for :' Arnopi b an 

and Allied lrlsonens of Vlar, 

ühereby, conürlbuülng to' the 

deäth'of' H. A.' I';atker, Norman: 

Enrlt; Kerrheth FtrYn4, Rl-chard i j 

Hunt; Vfi11lam Zlntmen, ' Ernest 

Peschau, Artlaur, G111r Amef ;i-can 

Pri.sp-npr:.s of \'rlar and AnüPn . 

Mlndls, It'Iarton Seus Knuislngs, 

Allled Pnlsonors of lYar, and 

by car"is:lng the Paln and sufferinc.of 

nrime'i'öus American and 

*rIiea Prlsohers of.'Vilar (as 

amended R lO,, 14 ),. I i 

Also;, lt. is to be 

noted'ln. öonnectlon 

vribh JthLs- sarrre spoclftcaütoh 

,ühaü a 

motiorl, of' ühe.' Defense 

for,'a ftndtng,of Not 

'Gü1 

1 ty:, was.' sustalned 

in part as'to the 

words trlllarten Seus 

tirüisl4gsrr as shown 

.on PäBd r'189,I öf , bhe 

::ecordr' 

Saburo lllAurashl 

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Change:' Accusodl at the tlrnes 

ahd pLaces set". fönth L'n the " ' 

specif lcati.oii, hereto . atüaclled; , 

; Aia.f&-late.tihe Laws .9n{ Cgstorns 

NG 

No 

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_,r.-- : - .,1t.'..,1 ' . t 

-!; 

: * t 

: 

NG 

i'l|; . 

"agel.tuos a1d' 

.*' 

and tne Yroros 

rrcontrlbuüine üo'1 

unden hls'conmahd't a 

t: 

the d.ealfrs .oftt 

and the -tyord+ 

and othens bY 

Itgnd Antoh l{indis, 

them to commlt brutal 

an A1}led Prlsoner 

of Vfar Brldrr. 0f 

agalns,t Amerlcah. and' 

the excepted wordst 

t\T/1 

adequa,te 

for the, 

A1so, lt ls to be 

Prlsoners' 

noted ln connsctlon 

ühenebY 

vrlth thls sane speclflcatlon 

ühat a 

motlon of ühe Defense 

for a flndlng 

öf tTar, and lia:rll.n 

a Dutch Prls- 

of Not GulltY was 

ari'd, Anton:Mlndls, 

sustalnod ln pa::t' 

- 

as to the wonds' 

Itllarry U. Sweet, 

of nunrenous Ambrlcan 

an Amerlqan Prls- 

' 1 ','.. 

- sp-rl, t nr*i't;tou?"'olrs.M*y Ls?i= 

' -and -i- 51'August L943'r'ühe'''acc-used 

- dla ünlawfu11Y dlruregqrd'4rd 

t . fälI trj dischargo hls dgtY bY 

- fatl-lng to,rbstraip' an*d controL 

- . membef,S 

persönJ unAef bl.s-suPervitlon 

and'öonürol, 

per.mlttlng 

äcts, atnöclüles and.' other 

offoises 

Allled', ?rl,gonors.qf htar; and by 

f all'lng, tor'trovide 

quarterB':'Anil heat, 

Amenloan and Altled 

of lTär a!':sald,cimPr 

contrLbU'tlng to the'degths' of 

Earry U. Svleet, an ArnenLcan 

Prlsöner 

Seue'Itrulslngs, 

' 

oner 63.rlT€rr.. 

an A1lled Pilsorre?i of j.ütan, 

and caustng the'Päln and süffenlng 

and AlLlbd Pttsonor:s of $lar . 

(as-amend.edR'lo)lt'' 

Oner:qf lTarr,and' 

Mar,ton $eus [rulslngs, 

a,'Drüch Prlsoner of 

lTanl , as shown on 

Page 1891 of tho 

reö o:lcl. 

-- -r,:- - 

(p I of Xof lld,a, Case'No. 291) 

O

(p 5 of 1oa llda, Case No. 29!) 

/:2 

ItitF\++F+r {9r.ngfi}aiirt ,.",' :' : . 

Charge: Accus'ädr' ot'the tlmes 

and places sot forth ln tho 

speciflcatlon heroüo attachedr. 

dld vlof'atb tho'Iiaws and Custorns 

of 1[Iar. 

G 


.$p: ü: ftrat. peüvree$ I September 

\9E+,and I 'Feptcrnber. n 

u 

'did 

.194..5, accused except tho vrords 

unlawruil-y- disregaf,d.: änd fail 

tiquarters andrl 

,üo flischargg,h{.s, 4uty'by .faillng 

and tho vrords 

.üo. restiain..and conttbl. läembens . 

rrand. 

Arphur Gl11rr; 

undgr tif s äppervlslön'an{. contro}, 

0f the cr,copted. 

and. olhgrs, -.by pernil'ü,tläfi: ühem to 

r';ords . NG r: 

'and' coimit brutal a.ots, .aürggities 

. I . rt:- j 

othe:r .offendeq. a$a!ns't .Arrrcric44 

Pn4.41Hed Prisönöqs' of War; 

.' ; 

.. 

aüd. by .faillng' tq proriS".cle adeguate 

' quarter,q. and,hea!, 

'fgr, ühe ..Atirbriian' 

and'Allie'd'Iirisonsrs öf tüar, 

thorcby', contribullng to the 

. deaths .ö!,H. Ai'tr'{allsäri. }lorman 

, ,Qtqil.; Kennoth 41ynn, 'Rlchand 

liu+t; t'vtt]la4' zimmcl arid 

tettrl 

Ar,thur 

Anronlcan Prisoners' of lt;ar, 

arid , cärid*hg-..the pel+ and. suf fc::- 

lng of nlxnerous- Aflerlcan and ..: 

afff oq-3rison-bris' of .lier . 

(as ., , 

- --'' '.. . - -t^ 

-' aqggggS^tr r!l-r 

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- .. Ivflll'- rYi.LZ.9tIItt-: 

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. . : * - . - . : . ' . , . . ' . . - l . - . . . . T . : . . ] . . - ' ' . , . , . . . . ' . . > . . 

Si'ali ,,:Thatr'-betwe-eh'I lvlay' Ls'44 . I'lG..,,, 

'. 'i','' 

DP'' t.i -.'.'Ir.rFb -IJe UWeen I ruA,y -.I. it llif .;:: .'; " ;, 

I d \.r 

'except r No 

and.'1's6ptembei 1944, tha accr.rsed, 

thö' vrortds .',' 

dfd .untranifulty.dlsregarclr änd: ,- . nand.by.'fa1llng; 

fatL to d.lschai.gerhis duti'bf ,to provld,o' ade-.. 

'fal!-ing 

' 

üij:r6'stral.n and controf 

'quate. quartersrl';' 

menibersi 

' under 'hls: coinmeiird, peisons . r ' :'e.nd,the words. .trf or 

rinder -hls supenvlitlon and c'ontrol t 

:) thei Amerlcan sind'' .'" 

and ottrers bli pcrinittlng thbm to :Ällled'Prlsoribrs 

cörnrnlt: brütai äcts; atröclt1e.s r:'; t5i.ltiar aü sald 

ariä;oüh'e'r offenses.sgalnit , ''.-' . . camplr, and the 

Anpt-lqan and A1lled Pr'isonars 

vrord.s rrcontrlbuülng 

C! t'J,ar;",gnti1oi.{g111ng to pno..' 

to ühc dea_th of 

v'lde'' 9[$iquqt-9.:'{üabtorE. and- heatr. 

IJrnosü F. Pcschau, 

för.thd':'Änrericän.and A1liäit' an AmerLcan Prls- 

Pnis'oneis ör t:;ai;, then'oby con- :. oner of llar", and,rr, 

tr.!.b9.!L.11g,:,fo.rthe death of, Ernesü and ühe word 

F. P6söhau; än'Amorlcan'Prlsoncr rrothorrr, q.ubstlof 

lTar, mä causlng the pain and , , -.tu!lng.for tho , 

sgffe::lng of nunerous other 

" 

. - - lgrtüor'.-. -i: v.'pf"d..thg :. 

Allted Prlsonens of War- :-. wsbds'ttAmoTigatr 

. .. , . qnäit. 'the 

- Of 

, bxco'ptg$ yönd.s; 

NG. '0f ..tho sub-, 

. s tl üuüed worcls , G. 

i . 

Also, lt ts to bo

" - irl...,Lt lä 

.::it ri ;'::: :!'l 

' 

i 

'' 

I : 

'. 

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' l ; t : 

't:. ''.,t -i:i ' 

'Hiaecnika Sainirna'':'' 

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,-fffffff .,,',.,,,. t,. ;'i.;.;,, 

'aü 

ihargc: Acöus-ed; 

'' ühe;,tir"s atiä NG 

places set forth in .tqe'gpoeiflca- ; .. 

tion hereto atüacheC, did' vioLate"' 

the Larts ancl ,CuStonrej of l,far t j' 

.,, .. 

,-, 

-'_, 

,,r 

..,,,.:' . 

Sp 1: That betwegp fjSepter,rbä1 1943 NG 

and 31'Mqy 1911Jj, the aecusod did unlawfuIly 

disregard'and faiL to'disi . 

charge his duty by failing to besörain 

and control r.renbers unde'r. his' , 

coumand, persons :under his supa,rüi$ion 

and. control, and otherrby pcrrnitting 

therc. to eomm'it, bruüal_ acts; altrocities 

and other offenses agalhsü-li.urcrican ancl 

A]l-ied Prieoners of TIar; ,ancl,by faiJ-ing 

to provide adequate quafters antl heatrfor 

thb'itmerican and AILied Prisonqns , 

of !Var, thereby conüiibuting tö,'the' 

death of rinton Mi.ndis; gn,r'ilfierl'pris- 

YFßo 

eshi 

Chargo: Accused, at'ühc tinres and 

- places.set forth 'in the-Specification 

heretg attachcd, 

'late'the 

ä-i t viotaws 

and Cusüoms of -lTar. 

.l 

I{G- 

t ' 

z / 

I+"// 

noüed in conneglrgrn, *r,rn inr" 

sane spgoification ttrat a notion 

of the..Däfensd for a findins of 

Nqü Guilty, was sustainecl inlart 

as..to, the wonls lr.ancl heatn as 

shqwn g| P-aSe 1.89L of the record 

-: ;, . . . 

: . , . 

. 

i.,,,., .,,,,:... 

._ G . 

except the:words rrquarters s,ndrr 

anti the'words'.ticontributins üo 

the death 'öi Anüon Mindis. Yan 

irllied Pridoner of lU"fr" *;U 

the word rtsndil before the word 

. ttg.aus:ingtty'i end the uord rroth.rrr, 

substituüing for, thC Latüer 

worC the words',.trAnerican, andil. 

0f the excepüe

and /rl]-J.ed Prfsonors of i:,rar at 

Ofuna Prisonen of 17ar Cnmp, 

lfuna, Ilonshu, Japen; fy i'tlfuslng; 

faillng ahd ncglocülirg to provlde . 

adoquate and humane medlcaL 'care 

and attcntlon and adequato avat]-, 

able modlcal sufplies,- hospiü4llzatlon 

and. competenü mcdical 

per s onne 1 ?-oi -?ifici i 6;;': ott4l.: r^.I L le it', 

Pri.soners ol liar, therebj. coriür1but1n61 

.to. the.I.d.9fl!h. of H. A. 

lliqlker., itormän:arärt, rkcnno:th' 

Fly,nnr''Rlchard Hunt, V'IiJllau' 

Zimmen, Enpest Pcschau and' . 

4::trru:r I ciri , -r*e"i ""nt t ii"on"r "r, . 

9f*17y, *"9- !{arüen'S.cuq ü::u{s}db",' 

a DutCh PrLsoner of lrtar, and py 

oauslng paln .and su..ffening.to 

nune,rous /imcrloan and Ä111cd 

Prisgners qf fial (as. ainended 

n :1O ' '15) end .. 

':. 

- :ali t> 

-J' 

e . a ' I 

l l 

'i;- 

c9nryiü brutal acts, 

atrocitles ena 

othor offcnses 

against Arnerlcan 

and AlLled Prlsoners 

of lTan at Ofuna 

Pnisonen of lttar 

C_"*pr. Ofuna, Honshui 

Japanri and tho wor,dä 

rr aclequatc... available 

,mgdi:oa} supplle;s, i ,. 

hospltaLiz,atLon,r. : 

and compeüent mcdlca1 

personriel for 

Anenican änd Ä'111ed 

Pnisgäens oif . r.yarrr 

, 

substituttng for 

ühc fatter wonds. 

the vronds rrhosoitallzatlon 

for- 

Amer ic an artd' /.11lcd. 

Prlsoriers of lTar aü 

Ofuna Prtsonen of 

ir,'ar Camp, 0funar' 

Honshu, Japanrr, 

and excopt ühe 

vuords rrEnnesü. 

Pöscliau-and .Lrühur " . 

..'G1lilf. . o.f thd..- i 

excetrtted: vronds, 

ltcr. 'Of- 'the Su6- . .: 

'.- rst!tuted qrord"s',, G. 

j- " 

.i--,_-r._-.-- 

., 

- 

Als',_o; .lt is üo bo 

r 

o.gl."d.!r-r conngo-tl.1$ r- a:..i - 

- 

vriüh thls 

-' 

dame 

speclf igation that ' -l .r l- - 

a moülpn of'the 

,, Dgfonso fof.-a =." 

flhdtn6 -_oF Not_ i - 

.Gqllty was Srrstained' 

1n part as to the 

vrords rrand l{arten . 

Seus Krulsingsrr as- 

. shorvn on Page 1891 

of the rec.ond, . To 

clarlfy ühc rccord, 

the rccord .should. 

read rrand lilarüon 

Scus Krulslngs, a 

Dutch Prlsoner of 

,\tJar ll ... 

T.sutornu Taikirmotb 

.' ".. 

' 

t 

.'- 

'', , .' ,l 

Charge: Ärecusecl, at ,ühö 'tlmes NG 

and pl-aces set forth ;ln the . ' 

spe c t f lc atlon hone'to'' rittached, 

dld vlolato the tavrs and Custöms 

of itf4r.. 

', ,., .. ,.. .:.' 

L' 


Sp 1: Thet.b6$uc..en 1. Jal1uary Nc 

1945 'and 25 February tr945, ühe 

accusgd, modlcAl .offl,ccr attechcd 

to Yokosuka.Guerd Unlt, dld 

'to 

wlIIfully 

arid unlawfu,lly fall 

. 

c N o 

except the rirords 

rrmcdlcal attcntlon, 

üroatmcnt and'hosplta112ätlonrr 

, 

(n tt 9f, roz, Ilda, C asc ilo .. 29I ) 

' 

..';? *t- '7j./ 

- (V\-.-..L 

utz t

give nedical attenüion, treatr.renü ancl 

hospitalizatioq, to Richarti Hunt. a.n 

iurcrican Prison of llar; thereby-contribuüing 

to his death on or aboui, 25 

February 1945 (as anendecl R 15).' 

,, ,.'.&r't'ä'('"/ 

. r; 1.. ,.',tj'if 

substiüutitg thercfor the 

wordg rtrneclical- treatnqnt 

anl hospitalizationtr. Of 

|fe 

exgeptecl wordsr. IüG.' Of, 

ühe subsüiüuted. worrls, G. 

-- 

3, S,UM!dARY OF THE EVIDEI.TCE 

a. preliraj_nar:ir Statenent . 

The Ofuna ll)II'Canp (aLso known as the ofuna Dispatch Urriü and the gfuna 

rnterrogaüion carop) was unique anong the rolü g3rnps-in Japan. Evicience presented 

the proseöuüion 

by 

and defense and froia pnactieally'a1l wiiies"u"l uoti, Al-lied and 

Japanese, estcrblish ühat iü was creatäcl for inüärrogation or-l"ifi"J'g.[-uJiüä-i* 

telJ_igence Seetion,ofthe Naval Generai" Staff for tile pqrpgse "t äUt"i'fnä;;;";: 

tional infomration. Such interroFltlgn, as hereinarte'r säl oot, *u, ,tone"Uy'interrogaüors 

of the Nava1 General st,aff änd this fünction w." rro{, within irr"" 

dicüion of the canp personnel 

iror"- 

or their supenrisors; personnei 

i 

of the Tokosuüa 

Nava1 staüion operate

,,,-,/ ,'-(r,l 

:. 

. .:-' .li, ordcr to curtall .thi; lc;rgth of, thc.reviery; p"o".r",+iion ald .def..rnsr 

ovi{enoc.I?q bc.stoür!:!oA"!hcr- r.her i! is,th; sarnc, to sirä,li sfight diii;"rrr"r":- 

and .i9,fj:}I il gap.s. Thc dcfr;nsi.r ..rvidcncc in süch casr: wi,lt b.:,uäOcri];;;:--il, 

sam,:, u'vj-dencc. has.b ..rn prwsr;nted'{91 

-anci: a.gain!t.,{iü";,:o{ ihu ecct1srd, to s,ri.:orlU-o" 

Cofond !,[g ttconf riputiolt tp, d iqttrti Of ,a paiticulpl p,j;, To prcvunt, r.ipütili_on 

Such:.ovicioncd ls prcscntrd in.Lhi;s i'uvi,w.undcr a:.subjict for "echtof, thc dcceascd 

fi,:;..1*:Y ,_111,,?.-{T1,,..fl{nnr.H1nr 

a.nd ,_irnmer., 

ri,-snourä ü;-r\r"tr,"r nored,_. 

l-Tll..llY-qliYn"Y;.YflPiti'll,i I anci 2, ar.:i cit,d as part:"of .thu proÄcösrion sase 

.1-9f.tüu Fväsor-l :unat._t!-u-f-lP-^l1Ar.as ':4'rt of".btrc cross.*,:taninätion.bf try

? 1.:.!4.: i! 

Nar4v Ganerar starrA3S,Hf"lYll;".t:.:yö ä?i,lT;. ffir3ill;äg'lnä"H1"".15 iff, 

as a resulü.of thaü.agrecmcnt, thc dispat";;;Ää., qt 

with Ofuna had 

such to 

lnterrogatois., 

cooperatc 

obeying !he:dispr:te!, urirü,c"miiär" *au]-d.noü 

the ordcrs 

ue iecÄnicarry 

of -thc i'laqr Gcirer"l- statr *iuü 

rorlowing-'such 

"""r. cooperation 

ordcrs 

buü 

in 

would 

ordcr ro 

be 

carry "ui-*,"-äriäiii"r "är;g-;i,-ö üö; ilorl. 

t,t' 

did rroü Tlt", gfyo Ft glpp,ryp,,o9! r_egistcred with the 

know o-! 

REd Crosq 

iüs axiste',co 

and they 

sngit'"i!:f ,ry, 

tl;üi;-..iij'ägö;- 

P,'s wcrc held: ücmpo:ä"|Ir{ 

n"äi"-:ri'tr,iu canp 

to'bc'rntc3og1!g0'.and. aslhureinafücr 

dg4s" 

s.tatcd 

srrbnlüücd in.Sp,cci.fi:catio" 

und.cr evi- 

i, ;1pr,[.ffi"A,pä"lnoof 

not givcn ,bSought to ühis canp yrcre 

the stdf,up'br rt'S , uiidurlfr,ter,natioiei i;.- 

.. . :., .. 

ln11tarAll *L:r;f::::foj,:|;1!,.of 

rl: yokös.uka Navar srarion, üus_ 

l*id,*n?I..:T*""3_:i"FlN;i{.ä;;,i*dtliül'*31"'ii"';fi:H,lTälri:l'i:ni 

Sta!!. if:!:::",1n:,n:'3.t::g-:t-fil;.5ii-i1".n".nr.-co ääpöi," iü#iTr"ä{.f 

rcfuscd a rcguost 

ioluinciio-"or 

of:g61,e64n ,to iioä"f"ffiFg?lüü}on,".. 

lhis.rcqucst, in ttr*;r 

'.s from Ofi:na becausb of crowded 

Spring.Ji-i 

ficbr 

in ühi: 

c, wAr G:rydnAI, sTArE,,, . , 

(1) For th;. prps:eution .' : ,: r 

--,- - !o) gt*i3li-,,The-N+v+r.C:1""11 staff 

sancm'etsu, 

int

,/'1 4 

- 'r./-'ee'z+'

an infeqte.cl finser 

F3.nglel{u, r9!us9,

6.' 

uterrogatorsr. tvcrc. found 

th,j inlcrrogctors of ühc. 

thu rnistr'aümcnt of P,:$. 

) 1 o ' 

.i

..$ 

der separaüo hgcidings.. 'ftfAg.rce erönce-r.Dlrig,the_ cht€f,:eecu1|ty.officer is noü only, 

presented undor ühat headi-ng but aleo wlJ.l- be found under the names of.the.four acäused 

ohlef security offS.cers, Higurashir.Sakr:rna', Mizr:no and Yanaguchi. Under the 

heading rtlidar! and ttAkiüa4-w5AJ"-.-b-g pT9..9.9!F99 gr$flqnq-e.in respect to.tlcdisry!".hcomarider 

and chief sulgeo.4 resfectlve3y.. Throughouü tle review, where applj.cable' 

the other officers in the -ehaln of'conmand ane presented' 

..a 

ry 

Rear AdnriraL 

Viep tdniral 

fr 

:ft 

': 

MÄRIIM0r''Kuninorf' .':' :': t, 9-!-82 

. M$nl,'Kunizo , ', 

', )p-2]:.42 

' "L2-2L-42 

8-2J+-l$ 

' 

a 

'': 

' - ',.. 

-' ,'-1. uäqgr lpu.iurl orders fiom ühä'-Ccrunarrcling Officgiof th9 't. 

-Nav-a1;Staüion; reaötr haa-1he drrTy tä see that ttrg FlVs did noü escapg2 naintain sani--.* 

#i ä*ä$iäs. ääöffiifi" ffi8d'{fi ililii: #";3, wele 

- ihs if,H f33*'ti3"i',i:Uli 

g:*it *r;;i:'-** *'"*{*, *ä*"f,i3ä"1"i"'Ufr H" P?.Tf; 

3 täfi;}*#" fäfi;ä$:#"äffii 

ä;";;;ä ;äü;oLt"J ;ö.-iü 

ra5l i& iioe,-sz\, gar', ry9,.ft81- au 9op- 

ratilu"":of,the ä"ara Unit.wiro testifiirl a.Onlttectnefr responsibi'lity in 3eepect üo 

the aboye,clutiee, (ux r; R 968, 982., 9?3, 1Ol, 1003, l-004, 1r+70)1.91e9nt wherq a- 

gräenenüs were niaä uy üis supärio16. (n-f:+o). Mori further üestified he inätruCtea 

his senior'siaff offi-cer, Kaüo, io look out speciflcally for Ofuna FTt 

g6mpr (R 9s?). 

, '2. 

Miäuno with Nakaüara, tho chicf surgeon prior üo Akiüo, 

nnade arrqngenents fon me-aAical ürcaümenü for P$Is-with the Ofuna Fuel Depot .t tl:_ 

tirne !ho:oiuna ffiw Ca,rnp was estqblished. (PX z+{; n 755r.?8l^)...Therjgüh, during 

an epidenio of 4reenü"'ty,in Juli f942 arrÄnged for hospitalizaüion 9.f 

Hts a,ü,üfe 

t t";"kt$"af träspitaJby eontäcting ühe rtd;utant ancl ühe head of the hospital. 

(n eoe--ero1. 

9.' Mizuno requosted an interpr"etcr for Ofunä anr.l aldo additionaf 

iloctors for tnä Guard Unit, on conpJ-aint

:;,j:r:"':l 

&,.. Mizuno'requested the first security officer, Yoshida, üo 

pr€pare regulations for the operation of the Ofuna Dispaüch Carap ancl revised ancl 

published ühen.. (R 792). The reguLations d,rafted by Yoshida (his testiniorgr for the 

defense) were approved by the 0O' of ühe Guäril Unit:and the .senior staff oflicer. 

These consisted of regrlaüions perüaining to the .guerds (no

: 

y'"'t'''' t'/ 

thet th':rc b; inüerpr.;ti:rs in handlilg-th;...risonsrs- ,jdo furthcr said 

ranking 

that 

orficcrs 

high 

rrom ths -iaval Gcncräl stair'"i*o irrq"".tiv-i" gfuna, 

üh';'ciisoatch 

that if 

unit cornmandcr was in:ffici,..:nt thc mt:mbers'.or tir" :..rava1 

"9.4 G;n;ral 

aävis" htun anJ Strff 

irt. **ur""';-l;:l'.;oi"c"notrr staff 

at 

rrho 

ofune kni;vr 

rrcrr; 

a.11 

inL:rrogating 

*bouü the p..s as wc1l as tntorneai;"=i;;r',"(n 

u5g). wsz, u{sr-ää., 

, 

... : 

.. 

thu invcsrisarion.,,.+;!.'fi:T{ü;i.!1,3l: ix:;:t'd:t$.ffi'uill";:.fi,xi:L 

th''ir dut'r y$ safuqpor$.P,'s from nistrJ;:tmcnt th" "om.*r0"" 

rvas 

Ji-u,, 

rcquir;d to 

disp,rtch 

contircl'th; 

unit 

c0 of th,, Guird;unit._ührough thu +'Y chicf Y"-r """"'"ity or--- 

and rcceiv":n. di-rcgtion of tho CO. (ri 1461i:--o- 

.li"'" 

Gu:rd. unit rvas r.,stilbrishcd 

or chansed by dirvcri",-u;, il; E3i'%"irü!; I;ff:-. 

for Lhc Gencral ;ri,*r*i,"3l|'l'";Til:t$.n tH;"1üjj:"i:ir:"i;iiij";ä"i5il"u 

copies) in rosp:cü. to i4conrir,g ..na {!eö1Xs-1iti, _ 

:"rftcr bvi.ng ch.ckcd 

sccuri'ü;' 

by 

officor 

thc 

üh:y 

chicf 

wcre ronrurdcd 19-'tiri co of ühu Guard 

alihough 

üoit ro" his 

initial.:d-by-gubor'$ina.t,s. 

signaturc, 

Th_is:Ji rüports n0""" uilp_ä 

Guard w *. 

unit'' 

co of 

Fron 

the 

dref'ts. submiLt-d.by I iti'qu5i'; tn. pn."ro..äi"i 

parcd 

,olt.r, 

du::th ccrtificat:s 

cakg arso prc- 

of p:s anA ifü,r obtr.ining ihe sral of 

ühc 

th.:, 

rcpo.rbs.rv::.). 

chi;f surgüon 

fo1'r.*gta..u-x__+L.;{.gisüant ".y"ortit! officcr -iiri"; or chi,f s.Jcurit;,r qff.icer 

to. t!ö c0 of thu'Gue'rd'Llnit:lol.his,siäncr"ü, ;;pir" 

rvbr:. s+nü 

or 

to 

both 

thc co 

repörrs 

of thu tlaval- sür:tj-on enct"on, w:s'ku;t uy 

secjtion 

tir

NltLi,l 

' 

--;/L'ut-t 

* t'T^ J 

TN 

JOSHID,^r. Akif,usa 

' ii . 

-:i. ... ...,,.';t :,. 

.... ..i 

HIGUR,SHf; Sabur:o 

S;J(Ul'rh, lliji 

L:Izp;,lOf, Tgru, 

5-L5-l+2 

9-1-43 

5-5-44 

s-31-44 

8:.25-45 

.), .,, .(U) Eoqpani.ibii+ti : thr,,c cpnr,randurs,of lhc Guard 

.Yn.iü:triizuno,iôrie.rr$@istqubsccuri|.yorii"o..-oi---'.: 

Yokoiril

' 

There were na55r clispatch units. In p*fonniag thesc

jjl':.i.i:jjr:if: l 

:o' 

{. .' 

'l-' ,-' 

i',,. 

':'accornpani.d Iiudo on' inspections. tvl"l, tir" rlar-bJ;an t" viplsni-ii- ioJ' io"o"sary ro 

r,.c of{icors suohâs*ll_ 

-t ,, 

:}ii:;Jäi:i:;l;q{f'q:;li*};,1i1=p:*llnl} ;,;il:3;ii 

i;iJ:" ll; iiliü":: H.T"iiiiiii' H"tfi, "H:f 

;;:*1,?{t:tgi*i;ririäiilämhavi 

gonc.to ofun* Pgli Ödnp moro'ort,n"inan il il";ä"ittä-""t.-il.äit*"s. 

T499' L526).''1!ud9 bc-l-i.1vy$ 

(R 

tllv r.,qqust,,tiuit'caie' ir. 

tion ft* !o.alleviatc 

at'Ofuna b.:causy,of 

t,hc 

rhc 

situa- 

incrjis,f gr.yin!9r oi-:pli"';;"-;";;;;il;""; 

;of.ficsr, (R'1509)r. a.srafr, 

pl?.qkr, hovrcvcr.i 

through !äilfiira-it"i"tn" rü:uust,.ciln\j .from,rlda 

{e'rygtlcli' gigh not ortJ;r piot--stud ti" io"eü nurnbur 

lack o'f 'fabilitios, of Fr,is uui-ääJ*är.,o 

to trcaü rhost that w"ro i"i"i"älühaü 

il-;; 

sorneühins 

;;r1il":;"quusr.:d 

bo donü:to üransfc,r ühc rr','s i;;ü"-;;ry;- 'i;;üffii";ä: 

q*:t to lr!6hcr, aurhoritics.,lui, 

this rc_ 

houring iro" oonr. (i'ilS-, ilSa;'13tii: 

: 4." SUZUEI;^-Tha "oin'duti's of th, chir:f 

acting 

sucurity 

concurrcnil-,y ag-ä'oiv_fr.n-.can*nnau* 

officur, 

oi-ti,c,yokosuka d"rie 

act 'äs. 

unit, 

thc ,cormnandor 

wcru 

of 

to 

thc firc pr,;vuntien unit .nä-1h.-;;*;il:b tof .thu 

cv uniü,'wiüh thö responsib.i.rity 

i,riurgcn_ 

' io.giv*: anti-*ir "iia g,liü;iJ",;. 

in Yokosuka. , rhu.civirians 

Hr wils also charg.:a vif,ir -tn.: duiy..of guoräing-ir.; "o.ror 

Yokosukal 

port .t 

.sppcnrising üh; ,tortinf u ''gunuokuä" ono othur'porsonni:r .:r,r loyc4 at 

{oftgsukat- tho ür-altringr el rec,ruits and lcrforming various cducational ard rnoralc 

9di9"' tho rcgul3!{Ä'3$ dlsdeJid4s of nr,lroi-.rcrsonnir:in th.. yolcosuka 

station aroAr.pa:rblcipqtion 

l.t*var 

i4 vurioüs:navi,I cu""u,onio-s;;ü"-ir".räring of air reid 

prccaSlio1ts at ihc irlaval:strtion and d,cf,,.;nsc mcesuros:oänrn"t iio", go" rnd bomb: 

lnc lüt*ckf r th, constructiori'o{ acru"ro-"n;rl"i", ",-,a i"iini:as orricer 

day (at this 

of tho, 

tin:;'confiiild to thc. pr;nl-;r;t;;; iokosuka or,"o in j.,rery 

chie.f :sucurit;' eg11"cr: 3 dny"). ttr" 

ciLso: h::.d 

,' 

chi..r.s.: of th"^;;;;;;; Jirir" 

1y'a00 

Jf 

ni.]n'in thc Ist 'and .r:pproxirnctuty 

2nd 

: 

Divisionä of rhc; cöalq,ü"iI:iR iäs% iij 

Divisio".trT'lT$j:"10.^:l+-f^sccurity ;:.hii]] ,i" 

oiri"-rr rr1{ 

(y qtlgrit,.v_-tl puniFh.-.th. guu,rdsl . 

-rroo; L?gr,.L].6?lr,eld 'o"..;;t;;t;-;;-;h""?o-or,.ur," draftd'ünt rvirh supar-: , . 

visiori of üh';'disp3!9h-'cornnrlg:fr-1i!{uoi1q oucrri eria'iia*-"t oruna5:ap4 15" 

euardg-disnarchud_!,höra, (n.1369,'r.3g};: äaar:;; _qi:düg;-äo,üi"a., et ofuna,.:- 

-h,aq:;appo$ti,dor1..i.hc;;ä";;.';. fiL'"cö.;r-t[lc'ü.".d.Un^ji.(ßB3il,. 

. ._ : a. +f:.. :-.-'i-:--; r:--.--r. 

' '-'' ' '. 

.'-,'- - 

'Öf'11 +q p lO aispc.tch unjJr 

' 

tär',**ni"a:by thu.CO of -'- 

:' -t!c,Sua1d:unitittr'-crril,r. secLi.!:. ätr*ri::in$"otao,rec with ih; ord-;rs öT th,, crrg r-.::.ii. 

---:-gI tlc 

"" 

Guarcl unit, c,ispat,cir,d. 

' 

sü:xcisr:t,ootr cilu ;i;;;";;-"r-"tre"ri;;";; ä;; 

, 11":.:l,supr;rvision ov.;nth*; tlispätph.u$!"i although ihq.CQ he.d final'authority of -r,:- 

-, - . 1l 

appointqonl."S.dismj-ssat. 

-Jl.Lzgt,,L2gg; Iz93-1296, t326,. 1327). i.udo, tir" - 

- c0 .of 

-örd"r-cl 

- the Guerd Unj.t. and.Yara.';]uchi, üh- ch_l"i s,curity orri"ur, 

S3zut.i io 

*(n Ofuna aftor th'fiar üo adsisü lida'ih turiil-n$ovcr thu pl.;'s to irrr".,ifti.aTl;;.E":.- 

L35T, -t356, t359);,-. 

. 

Pctty olficuf Oalru, i! rnvtrbcr of thv staff, of ühc chicf 

socrrrity officcr, gSgparcd -ttr; for' lhc Ogneral -fiairs Suction of th- Guard Unit a rc-" 

por!' in guinlgFf{öf nan;; 

':haüicinaliüyi, agq and gonursl condiiion (not.in 

tcchnical mcdical langulev) of-svcry F.r i..t:[rr"-ii".rr hö cntcrud th" Fcit J.p:-i,t 

l_?O2).. Th-;serroports &f[ur conplcüion ,0""* "tr"t,,d b], th.; chic,f "."ürity äffiä"". 

Thrcs of üh' rcports wcnt to th; C0 of fhc iftrvol Station, orrv to th, CO of thu . 

Guard Unit and onL, rrrleined iviüh th- chief sucürity offiöor. (rt flO:). ,ilthough 

th.; final 

99py 

or this ruport wcs signccl by th- COl of th.- Guarä unit- prior to tt=r 

üin- thr,t it w;re subnitt.:cl to th..; .l+vcl Sti,tiirn; th,'iniiial ruport lri.ls first 

1lgne$ br'th. subordinate öffiöcrs. in th_ S"curit;, S.cCionlurA-üt-thu c?rl_..:f Sccurity 

officer. (li L3.14-L3I6, l-3?L).' Tcstjrn

. ,',( , .' ( ..t, 

".- (" ,"! 

Thu chlcf s.:rcuritlr offic;r hi..cl no control at Ofuna in 

conn;cüj-on lrith food, rn.:dical.'affirirs:.br h.;rri:uci,furtir.:r h;-.d no "o"t*f ov,:r th.; 

P.''s sont to cfun:- (n ]331,,' 1339). Suzuld did not hcar aird do..rs not beri..rvi..: that 

fy ef .th.; strqurit;' officers jVur^hvo.rd of an.1r. ,J"tr"oi^""t "i-in.,"ilis 

'Ofuar 

r;'t tho 

Di'.spltcJrr0Fio: .(1i,.13e1, L32z).'rt''nq"1thu nelietlor uottr iiic, thu

iilf,,üi;r;,'L!::l 

'(i i tL ," n,/ 

Higuiashi as dispatch u'it comraandor and^bofltcn,by 

dcr to rcturn somt:.rnosquitr 

hiro for fc.irure 

;;;.-(it to oboy 

i'iozi"isiili- on ordenco 

wtrs pr:usi:ntud_in'rri_" 

üJ aonitti,d., 'or.ruvcr;.rhar cvi- 

rn t'is conncctiön'suzuki c"".-irrit, r.;. 4" 

; [:;,ö, ]äoi4t ,r_.(n.yA7 t"stiril,ä'th_at , 156g, ouchi'*o"'' 

I5g1). 

cornmandcr bccausc hc 

"Ji.rvcd 

dran* tooä"t 

of his 

"otu 

dutii 

orä:"";i;"ilä c'ünp 

his wcrk, rä r::ii;+s 

.l : 

'' '' j \-- -'

g. HIGUIiiäSHI 

,'{,,, f., .,' {' 1' 

"i'i,i ":. 

1.1: !\/; 

il. , 

tt.:::, i!::i:i 

/a \ 

\ r,/ I'or thu Pr.,socutiiiri 

. . . . - 

Higur:tshi lv::s thu ciri.,f srcurity officcr r:f th, yokcsukl ltri.vr:l 

Gur.rd Unit llf'lr.r 15 Moy 42 t,. 1 Srr;itor.rb;r /+3; (f;: Zln7, Z5A), 

(*) 

f=rsoEl /rffidr.Vit: .r stl,t;l_r-i.;r1t i{i..s ..,bt:in cl from 

1 Higurr.shi, F;i 2JB, ,:inclintrcrluccd intc tviqi,--ncc. .pcrtin;ut parls of this Lffi- 

. :. ,i*'nit :i.rr :is .f,ollo'rs: .. {,. 

i 

itt tll; tiiru Higurr.slii lsswacti 

his duti-s h" ili:s tclcl b5, lig 

prc.d.,cussr;r, Yoshitlar,thif thc i{r.ve1 Genc;ral.'Stlff hr.ri.'grr,e.l'.influ;riö.:.in iranäfin! 

!h.' prisonors ci'ilfincd ;f Ofun:: urcl th .t lirq GUard Unit wlrs t,,r clrop*;rr,tu rvith th,ä 

in th'ir worl;. Yöshida furth;r t 1,. i{ig,urasni' tirat ls flu Ofuna pö'ti C.'rrl-rvr.s not 

a r..,8isLrrutl._canir r;gu1at_i'inst.f?r th: ticaLr,rent of Prrs cs.rau.frora the tfaVy Uini"irv 

thrcugh thc Y'..rkosulta I'llve1 Stl"tion.. lligure.shi.buli..:vecj hu covcr,cl this i:oint .rf 

besic polic;' with his Eucc_jssor', SlIl;ur_rc. 

Higurcshi;s rluti+s f.t !h., Gfunl 4ncl yokohr.r.ir FOII Car:ps lv.rrc 

tc furnish thJ n;c*ssl'.XJr L1r1tS,gu.:lr',] th-;'Pl.'s an{'t:i trtitsf,,r thur,i t,:., arrd fr,;n th, 

P01i Carirp. -H,'ruc.:iv-il lr c..Il,I .:t{ th., rr,p,-rr:t ctf th;,F.s thr.t trivru t,-'b,r trl',itsfcrrcd. 

fn additioä it w'.s his

ciispatch unit colrrü'näer thc nurbur,yf Fi_"_, thu 

gur*d':d 

nunbcr of gulr.ts, 

anti *r;;'nru;rber 

h,.rlü. 

of 

th;y 

Fi piticnüs' 

hcro 

-19 gstlJiir].:nü of pi;s 

thc ctispctch cur:urancicr, (R i.r*s rcp.-rrtcci by 

Via, y1r, tiiei,,liaii;' 

HicuroPhl u19'1.r.:{. suzuiri 

POli Car:.p (usud !,i; lqlnsport a i.ii frc;n thc yoliohri-,e 

for proproginc!).!c,lfriru Uccrusr- i" 

ordurs ''fror-: iO,, n3r;rv{_Gibst,n) 

th' i{r'ver 

h:rc1.noü 

Genur*l S.tQff.' obcycd 

Thu ,L.v,:i cu.,-}rcr btcff 

üo raport to 

officials 

Hig;urashi ths.t 

t:;}d 

thc Fr 

suz.uki 

tcit"r"i:rr."il"il"' 

ilcgord,.r.nc

:iliriii 

Sec also t;stino4y fi,r ttru defcnsu uncicr th. h,aciing rr0hicf Sccurity 

Officcr - Gcnoraltt and thr.: tustir.i:r1, cf Sakrula giwn in his oyn bohslf antl 

i:.s a dcfensc rvitncss fur othcr chicf socurity i.:fficcrs wrrlcr thu hccrling nsaku.lau.- 

S..;c als.: tcBtir-L-rng Undur "Chiuf Sucurity 0lficers - G-i1crfror: 

Sepi;r,ibcr )-, 

h. Si.KUI-r 

::, 

/ r \ 

(f,) 

Ey_f_ttro__tr.:SS_cuti

,' ."::,; ,',.:,.':tDuriag thc 'tüo nänthu ''pun{g4, at: the,"ueginning of' salcü4är d 

tour, of,duty üiat, üäin." +rlurg..ip. th.e-, ho-qgiial.;tnä folt-pwinE rggtle1lrrent,by_ , . 

suards occürrerl; Creepe (Fa}} pI 42'PX'2J;,p'19)1. Stieluran (13 Oc-t. 43 - PI 

Vir-i-g., Iö, px 3t+\t rritzgerailri (nattr: ot Iß -.pit.3o, FX lr2i First part 9f NqV. 

tß'_'pX.'Z7,lF LO;,tqä

' 

' 

Unit in rugcrds tir security i-raftcrq,. 1.Th.1 chiuf s;curity officcr cur:'r.rends the llava.l 

Irr.;rt.Gucrd Qr',r-rpohint;. th' l.st lrhtl 2nclrDlgiriiihsri thu fire fighting units.qithin thu 

Y-.k;sukr. Ilrnti arue-c.n

. T ''c t'('/'' 

: 

Guard fr:;n l':1.tr' f,;. 

S.;curity Officaqg ; 

..f th' Yokcsuka.I'{aval 

,Sc,; tsstir-tr;ny unciur "Chicf 

Pulin$,-tlli-r:&ri,gi gi.zün.i ui'.s chicf svcurity oflficcr.'guLrds 

enti 

.et Ofunc. POl': Gru::i) föfcgd. thc i':'.s tu C.; thc ,: 

- ; q ' . 

ItOfuna cr

diffiöult tr, clivicla the lii9trc.atnunt of :thcr'; in bhu r.iann{jr in uhich it has bcon 

clr'nc. j-n cüscussS-ng thc incivicluals rrh-' rrcr.: ilis.ürueücrl unciur p","i_"u-"hiüf-;;- 

curiüy cfficers., - tabu-l-:ltj-.,4 $y f..he'rcvict,rcr,'ih

.;' 

'd., , :i';., 

o 

-.. . . . 

. . , ..,t-thc. tii.ic Ouchi was aqp+gncq..ti; the Ofqna pOt, Conp hc.yras 

!,o1{tl-k9o.p-!!rict.ccntrul,,,-ivcr ar+r pcls,,n.'rn!'eriiig'oi liav-ing -thc äar.rp; that 

rtrc.val- Gcneral'Süaff p_crs,:;nnjl cenp'ior,in!,e9.rpg,Xti,,ii; ttra1, the-d.aiiil schccluL.; of 

i'..s'ferlovlijo th9 1ayä].sehydyl.;_tnor "t,"ict';;;;;ri'bc.lrspr.as,t;-ir";it;""ä"ai- -*rO 

-ti-öns.of F:s;_ühirü.babh.and lauriürJf tlî:,s. tr:'bc pqrforr.ied tiäc. 

- . ö - 

.,9s[.: \,rt c{u.rp.Iil.ru ley $^Lylr? t+ fgJrl- :.f !918).-.Eo- . : _ 

._ - ginnfui;. aboü-t'Octe$c5 42 thc'*a4gü,turdnti6t prts'hcrEacc,5re riuclr w;i3ö: -Tha, .. . 

...-F;.swgnt..backrÖpthoir.starvat.iänra|i;nsi:r,l,rsttÄ.iccI'iiLc1yarr 

'..-F".swcnt..backrcnthoir.starvei.iännaLi..,ns.r.1r. il:.gt,'tlu..i'i"i...t-^âiraVlc.n > 

' da(l,. dät1fr;r thc P,s uh::n Ouchi-ryae t4p;rsforre.J-and tida ücplacci hf r. -.-.1 f,. ''.i . - 

- F';:e.on. ühoir dcilaltüre-.f:rrli.ttro ci:rrle,'ltqrg u(lrlrrd by li1!d ü.. f.,rgot-all pb,rut 

,i Ofuna. anrl 

'JJihough-San:r"elsu-gne 

nrt öö rronii'nit. 

,tü"r'1n5qlr,6a1.;r:s-an{plintcrprr:ta.rs 

tr'.:ru riir.licüI.y rostrcnsiblu.fiir. th, rjitrcatn.cnt -f allic,j P1.s .- 

- . . Jicla r-Ls,i instJ.gat-ii-and l-.fciurüd indivirlual gue"rds f,;.r:istrcaü pris 'ncrs, 

(P.:r zg,'p r-lj r], .20) , . 

' -a 

_..-,'FRI1Z9.iE+,I,Di -- 

- 

(r* 

., 

ci:r_p fr_r.; I.rW'L3:Au fg .l*oory 

sansr-:atsu vras ttr' 

L|.). 

r-cst-Iffintial persoa in iunning itr" "*p oiiu go.r" 

norr-''a1ry_vcrba11y 

or

':' :'l;i;;;i.i;; 

*-"y']r-. 

to stop it. (PX 4] t p 2, PX t+4, ,62, 8?: p j, pt 1oo; Iop, p ?, px.r54r'I76r.2J2r.218i 

nn56). Other FiIs tesüif.icd tlrat Iid.a nevcr: ryisfrcated aPTtloi cau"äd ühem.to:be 

punished, Px 2).5t (ana i4 addition iida was nevcr scen öften by the PlTs), pl 220, 

(was pleasanü and gavo, Plfs additional food), Pn ZZl-t (never nriltreaterl püls). 

(2). For thc Defense 

. n:r j 

( ' 

underthejuriscl,"ii]'ffi',"-?:T",:Itff$:i3*::Ti*:i" 

cluüies, undcr ühc cbmnrand of the comnanäer at the locaüion whär.e it iyas güationed. 

The Guard Unif,, however, süi1l retained control over food., supplies, medical services 

and ühe personne]- dispatched to and fron the unit.. In this connection the 

eviCencc shows bhat the Kisaragu,Dispptch Unit was undcr the coilmand of the Air 

Fiold Connander, the ToyokaWa Dispaüch Unit was under the coranand of the Chief of 

the Toyokawa Arsana-l and !h9 Ofr,rna Fuel Dispatch unit under the corunc.nd of the Chief 

of thc Ofuno Fuef Depot. 

2186. 2288. 2297. 2298. 3]|7- 21iL- 

',, 

2336, 2338, 2380-?383). r öhiel 

ffierrogätor.,(DI?).ThcCOofthcGuarclUnitpraisedridatoj.::l 

Inoue, thc süaff officcr:, by st+tiqg !,hat ühe Ällies after the I'lar woulä'appreciate 

his trcatrionü of Phs. (n 

'Irloubr'.ühe,süaff 

nzS),. 

officer, rnad.e five inspeltions or 

Ofuna during 1943 and 1944. and 'at no tj.rie did'he receivc a rcport ihat Pl?s wörc be* ' 

ing_mistrcaled. (& 2295-j4297, 4!2-231h\ 2331. 2332). This dispatch unit con'andt:f 

at 0funa niade 'an inspec antlEe-evcning. (n fg4o). 

.'l 

t 

j 

(U) CHjIRACTTJR OF IIDA: Iida actcrl liko a tancd cat in the presl 

ence of SanemaL'su and alwals answeröd tryesrr whcn Sc.nerrtatsu rvoul-cl order hira to kcep 

Pt{s in s.r:ii1ary eo4lirrcmont.: Thc interrogaüors of -thö irlayal-Gt;noral Staff prefer-rod 

to isnore ignore fida.apdterrl and teiil dircctlv Airectly:niüh :wiüh the chicf ehiel.nottv petty officor officcr becau-sie:thev.cöul-d 

becausie:theJr.coufA.eät. -cä;t 

things donc b*üer bc'üüer lgr in.tlris'manngr.,(DX.?r tlris'mannqr.,(DX.?, p l+r,il. 4r,5). Hu üu appgaröd appcaröd ts-bhe Pltrs PlIi to-ue to'be'ä.' ä 

prild?iA 

'Äs 

quic.L-man. (DX 94jC.,88. B9)l trida was alre[ty nice fe'l]ow qld..ä-lvcalr 

lcrson hc dfdncrt ropF$irO=ffiar'ruiä 

ropF@nA qit-ar'ruiä 

-: 

anC.Utre and.ühe gtheu$;f 

L,lf,anura. \o. 253r- D 

Elüanura; p;t 102. n zog}Zl?)r, --fiaa trcicr.erl his. suborclinates..nb!'to b-öa{JWs-ancl.to.3 

'üreat thern 

iäused thcm to be mis 

allowed prrp ro r,eolnäffiffi,; rHtr Iiäi::;*rfl#'"ä"Jiü,'?fffl";45.:f;"r,ää 

2JA4. 2+2o).-- Hc'sävä prizcs to thc Plr=s-at a track,nccü in po"""ua@ 

EJ[,Eff,_a+ffl; Hö providcd cntcrtainr,renü,'thc'sesc üypc of röörpation f,o püs as 

FrcmoüsflEäd-Eccn provicled by Ouqhi and allowecl than to plqy basebüll. (|ii3. 5; 

n L997). At one tinc a.Hits rvaich wa.s stolcn and ficla repl,lced it. (R 1996);--Iitfng 

quarters,.and cleanLi.ncss of canp, including laürinesr'wo'rc ideal under the circumstanbe's, 

(0X 74-ii. q..C). ..'rltho'ugh thc PI;Is wcre always hungry ühe'food was adaguate. 

(DX.74-8. DX 74-D). Ilda had a Japanese guard givc a Plt a pdir of socks. ' 

(B Z+14); Hc had plyvrood applicd insidc the roons to prevcnü üho wind frori com5ng. 

into EFc barracks. (R 2419). fida arrangccl cxbga cigordütes and occasiöäally pro-' 

vidcd orbra food.for-thoEts. (nx g4-C; n z4f9). .He conplaincd.t,:.r"Inouc, the stafl 

officer, thaü therc wcrc too nany trIs being hcld at Ofuna buL'no results'wero obtained 

äfter tt'ansr,rittlng ühc coüpLaint thiough ühc Naval Süeüion to the liTar Minis- 

LtV. (H 2298). 'Jcpanesc wcre eclucaüccl üo süiicüIy obey their superiors. (DX ?7r 78) 

1. Spccification 1.- Iida 

(1) For thc Prosccuüionj 

The POli'camp at Ofunawas used by thc'Naval Gcncral Staff to obtain 

operaüional infornaüion and was strictly an interrogation'camp. Intcrlogators 

of the Naval General Staff antl/or Kita.mura, the pharmacist rratc who could spoak 

English, informcd the üLied personnel incarccratcd üherc that they wcre noü PlIs 

büt unarmed enemi.eg anA tnat as to then hosti-Lities st,il'l axisted*. Tha individunl 

prisoners at this öar,rp nere ciühcr fliers or naval lxrsonnel andfcr various pcriods 

aftsr ühcir capturc the prisoncrs ryerc kopü in soliüary ccinfinenent in fiilnrrr or 

firet barracks. Gencrallyr alühough not ir]-ways tnre, bü üho ti.me thcy werc 

o 

( p 34 of 162, Iida, Case No. 29I)

" - '' '' .' , . f*tp(era1.ql; aifo*ir ""oibi'ptnl'..o.fficerr.,sgagegl'ühat Sasaki-, thd 

inüerpreüer f,or Sanernatsr4.handed'him a plece,.'of,.paper statirlg..!hat hg wae pot a Pif 

buü was 4n unamecl enemy, that his'tieaü.inent depänded upon the nanner he answered 

the quelbtioniilrof, theiinterrogaüors, and üliat the':safeüy of h5-s.life was not guaranteea.l:,(oi 

53-A). sed aLso -i5].", It-.is,notqd in DX 21 !hat- Sanenaisur the. 

chief .inErrggätgr; ,tol.ctl.th'ilpl'üs:-*[4Th-sy tihoy cou14 could be .ghot for-'ho!,.anowerlrg not.answeri4g e4e9; eqes- 

tions .tia.i".DXJ; 

aüa.in I.arigheil J-augheil 

at thent them anA anrl.sai,:i säiti he hopecl'ühey 

hbpe

unning around thc eanp for 25 or.3o nlnutcs and t,he ,nOfuna crouctrrr, hhen PIrTs' 

sagged ühey.'.sroro risua]l-y'böotert. _(PX,3Ar'PX'ttli'p'.3;: PX 62";'p1 86).. ,Orr July 4;, 

]-.gLi a.ruasS.pttllishnbr* of.'Plts *qs elVöh'ir.r.the',fp.rin'of ühö nofuna'crouch!'.because 

Iidars'1raeh'Lqsin;Wbs noö c]-ean"."(tX 37u p 4).''Iil.rla;prd12re

9EI}E&r 

.,tit.{q..insp*eLînn IiCa requ,ested the süaff officer 

that a denüisü be sent to Ofuna':iis therö. ,wcre hrany.prioners with bad teefh. The 

süaff officer transnitüt;$ -thi.9 noqsag:i't'o T.akahashi'and:Takahashi naclp 

'ihe 

the requesü 

to the chief surgeon. cirief surgcon toiA takafrashi that as cor,rpletc treatlnrenü 

cannot bg given tc Japani,'se soldiers a dcntist coulcl not be sent down to Ofuna to 

üiebt,'t[re Fip.. ,(n 1171)." ,.. . .,: i: . .. ;' :.;".: :.' '',. 

-::. 

.. 

4 ... '. :.1 

_-.&- 

: . 

. 

.'.'1.',,t' ,1t,.;'" 

,'t:'.:l't'.'.0*r,{ä:.'.riido,"ono"stoai"*vCIrat'tinßs ührough;'ühts chief'sciurity 

öfflcers"ühat,.P:l'ls'be;*-lrr.risförred'ftcti$'fröütiqntl;y'.to':bhe,ArrV c'dnips tincl'that 

wsundcd Plis sltouJ-d not'bc inüerned 'at Ofqna. Such reqqests went through ehannels 

to .!h9.Na,Va1,.S.tq!iunw;ithoub rcsul.ü.0;:.'.(R L335-1339, 1iO9). See also rtAiritarr 

'' under 

the' subJect tt1trsdiss-1 .$fflcgrsrt.in r.espect' to'Iida'requcsting and c'btaining a d.octor 

through the Naval General Sttff. 

(U)' ituai"af. Co"e-g!.I._Tr"q!Eel!__+r._Af,i"g: priof to 7 l,rarch 1944, 

I(aneko was the phamacist riLate and after that date i{itamura rcplaced_h-fu..'-(R 1I03r. - 

I62t+), During the porioC of. lianeko,r- accorcling to l,r.aher, thc sänior PII officcr, 

there was no nedicäl aütention for. aqy. of' the FI,rs. exqept treatmenü by'a pharnaöist: 

:maüä who kn,:w.'irothirig;obouü.neriici-ner'- .This pharnacist-nators trcatmlnt tur ary 

. sickness rtas't.:'firsf, gt-of; ,rl-l patientgr fgoä fer..a clay or two ancl kecp,th:nr on r"- 

ducöd ratiorl.'l forr.a.,w,.:bft or rnrr

li{:i!:l;.:: 

saw nedical supplies in the dispcgqary a4d,e,fteq.the IIar such supplies were ad- 

&inletered freely upon request. ("rX'96). i lci.Uci'fO Sron Janqa"y L; April 1945 

assisüod Kitaroura". His duüiqq w,gre..to.keep'Ki-tar,rurarS quap-terl cIoan, shine-his 

shoes, put out riedicines and wash bäädages. Bandagei were .washed" tinü and t.j.nre 

. jSaln.and us.gd or.t.sick and wounded Plls evcn though-thbre.,üreiel:sufficient clean 

bandqge.s and Baa1139 in-!!e digpensary. This:aff,iänt nolv,e;n sah.X,itanura.luio.new 

b.qgdae39 on a Fl/rbut'd{.a o1lyq'occasio4q sce.hin '.rse:.ri,ew gauze:änd'.bap{agos üo 

shine his Sa.murai. swo{.. :41.ühciugh-1Kiü-arrrura waB required tö-: havu. a sj-cil:bäI o.rury 

norning there wertj ;reriods of 3 'or h days when sucli ca11s were. dispensed vriüh by 

l.T. . f1lg,l3"3,1YaP v9ry ltlney gPoUt using rne.dical suppl.ibs on..the.F.is or giving 

tliem medical. treatnCnt,r,,.g.'ut qt the sarae tj=rne hg "eq vLry gene rou,s.in ireatfng tf,e 

169o] bi+ilian eopulalidh. ,rhe carnp. qookr" *ff",; y;;f;i;il;q-äw".ous orher 

.p|o.Plq 

wgplQ,cone to tltc capp.'rand go d:i.rectly.to thc ilispcnsary and rcgeive.treatmQnt 

fron l!+tar,lt:ra. Clean batidages were .usi;d bJr Kitamura oä these individuals. wh

DIARRHEA AI{D DYSEi\IERY: As advised. by Takahashi, Kitamirra 

stopped ühe food of a patient {o4 s.pefiod of :t'irne and after that gave the pati-enü 

a soft ricc gruel. (R 1629). . 

1 .,, 

arr:!rö]rre.of.cod1iver6T[Tndvase1in

Iida frcquentJy matle leqyostf tcr fnoue, the staff officer, that 

riiediqal officers be sent üo Ofuna. (.n 23?+.J1" 

.., r,''".' r- 

qi 

) t 

$peci{ica,tion .6.-'Ii$a, 

" . 

(1) . 

FoT the prqqecution 

Ll'liEn,' 'rtr nev.cf: oncd.saw- wagpant officer ficla'äctually inspect : 

theprisoner$r.foo[ffi1cwe.wcre.eaüin5ionit'o-:"o"i""rv-r'r';;-_;;;ili*;;il"- 

foocl fronl.the kiüchen'ouü of the carno on maqy obcasiohs.rt (pX'29, .p g)..,'Röil Ci.oss 

gf991s yery, Prgusltt 

*l ofuha an$ thäy "*"u 'tornotecl anrL eaten by the g"o"ä".' (px-lOl 

I! 

i". noted thgt' the phrase, rtl hcarcl on severalloqcasions that the cätop corn*ancler I 

Iida had takeh Red Crrcss food fror,r the carnptt, wad stricken by the Commiision. (n 

167), Hatä, .ühe cook, cliviclecl. about tofl, ot'ihe food among tire Co of ine ""*p i"C 

the guarcls. (pX I12). j. .... 

(2) F;"'!h; b.J;'nl; : 

'(DX Iicla ncver stole fooci ot'.orr:lere'tl the röduction or withhotclihg of 

food. 3. 5. ,6.). -fiAa ngvdr.took fooci for his orqri- uselrutat tjmes sent rice 

out to Ee-po1lsEäd. (R 2k1S).- The Navy General Staff interrogätors.brCerecl the . : 

guards to reduce the rrätions of 'Plirs'for not ansrnicring questiorib. (P:{ 2?i+. D{ j, p 2,. 

PX a5: n f9I6. ,f96?). Iiclq !1tl to'obtain Sanematsurä permission t-ffiffiff' 

@nematsu,iltlstir.e.'inrlividua].v*rogavetheorc]erof-ttistrib'.,{io'... 

(ox 3. .53-i,. 53-c). . riaa rievbn räüc Re

Peschau had died, Durlng the üime Pesphau.was ät .ühe camp hc received no rneclical 

atüention or raedlcine, Fritzgeralclr;'the senicir.p.T officerr' requesüed both Kitarnura 

and Iicla t,o: give hirn lrnrnediate,medicäi:..attoritiön or"'.dü:19ast meclicine in.order to 

retriwc him of his intense s.!rffeging.''''gothi Tida E4üJfi*t'atnura were cognizant of'the 

serious condiiion of, Peschau ancl ygt did noü take a4y steps to gi-ve him rnerlical- attention 

ori relieve him from..his'suffering. (fX 3L, 37i 38, h7; 48, lr9, 50, 5gr'79, 

134). 

fron {'ruöüüre 

all gPreaqYrcq 

1' (z) ror the befenso 

...- 

: 

- .:ir :, . 

No' bVidefce presentecl. 

:.. 

r.-."'"il:i - 

."' ,".I i'l'" 1' " 

SpeÖificäüio'n 7;G ;'Iida 

. 

_ /- 

.-, 

\ 

(1) 

'. ; .. 

. .lt 

:- ' ". - 

För the:Prosecution 

-.i 

:,,. ...:.. 

.,'io":riinur! 'iitrr,läl-äJ'ä.f:Hj,ä":*{";ir}i"Iiff"?'ä";*"3+:i:::,1:*t:,1?":il;. 

Hg ryafi touäa nbt guitrtyfor othöi"wise bbu-sing aad c[n{pibuling te:hiq {eath..... 

:.. ! 

' 

l 

" ';'t:' . .t '.'': ' ' 

Iidq. wg,s fourici guilty or,iiiis subordinatest acts in'beating ancl 

othgnriras'qbusi4g Gifü ifrerefgre] contritüting.to his'sickngss.and sufieri,rg;-l. IIe. 

wap found not.fu5Jty of cgntribrline to thg,deafh qf Gj.II.. -. ... : 

; ""i i :'r "; 

InMarch 9f l94i Obara and Nish'i cruelly'beaL Gilj.wiüh a clgb 

whife'hd,wa.s :supposed to be'asläop fs" the night. (P.X 65). N,bout tl.re ]sb 

of $fX 

1945 msni'aria Sugeta entcp'ed'GiTIts cell giid qeverelj' bea! hirn as he laSr_on.his. 

Utinkets. GiIt nüst heve beenl'iqlurecl intc.rnal$ becauSe he das never'abLe to digesü 

food after that, be+üir-rg.^'(FJ.64).,At ' Ornori POI''J Canp GilI gied-!f.rel1ow 

jaundice antl diarrhea; (EK'6f): Wfrdir G111 arrived. at Ofuna on the 16th of January 

ig45 iru was thin.:,bU!..wain!t.iä.too b.arl-,shape buL at the tjme he left to go to Or.rori 

p6glgamp he väs nottriiü.tut skitr ahd 'tiones and weighed abouf 8l pouruls. 'In January 

or Febr-uary 1945 't+O6;,r GiIL ias beaten along with other PtIs by a guarcl with a baseball 

bat. (R 1Ob, 4llr.,üAl, L28). Juä5-cia]. notice was taken by 9le Corunission of 

a"-äaü"Cioä

l , 

-/f gl\ 

(i) , 

-,'PlYs'vtere 

Lined'irp in froht of'ali. trre'.äthei prisonens in'cänp "i""pä.those that 

were" in' solitary. confinement, .'. Narae6 , gf ,F.qs listed,'inr ttre, Speciflca{i91 viq 

by K5-taraura ,f,roin re , read 

arlittle'r'blacli bobk än,i iiOe na l+8, 5l+, 64t 6J2 87i 

2tJr 2L8; H ?88-292r-'?9gr 3AOr'1.256). 

'The testi:^röql-- of I',iNaraurq, which .was' read.into::the'rer 

the. prosecution;,'suätes:thäü'Iicla:orclcrgq tt! b6atlrrg aftet;rgqgivirrij thd ordeis 

'- u"tüftr."-g{i5o"gn ltrishi beat anothei,l'li.uy flig-llg* t! F."d 

, r7?5, +7?6)::. nlls"ql: 131trer -t-eglifie{: lF!- Irat h,l*f: 

: l*i,""iÄh.lhese'Ets ai this was'ifi 

(R l6J3; L63r+t-- 

a 

'| ..:,. ,,. ] r'".itirerafo.and'ühe otlrer FtVs. rve'rs b.eatcn beoctuSc fhcy hacl ndt'' 

1.. : '.i.1. !'f.J.tzggfA;I0.AnU.lne OT'pef .fr'JS. lYgIrC. qe{I9i]II uv{Ji+utu errvty rrqs rNU 

- päen: payine propef ""ip"F and. rlicl:nob bow 1ow.9nb9g{r::which had bien 'noüiceC byi.* 

the intärrögätor" of ]he l(aval General (DX 

z, 

E!"f|.,, 

6e)-. 

.-: , .. ,: 

'' ; ' - 

' 4 ' 

,' Urrai"ial notice lva-s taüen by t e'iommission rsion -of oI ProsecuEaon 

prosecullon 

lu*t.tUit exhibit 1jä 10? and R Rtryi-aii 2O9-2L7 or of ooct"t Docl

z,/ a 

sonior petüy officer, fwabuchi, slapped ,gh.e try.t ..After dimer that evening atl the 

. PITs werc lined up again outside tfre'btri,]cling on srders issueä by Kitar,rurai Bu1lard 

wqs .991-1cd out.frO4r.the, rahkg ah5l'.l'ais: '51rück tyl,Kitonuia:'with a clUb- across the back 

of hip'löes anil. buttocks apBroxinateln;l,5:.tlnesfevarlthcitigh he had been suffering 

with a.vöry scgious casci,.of d#santqry tiäd.befi-bdfi_.; .,After boatihg.BriJ-1.ard l(itanür:a 

begain to, sürike Haruis;tn .u,'very .viciöüs nannerr 'rcsult,ing ln'Harrris fallfng 

to ühe ground afügn about..12:h1.9w3. llhile l-{arrts.wais on the.ground Kitanura kickecl 

hirn abouü the face and bocly:and nade hirir starid up again; He then continued:beatirrg 

hinwith ühe olüb,.üntil Harris rvqg,bgai-n knocked-down and uriable to arise. :Again - 

Kitaraura l

L.Z;./;.2 

ühat Hata süolc food. anC said he lop.cl !,hycy alJ- starwcd üo dcath. (OX. gO), 

' 

_Iicla 

never üook foocl for his onln use but jat; tincsi gerit. rice out to be polished. (R 2418), 

The NalDr General St'aff ordered that rations bi,. fo.dqced,',for fajl-ure of PlTs to answer, 

questions.. (ox l. n:r 4t. pii'?fL.tR ]:956, !g6i).' ri*a'trad üo obtain sanematsuts ' 

pennission to givc out Cross parcels, 

g,nd, $griag Qbristr;ias 

ot L9lß and 1p4k Rgd"Ciöö3 loxes.r"r5:qr;.'given 

'p 8). 

€I€ o 

', 

: , 

"'- lpür,i"tlr"nü ,''t 9f thc Plls'a,t ofuna r,rtt,Oro two,gopgrötr catögöiies. 

thc f,irst'bcing'lJeatings ortlcretl'officially'by thc irriirrogatorö'of lhq N+vgf 

.Gcneral Staff orinstigated by them.. Thc sccpnU iätegory, clf purrishment, was tlöne ' 

on the spur of tfre nonJnt'Uy ifre'g.pards for iifractions äf rugulations, such as 

sitfi.ng on blankets, speaking to fel-Low prisoners, lying down b

n r?6, 577, 592, 6Zh-634, tr21J,-].22}, L632, 16"?)., 

- Underseoring applioable fluring the period of Tamaguchl as 

chief security officer. .! 

{2) For the Döfense 

; 

.: 

. The llrtgfogators of ühe Narly General Staff were acüuätli'in 

charge o.f, the PI,{s and seü the. pattcrn for their nistreatment clue tci tho 

j ' ' 

faiiüre 

of ühe PlTs üo eive.s,glilfacüory answere. (px.3t pI l3ip{?3. pX.26-DX 3?; pX 45r- 

Px 5?) It is noted that the prosecuüion sffi e 

interrogaüors'set ühe paütern for the nistrea!ürent of Ptr,'s. (D4 36-B-{X 36-J). 

., 

' ' ' . 

iiqlker - Res?oasibirlillr for anct Cause of 

.at',. 

Death 

(1)@ 

. (a) tuglLic"tlgir.at.,t i'o'o1kl" oiuo oo*. L 30, rg45 from beriberi. 

(PX 266r pt). 

(b) 

.' The,.subordinates.of fida.unJ-awfully mi.streated and tortured . 

l{alker.by beating 6irt anci oiherwise abusing-tr-im. . speeification'Z-A - Iicl1, : 

: ; 

, \Ta-lker, at thc tjme of his capture in Docember lp/plj, was 

flying as an observcr in order to enable hirn üo give üeüter üraining to thö fliers 

sü,ationed atr Saipan and Tinian. He had special hnowlqdge of ,th

]TTTTIi.". 

i,"1 

F:l,iT;;:-I*--- 

l*l'i'tji'i'"-''r'r"'' 

:! 'r:ii'. i i':.1. ::;,1,' :r.i11: 

.,, ,;;:;:.,,';i:li, 1-'1: 

::, .' 

On or about August lst ft-alkcr and other prisoners were setrt 

benporari\r to the Llizawa Airfield ncar Or'lori by.train. 

T,Jl:rle passing through To[yo 

ühe guards p,err:uitüed the group to bc ]

ttrhe nuric tlhs.Li',tctior rii-alt

1g-{1fii:ri 

twF*='' i'it i 

i,:ii:t:','l 

i' ä :ii.: iit : tffii| 

;ftil iit,i -;t*io 

tiü-$,iliit' 

*-/L*Z-;;.Y 

2):_,rr rhe interro!i{,.**;, ri:oöjii:t*ä:;?3 31#;H"'t"äll:"o3l 3:Hä "[H_ 

:ji 

-"o*l.during verrr cor-d wearher. (E_+q). Heätins systens *;;J;;; pJ' 

bu5Jdings just prior 

ir, ,,u* 

to and after-Thcii,ar and res{riätions ön fuel 

existing 

resuLted 

svstems 

in margr 

bej.ns 1!'lippecl frbn buildines. (pl-Oii.'-d" äüiär'"ää"rfty 

ficers were not, rcsponsible-for 

of- 

heaü ar rt" öi;;iJr=ör"p, 

for hcating 

in-äriö.-ä:ööi." R;_ 

:y-1,"*lfj.Lf. 

at ofuna would be thc ctri"i ongincer of Lhc Grrerd ulit. 

tr( +llJ. The rnsta'll-atiol Division,.of.ühe I'laval Staüiän had överäIl ;;;g;-;;' 

|earl@.facilitiqs rn *ru.'törisrr.i,a*a, includins 0f;;:' äili!:ff"'""*cui*,ud 

rron higher n!afey1f9':*b{^ll" g}l"d unit to *"ä"-"to"o"-;;7;r";i.är.üiii4ethcir 

use aL yokosuka. (E zzeT, ZZgj, ZSOO), . .: 

ae. :" 

. 

: ,(1), dr.the_ Frosccution . 

thecauseofhiso"$i-ffi.ä"},äl"#i]".onMarch1].,1945and 

treatedartdtorbur.e^5't"ffi,nJT!it;;3ili::"";i"$;",H:l.ä;]ll,tli,.n 

7-B - fida. Emil remained. in solitäry. confinenoni iionr t$9 day !e arrived. (Oci;-;r 

Nor. 19rt4, R 1226) unüjr- he l 

died on Märch ro, iir,.j.-(rx 

ior Fr.ti officer, 

zi, i'bl:- ö;i;;;; ü;:;";: 

lestified as follorvs in respe".t:t;-tiie nisirä"i,i"pt-oi-urr,1: (px 54), 

barracks but al]owcl,ll" freedgm oi thc western half of th; ;;;pq"nd, one 

daily 

of n\y 

dulieF, in addilion to the Kanrpan q.ji, y,vas to polica ttre'Fr;jä 

the'southwes! 

iä".i"alä" 

corner.oflthe conpound, and'to'cleo" irrä-"i-ä i;;^ üncre around the 

i3"tle"L end'of the sr.,iiu"tr""r

-' 

-{;/( 

rrOn on! occa-sion, especially,when Asomar Nishj. and 

were beating 

Sugata 

Emi1, he collapsgd coropletoiy, -Asgnra äent the auiy guaro, obara, to 

ge! Kita4ur:a, I pharrnacist m4t:. op-ara., instead, o.erlled'ru "o'Ltät r äu"eneä 

had ü.akenwtrat 

P]1ce, apd then en shouüs '9r inc,otherigrärrr;;;;"i-me after 

returned 

K.i,tarrura. 

behind liiLamura ancl 

r 

1av,r 

h_i.rn pick rhuitr up-and tirrow.trirn iil"-r.,1"-;är--i 

had followed beyond.the o-p,,'n cioor in [i" aiäai"ä 

ii;i;i;;,";tducked out of sighr; 

Itopins noü to have bcen obgerved as.a witness to-tiris. The'fecling that these-ülatings 

of 

-' 

ET+ Pd.bcen-ordered 

by_sancroaüsu was furthe" """ii*d bf an 

speaking ggard.'who.befrieridEd. 

r"eiirh 

ai1 of ' trr,t .p"iso"i",;ürt.1aü;,"1i- "*o, in contact.,who 

stated to me when he.was.on:dutyr, that he-had heard. Sanö;i;u".";;"; il_iü;;i;;,, 

His nane' was Hi-rs,.se-irr.-., ....', ;.:- .." 

-,,.-: - --- -.:' 

. .i :. , 

,..,.i. .: 

". ' 

- ;.... 

1' 

. 

:' ': ,l'rf.o thc'firs,t week of triarch, aftcr I had becn transfcrred 

üo' th9,,EaFüer,'n half gf .!h: 

"oap9u1$rt'nn:r *ä" agai.n:beaüon uncunsci""=,---i r.rär":' 

this.as 'I.w'as,!,dld,of1',11,'uy a.'äivffian prisoncr-nariibdrFrank oga1a.- -ü.i[ On ttre next oay, 

Kitq{tgba,"tord. &y' Bosnts h{ate, ],eiboldr- tir"t q,nn,lla9 eoioslto'äie äuy.]'ä 

and 

ätd, 

l-,helpg1 .b"tv h,fu !n* 

r]ays laterr-but not'*r1il,'*ft"rianernatsu hact iome to 

camp 

the 

and had quperwised a Japancse funcral servicc ih which trre guards-pi.""atirrä 

usual sticks in a rcbcpt,aglqr on his _coffin, 

followed Uy.'{n; same"proceairre u.l, ari 

of fhe Frisoncrs in the.eaäüern hal-f of ,thö compound and after a äpeech uy s*"n."* 

in which he lauded Ernil-;: stating thaü he had died for hiö country.ir 

l 

rllihen.tr was in the eastern half of the compound. rqy regular 

duties, aside f1o1 cle1nirg out.'r,hc benjoes, were mainly in ttrö'eo*pou"aä";;-th; 

$cho's (phonelic) office, tending thc t'aiefiot"-(pn"""Ti")".üriuu"ry ano ftorvcrs.. 

tr vras ablc.in,this location-to.seJ practically airlygne wholcame to or left ühe 

incrgdils 

camp, 

the rntelLigence officErs. r'rjbseöea irr"i su""*J"u invariabty 

the 'Gocho! 

",.tÄria 

s offiöcr' issuing some sört of ord.Ers befpre ,leaving camp. . Or, ä""arion. 

could hear. a priponcrrs f 

nanre mentionecl, follgwed.uy'ir.O-iäp"rä".-wä"a ;irffi;;-:'. 

-(pfonetre)t y,rr+"r,\lo-lls jrlsdrr. vcry r"öqu."iiy'hc wour6 co4verbe.d few mtnutes-with 

- - Kiianura, wlo:spgnt a sreat dpat oi..tirne rjtl!r.c";pJü-:ä!ii"":'irti" *""t'äo;rä. 

i o1 

Pq3*91,^löf fhc f9]row11s day thä criäs' f,r'om thc ir6stein barracke nertld tclr - 

tl 

i'i :n* 

seritar4r;olf.ns+*naws?e belqs rrSthör-nun:-s-h9.{.'1 

ln",Titt"": ,, t--t - 

t , -:.' ;-i;-_:.t: -, ,ii1-_r:.r.mr$-t".ii".," in n1y-o*,n i,i.,a'.lt'thc a,yde,:s'for iiru -'-- 

;i--' - Frisohels; !rea.bp.9nt'_of 

incltrd.ing-th€ir''öcatings, wcr.c givcn uy i6;'ü""iat.*;s. - *' 

' frch the Japanesc5iJavrJ.'.r4bc1l-igöncc 

'direct 

0fficer.aid'"sp"ciäuy saäematsü-and yäkurä, 

'- 

to tire"Gocüos and jitärnuia, urr"-cl*p'pharrnacist nate. , s;iä;;-ää*r'ääli'.- 

sanematsu speak .tp lhq Gfnp co14ra"a"o, " r'rä.io"i oüi;";;;"Jiid;;:;""Jrr-.ia.o"- 

t"nq apparently 

*l 

hqd- riltle üo sayrauouü thc lunning or tr*-.n*.-+ That rida on 

llls o"ul vlas not'e too bad charactcr is ö+idenccd ly tr\y exlericnce -ön a eouple of 

occasions wirgn*-ir'b ,r.,priri*nclea guard.s..fo, ;i;t;i;s i""',ä";d;-"-*o{"i"ir'ä iä-üI*l'."0 

r remember his rvord.s; rrAshtar.asirta censü.wari olKanc.tuic[oi:1;hü;l;"i; ;i;].j i'* 

coul-d then translate as neaninG'.Lhaü"rrÄftdr todroruow when thc war'is orr"r, OtKane 

will be a Capüain and shouldntt be trca.ued so.n 

'';l 

: .. 

' " S. Johnson (n 650)ahd orGara (n V+il also üestified that 

ftniI told 'ühen that he was concerned becausö he coul-cl:not sai,isry th'ö interrogatbrs. 

: 

Foi, was rorced te lTuon fr:i3*l'r:T#l*: 

lt 

.: 

'., 

:" i. 

.: 

.,... 

;ä"i'i:31ä""l3,ll"rli"-3i5l"i;fi.3lil; 

and during this nistreatraelrt was tüü by'the'guards and Kitamuia with " sti"f. [rr":- 

size of a bascball bat fron 2 id 30 tiäes. in .naition hc was contindöusly rnistroaüed 

by the guards and Kitamurä uy uui,rg ;.";;tt;t.f"" *i.tÄ ä club ep y1tr5ühefu 

fists, forced to stand at attention ior roäg pcribds of tirac imd stand in fronL of 

a window wiühout blanlcets. He was hiü abouf, ihr hips, bo{y and Iogs and thc guards 

took parüicular delight in hitüing hin on a 

tltsppalg'the 

sore on his buttocks. As a resrrlt of 

deckrr vrithout shocs (either ordored to do so by Kitamura to prcvcnt hi: 

from slipping onthe ice or beöausc he had.no shoes except sorne bru:akörs thc 

Japanesc gave hin)his feet bccanc infectcd. He'(R 455) iiad tcrriplo' slits between 

his toes.and his feeü bccame infccüed ancl swoll-en, .other ndstreatnenü caused.his 

face to-be vcry bruised.r. drawn and thin, rrii eyes'to have .i blankl;;;o:ää-in-*- 

(p 49 or IOZ , Iida,'Case I'lo. '29L)

o 

--A---J-*^---E-, 

addition he was unable to hold water with his kidneys. (Beating and other nulstrcatmenr 

px 63t 

-62+, 

-72,!+i,.tz7, t|,o,.L62,.L66., +69?.,i9!,jji, äiä;_;'ilL,. 

6)5., 1232, 

t+i4, a5{-ZÄ, 

.L233)| ('wopjrin!.f,hs 6s,el(rr' * Alt,,i'Si'**ig,'1,-ie,, *2,- zisi-n'+i{- 

bjz, 639, 639, 6t+s-65or 7_ehr.r226). ',' i 

. 

,-'.,',1' ,.1," 

' ' -v-' +r, LL +)v- 

Thr99,or föu;.daf-s lcfo1e näU. died, during the period 

he 

when 

was lrlr'{oppir1g. t}: 

.du*"r -K-ita.u4rra.firsl hit hirn acrcss tnä.nips,w1lh a stick 

seTlling 

re- 

a baqebaltr.bat and t

::i*lr ,*::o.gil*'u_gp_lhi,1 

r19atr1e1i, there.was o{, +. raid and, 

quired, Kiramura, 

wenü to as 

his posü re_ 

Y.*ês, rrs'u ve urt lJvltv at 'ru the Lne front rront gate:antt:stayeä Eate aftl süayed there quite gwhile. 

. On hj-s 

f*"1"**_fryi::1-r: l:.iT 

",y,?II- ;J1igus,c9n9i!|9n end nitamurä'utayua wfth h 

l*5-:':"3u1-t,j:ti:".,1;"9+:i; xitäa'ira^d"ti:9 ;ilii;--r{;id 

üo die thaü day. ö;"ä;h was 

(4 lq3S:i.gttz, t621_r693, L7O6, rZOS, 1ZB, 1?15t:., *: 

with hira 

going 

lg"prtü*:d.. I tt'u'f"iä"ncä-;öp";i'ü"i'ni':i"ä"äi 

this .Subject'.'unilef ;ftAlüü-ärti ' .: " 

' 

. (g) rr?tü: -rtao, specificciibn :2, 

guilty of failing to prod6 adequäte heaü for EnI[;' 

out undeii.,this heading uricler rrTlalkerrti . ir' 

' 

(2) Fpr ühe Defense 

.--- 

i: : 

. ! . 

and Yamaguchi were foiincl 

See..evidence heretofore set 

I.]-.,af"l+,+: Th:'tlp"* General Sraff inüerrogators save ordcrs 

fi:,ll;., ir"*"fi1i:ld.ff 1H* ^:i.,H* : L3. iF. ffi #-;; ö ffi;. " [dEä151ffi i 

##*Fl;*,,1{**;g..tlrs goär1s:l:i.i;;k i,1äi9iäre"9ii""-ir,äi-öä"i*äffi;fr;ä 

:lrl..y*1:q*lFgyt*gt*t" 9 äüs 1n s, . io"ii 1-'s--.1ä ;;;,iiliü ;öää ;"' il ""äiläi 

::"ll.r *:-.:::::.::: *l1 ggt r: T}"1*.t 3gd,1pe,i,rfii,;"; ü";;ü';;"iiä"ili""-.,' 

death. The rev.iewer has; takän judiciar' "otiro=frr"t'.ö;il;t.;;;"ä o'md.guifty 

this 

of 

spec:lficationi : : 

? 

(r) 

(d) ''riöi 

Tal

and Zirnrner wers found with sone nir.ror 'ofjcCts irird..they along with at lcagblo other 

rien were first beaten by i(itanura ancl when they'fe1l Lo the giöund were kicked by 

him. Laüer the same day Flynn. and Zirnraen with other F{'{s were bcaten by Kiüaraura 

rviLh a baseball bat' until thcy fel1, to the,6rggnd anqi. rvero then kickad by him abcut 

the hcacl, back and hips. .(R 468-470, 5L6, 537, 557). 

fn rlune L945 for nriting on ühe waI1 Flynn and 3 othor plTs 

were beaten by Kitamura and liohara anci-knocked üc the ground. Each received about 

. 8 blovisi At this :tilne,I$yrur was :v€ry'tlrinr' 'sufforing iron beri-berj. a4d nalnuürition 

arrd weighed abgut 120 pöuncis, (n 5]^5, ,79, W),.. Also in the surnrier flLynn ancl 

üwo other F,ls.reeeitbd a.bcating'frorn Kiüanrura bcciuse a:.{ye'rnarl

'ä'i,1,, 

o 

,ii;'f,lt'j; 

't-. .'i ,' 

Fl.ynrtts completc rati

(U) 'Gdi"of , Iicl€t iras founti golfty, Qpecificatior,r 4 by faifing 

to provide proper medical treatmcnt, available drugs and nedical supplies and 

further found guilty, lZegrfiSglgg H., ot his suboroinates friling fo provide 

Huntuiühra"cliia.1tnlla@,oLhcr1r1iseäbusinghin.At

.i ::11, .;;1'-'1r 

right srm:was'bandaged.at ühe time-and he had bloodylaodages from his hips down.. 

The next ilay Richard HUIüT r,ras raa

o 

! 

Thät it was eold: andithat th-ere ffas no hcaü is confirmecl by 

paloh. (R 514). 'Thc irofusal of c-arhp'autiroritfes-to'fut F;rs fecd, Hunt or see that 

,lo TPu f?dlln the=gugrde is conrirmär].b;r witne-sg-os for ühe proseculioa and, affic?yil: 

of .|gryef pl,rs.'(14 Stti,.gu; 162;.R 571.r',5i29,50L rz3ör ;12hr,=;1itAl,lr,ä"u 

.crr't'air-.qn: *s9 SPIL?L-P .cq"fl.+l-thc afficiavits: _of Otl!äne and Leibb.Id urat'gunt was 

star\red üo deaühr 

l{3+.Py" ?.rr.e1 bJ,gc.f.9r, lfs 

dg.gth. by ühe: üesttuörgr clted is.placed 

sane.p!'su, 

:l 

!|'ö ehre'l inr.q'rrogprory,'anqr,/oiTii+'!iri.p;" ü;;ü;'äläjru.purs rhe 

!lo*" 

a1so. on licte..a.q trp yas tfretOartr! corcinaneer;anct än Sanemat"ü Uuöar.öu:ü" *.".. 

ridä'ts supeqio'r'affl hichp:! rarrkTns,oprtger at.thc "urtp. (R;12&3, }*öj. .'"l 

- .. Kitar:rrrra .tosüified as. f,rLlorrys:' Honü arrivcd at Ofuna thc 

latter part of Jaliräry 

]9!f , 

and tt1üarrrtrrä apiilictt a splint ahci provir-leci a sling for 

bhe conpouncl frgcfyre of...liis,;arm:. .Trp.gtreni, uäir afeä givpn,fo'" ti, b*n". ttita_ 

mura fPo_lled 

Huntts sefious concl,ition'to Yokosuka on [he clay that he arrivecl. The 

nexb 

'anO 

day Kitarnura a 3o9" {etai}eci,r9p_o* 9n the thircl oi fourth of February 

went in-person to-Iokosuka and wec.tg}.l by Takalrashi.to cqhüinue wiüh.ühe .sane 

treated ilunü. about lb:.t-inos. 

lT?P:ll. _{,rta'nu1a 

llunt was seen by Ensign Takanotc, 

a motlical officer,frog 

lhe 

folterytc1 Guard ünit, arul Lt. Ooninoanclu" i{*r", a rnedical. 

officer froro üh.e,Naval,Gcneral..Stoff., Taka,no# iäJo f

.t()' exiüline a patient' -witli bad:bprnq.,g4,Q,.to. riakö. :a d.iagnosis 

of, his' condltLqn.. -{Rt?J.g2, 226 ),* Befote learri!5rg'fbr Oduna :he repottäd, tp 

t. 

nt ühö btlllts fr&n 

UgingiE@$@tl&ryhor'rias.bgescribcicl {o1 thg..feasbn-,bhal it uras .a hbar4:s$üu=r,l- 

Ianü and glucgse wa6 given lq.ordc,r that tHe paüignü woüld have liquitls, and nou::- - -- 

ishnent" ishnßent" (&?199, \R 2L98. 2?ßO). rfürnoto Takimoto believed. thaü this'ubs t,hü the onlyltroatmsnü on\r.trogtmsnü thaü -*- 

l:,"9üd.gr* tg_ü.19-p?tiu!t=a!- thie {lrt9i.(&Elggr-?26&). sun! wqs Takamgrofs 

first fii'st ?Btts.rrt'. patllrft,.'(R-:2?6i)i '(R-265)-.- Fefore Beiot'e returlrrtggl# 

reluitntlg .t@ 

eranLiiad aia ifeated-two 

ör mor€ pstiehts; (n.319,9)'t '0h hld rbturn üdYökosüka Takamoto ünnerliately' 

rengr-|ed t9 _Tglahgshi' t&. ffi qbndilio.n of Hunt and Takaliashi tbld .hi-n t

:l:i:j,i l;:;:!':, 

(U) I{isüreatrdenL: The subor.linates of Iid.a unlawfully r.r-istreate.d 

Zinner by otherwise abusing hi-m, Specification ?-E - Iida. Soe tostir:orgr 

.',of S,,'.1e}nppn 4n{:Baleh uncier rl4LJnnlt, :fil@@iJfiäiF-arETEat 

Kita,u'iura in - 

ilily founcl sone öriiqn F.el,l[näF".n-ri.tZltirhgi.ts pocttet'eincl .güäok'lrilr ?rith his elosed 

fist so hard ühaü Z-linnrer'coukl''nöU''iüd1k'coherentiy foi söveräI days,.(R 

' 

460); 

Kitarnura cauglr.i. Ziiidipr.'in +{äJr .{91#.ähe two or three other HIs looking out of the 

winclow during'ä B-29'rdid.i'Zir.me:r.taiia oüher !l.rq,w.erg.b.eqt-sn vuith a ötuU untit 

they were .knockdcl.$s.t-trh-ginirnd.i-'llitornurrir tiötrert:'ttroni..dntt" face antL heacl when 

they were bn.the drourf,'i''.itt r^h,ib'-'ü1me"Züüierrs'iace; tääes, hancls and. foreanrs 

'Irere 1n a swollen condiüion fror'r beri-beri aml he lookecl like a skel-eüon. His 

'legsjbet'ween,lfe'knees aml ,,hips.were bl.tre- frorn bruises.amcl hö.was'brui'Sett about the 

.heaci and shouldsrs-frorn;na!{1,9,bg),-.q,kicttqg,r 

{ip.{.':.1p1., b 3r'106, 2qoi,iH ,zh, 5zi)', 

., ,,.,1 

.:-.rl ri;i,. '.'..,.: 

, , ,,,, i,, .. :f1i,. . i;, l' 

. i t'.' .'.',: ' 'Koriiine;:tt" lrligase}t.'jnri-Ftreaüecl {fuiuircr in the -sane! nanher 

,as he mlstrcatgcl i"'Iynn:,(ni iq:A';']-:gg).'.,'.R. a-ii

' : 

' ' t 

:... ..:-.. .. 1lr;.1f".:.r.. _.ri 

iAÄ.;!,( 

This condiüion was reporbed to Takahashi. The l-aLter part of June Zirnmer also de- 

Ie19!_".9 ar.aTllg*,aqd .i{.i,üqaura i5.g1ated lim. an+ g,avq hirq. the.sane treatrent thaü he 

cave save Flynn'.:'At.tFd Flynn,. 1. ..th€i bb-ginrting.of bbAifiäinc 

'ttitaroura 

.'d.f-Jillv .JülJr'ttitqropri reoorted eported Zirnmeri" zirnmer:i ä' "r"arüo; eänrrt+.i. '' 

'Yokoql+g 

ü--'-- +.r, 

t4{ ,!lt" ;"?iEb,9.fy ofluT. F1ynn d"ted' hp, yent:;to. Iokosuka änct sew.Akiüa. He 

acquainted Akiüä with the detCils of hi's treatment,.,of .tr'Iynn and Zigurer-ard,Akita 

ilfor:ned 

him ttrat he was: $oing 

ätt ristft; _ühät he could iiot aö .,.ty-;*-"nd"[o-Jo"- 

tinrre the sane.;lreat"nent .but use vitar1.in.-B:i-njeotions evely rfew däysr. ncike ühe 

qr:igoner. .d1i4k vitanin $ ortracb and cqqlinue giwing,him fresh, vegetäbIes.. Before 

Kitgru.}1q. c,gu1!.ieguest $ftita,for s r4edic.a1 officer Ak;ita infomed trir,r ttrat ttrey 

weIQ:tqq busy to',tli5paüch'argr nädical officers üo Ofuna. Dr.. Ilara of the l,ftiva1 

9:llfql,slgf g:.Co,..s.pw.zj.nmer st ü!e t+qu fg saw:q1ypn, and he'did nor.sugsesr a4y- 

!!i4s.,f*ther 

fgr l{i{'gnura'to d9,.{R \654-I659t 166ä){' Jt "t prier to-ihp,,death of 

Ijgf:"'{itanpra gqve..h:im a1 +njectl.on gf,V-iüa Oanrphori a;hearb stif4ul;a{rt., (n f65e; 

l669);,.'..,.','.,.,.,..i.,..;;..':. 

,;l .. j : ',,,1 i ,.:;. ,:(e) USdiqg+..*Pulr"nn?I:. Akila las 

found, guilty of refusing, 

fai]-_ing. and.negleetihg,to provide.colnpetent -npdiöal: pe.rscjnnel fop Zirnner,., The, 

ey1$enqe; suppqrtd-ng this p+rt of thp Akita Specifieation is hereafter pet put in 

thii.:pub'ject. unaer-i'ritort.tt' 

..: .-, .,,, .-._;,-. l. . 

.fognd 

q 

. :!'-;' 

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' sgPjeq!' 

,".'- 

, -':' 

' a ".' 

aki . Akita -' 

.-. 

_t 

ftl 

i 

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l. : .:..']i'1-',- 

de'ferise . undör ',thi s 

(1) 

".:. 

... . 'r.: :,(a) 

_,- 

Duüies other tlan ät Ofuna! Akitats duties incluäed the 

handling.of eül'sanitation a.nd neaical maüters at'the Guarcl Unit And,the Naval " 

Barracks, making a daity schedule.för'botlr rnodical seclions; handling all inöondng 

antl.'öutgoing official,. dogtrnenüs, and,repofbsr. serai'nonth\y..physical. exaninatfons; 

of .iqducüe.es, exanuinatiön and :disinfecüion of,al.l .navaI :bui.ldings'takön ov.er or''- 

operated by the Güard'Unit or. llaval Barracf,s; monthly.'bäcUdriolögtcal,ancl choraleal 

exanr-inations of dri4J

''"";'ii 

.':"''(b)t:, 

.. .r-.1 . 

. 

. : , 

6.tö 10 ctccüorb.ügie'äs-s;igned to: t.he,Näva1 Bärrac'ks, and'3i:tö: thc iGuard Unit., As 

boüh'udits:: werä ührteri''üher-s"anre ahief surgeögr,th€ merlisal öf.ficcir+s were use

t 

. : r . 

:' .. ' ...,. . '- . ,,,,1 pp,rö -of .irkitars'. gpe.cfieation ehare;i..that .he. fail,etl tc.r 

restrain anci control;penbcrs .of his.a-ornrirand br'undcr,his supervision.and eontrol_ 

.fron or .by ppqrniütipg, t4ern to poriunlt brutal acts, 'airöäiti"ä,-a"ä-;['h;-";;;;;;.. 

against Anerican anti Ä11ic.1 tr,Is. The inrlividual involv,ccl i-h ttris particular case , 

döu1e be Kitamura; the pfrarmaci-st nr?te. t?ith the eXception of puttinp flies il ,' 

I{'tsr mouths anr.l the toothbrush 

' 

trcatmenü,'the typd "f äisqreaUö"t,oE"äl;t f; . 

.the..s.arne,-_ls,.i.s set. out.,heretgfore .fn gpeöificetion 

Z*.,-' tri.ia, . .Kilarnurar s rriistrcaü. 

rnon|bfP1.Isvlhocticciii.statet]uqd9rffi.E",fo11ovlinelx,Iswero, 

' nrigtrea-t'ed by fitüpnural marty

!!:/"iEä 

medical officer but no onG cor,re to exan-inc the PItIi. Hara furbher testified that 

his acüs in givi.rrg, the ,PII,S sone.nodi caL lrcairnbir!1 at,: Ofuna wefe. pure\r voluntariJ_y 

o4'his'part. and thg!.Kiü:inpra wiis:,.in .facit;Uritier Lhc ,chief r;edicai officer of the 

..Guard.Unit rvhon he..1ater foune! otrt- to.b.e'.Xrkitarr' .(Extrract cjf üostfulony of Hara in 

. Docket .No. 253r,Ki!g,mu1a; p b9L.52gl-r;Judiciar noiiico:tJ*".oi itl"-l"o"t,ürony by 

t[rc cora'.rission in.ühe instant clas'e:'togcühsf:wiühiE:rh:ibiü'f;I29 in the'Kita.nurä cäse 

appearsonpU64)r :' .-'',.,. : : ..,,. 

.- ': 

, ,.'-,4[\P,henqtoforel s9! ,out, under rtHunü'rt'i'?akarnoto nas d.ispatched. 

üo Ofuna on orders of,i'ikita through fakahas.r.l,in Januar;r ].9t+5;,:Ab the tirne he was 

{1lnalcitea 

Takamoto did not know anyt'ir:ng ab.,out .ühe,,unil 

' 

anO,Härlu"hi.testif cl 

that 3g_ Takamotg utas ar new offi.cer, it.iwas his''op'inion thaü it .wae unr-easonable üo 

send Takarnoto to OfunalP-Ol'i Ga,r.rp ,pe,s}l hp :goulcl ,do'.was.look at the patient and report 

back . .(n toz7 , Lo28) i :.-;- .i r ' ,, 

Ncgishi. .They took-with thdni.',gbne canneü goods and'their Fnrrpose was üo onsoLe 

the PIJs. (R 1184)a' 

'Alriüarwas 

Takaäoto was sönt'to ofuna,PO'if Camp aff,erthe i?ar because 

worrj-ed itbgyt 

thg:/yllissiybgntine i-n.ancl:fihdine:nö dgc.tor,.(n tOeg), or 

for the r€ason that thc fnter.rr.ati".{n* !,qcf Cross rqquestöd. hjr.r'tä ".r,ü " dc ctor to 

the'eamp. (n pei), 

t 

chief surgeon required the a1 

Oftrna. (R 1140, 2Ug. 2203. i 

nccessary before a-do.ctor could. 

of a-staff gificur fb.dispatch a aoctor io 

,a?W.1,' Hortsver, Akitär " opp"onoi-*uu 

post, gna ü wäs not necebsary to geü 

lln,:llll, g rricer r $ pcrr.ris sigl ii .!p; i"ip"-","rä..*-;;;;"öä ilffi ;r" uä iiä,rOl . 

lüormaII_y. trolg 

Tgs. lq. bppo s.irio_n, iiy_ trrq siarr : lo_f,ficer ofi f{icer fo4 a laedigol olficer to 

lg priu-approval, 

f.redipal (R oifice 

J-eavagfokosu\ri. if ühe' cüief" 

'J 

sufl suirgeon. haci giv-cn, his pri,or 

to53)..... 

r ' .- 

. ..- 

...t 

;-. 

,.. - . 

!.- : -. 

â ! 

..;-ll3rgri:m93f.pffiigi,:lnirüarls 

{o*onog|,i, ön'r,i*oin.aqrhon-: - 

- ilv cotrta so.t-o on? üiöpa!öir ""itjii'glüoiis-öi""i,'l}'+-"ä?'ää;;' ühere witfrouL'-' : 

t!9e or-rcct peiT.lission-rnd orler od4hö chicf surgcon. (px?5Ji 

-1019; 

R B?9-BBpr. l9l4r..,.i - -. 

1050, 1201,, ry6?i f;lr tpi=,px-i,s. 

'iüunnir.i"s.; 

=\,i,:, 

n zoll. zloz.-232ö). 

tripüoadispatch'yi!wa1qf.fi9er@portto*k1ü;iR.23!|,. 

.. --i r 

"t?l!, 

'lirrarl9eroenls couldJtavc bccn rnacle to havc lhb P!üs taken carc of by the 6ur- 

orfivedöctors1ü-th1;.o!una.}.r"relDäp3t.(nrrll).Theshortage.of4ioctoisduriri!' 

ühe'l,/ar and ühci*f.loclior pi"por-h"Jlärilöä"";i,i;; i;-;:.;;.,fi.-: t:rs;grJü:, ... 

'- 

- 

l : . 

(") Hospiüalizai-l::önz paLienti 

,.- 

ä o: cf thc Guard ancl Baracks Uniüs 

w:f-,rtr19Iäity-.hdupit"ri.ffirrqy''d;ü.;;"idtakec4rcoJ,appratcir,ratetrJr 

15O 150 to 200 patientp.'('R 

patienrp.'(,R BtQ,.d11,'8ti; BlQ, .d11,'gai,; .811,' 945,; gL6,, 9i6',892., 9L6' Bgz, t€,z., Bäj.'Lozl, Bä3,'Lozjr-äo5ill, 8ä3,'Lozs, 2o5il,, iogs\',, Littor Li.tto* Litto, paüie. paüiLnts 

wcre brou{ht to thg'sic.k bay'frora,üigpatclr bay'frora,üigpatch uniti.uy.äutoraouilt-(n 

ssti. olani, a 

rlefense witness and nedical officerr. nospitifized Japancsp nalrJr nicn (afüer January 

20' AghS) f_ror{ other_cippatch uniti'in üiie sick tay,lfit zo?s,2o7g).' ttrc sick bay 

wase,(Lrene1ycrowi|e.dandtlüobeqsworiP1aqq!itogLtti''ffitaüethiee.r4en-- 

and four beds.werc placed',üog

-r') 

'''' tttar; ' 

' -i--i?*; 169?' 1690)' n iär;trra."ä guarc wour-ci """.i.,r*-ciri""""t"t*-lrrunt.thfi a p1r' 

'1F I oec-a-use. the guard oar-td un

* r y 

i,i I ,'i1',:',,; ijj.i !,,', '::;11;:! "';,i.;l':! ii:: 

!l,"lu 

were more sic-k rnen- thal at ary othgr,dispatph unit. This was due. to ühe f 

ühat that nary, nar{r.F:I3 PlfS rrere.bröuehü .difoAtlJ frori üle. 

,theiq inj,lries -cons-isted nogtry'b. f. bnriseö, e 

1.145r T1461 116Q), 

. :- .. :. . 

.,,i . Ofuna,röceived.,ön1y.half of, ühe rbdicines that were re_ 

guelted bv' Kitainura arur,he had:idrrri::'1,t-it ;6;9ifuC#;:;;;;, 

bandases,.sawzet."?d.1-'*,?,1 

ä-+iir,,,i"-ö, 

"+ 1rg gtrre1_{russ. (fi.i!i9;'iatö;-.ikfr.',K**o"" 

. had been instructed 

!y l{äba to obtgin_aaal!iö.{rd'vj.tarnd.n;B-f'üy. uoüing the bran 

or ehaff frorn,rico; (logkeb No, 253i Kitanu'ra),. , .. nllcsxrstä i;"tld.J'ii,"l 

f{Fr Canp had rrcre riredisines.,and 

0r"". 

equ,ipunä1,t tfren.ariy.other::Aispatcfr,*iü;;.(px'äii\,''- 

After the lfar Nato-ri. sl-v:.I(iüaetllar.a11,the ruqdicrireq.tr,at he-""qäiüiä"JJi 

,'Kltarriura testifted. ttrll tniB-''r'tä.iiine,tre' 

[fi'liz;), 

o""ei+"a-"ftur the..t?ar wäs,.obtajhed fronr a i 

Jaooi"o urhiah 'i'a- L^'t*; ü.-t:. r;ii;'o-..: rr--. r , .' i. ^ ! ,- -;,-:-- . . 

is"ervg wlictr was.being held:bacli.fol;!he, invaÄion or:!"p.n,.'(n igä:;:i69?j; -il: - 

fense tcsüinönv 

I 

injrgg'!9s,!!9üituro,,*.1, 3 srepü ghollagä'oi i"ai"i-n6rl-(ux:re.-l?, 

l+0, l&, 54i n z0n. ?,Q59,.?062,:,Ze?h).. ,:. ,;....,,\....;., 

, 

(2) ror .the 

The references',unileiscoreö-;i5r ühe' eviclence subinitted above f,or 

theprosccutionolpdbfense.tcsüi"rnorry.:....{' 

.,. '''.i ;,, 

" 

time he made the electj.on he madc a. statenerit. The'Presidenü of the ,Cornn{$sioir askcounsel 

:$-d:l:t: 

i-f $kita sfrgulo :e$in9e 

with ühe statcTent and wäs advised by 

his -Japqnege coqrse\ülgt ia his opinion he shöui-cl not eontinue. The; president är 

the Commission qr-clärdd thaü thö statgnenü }ot bö tiäastatecl apq rpe..noi;,;-.;i-l;"-- - 

".:pof.Tl_in rgsipet thereto pc'destrroyeg, 

"' 

@'zh\; Wg), -: . . . . _- 

r - . ? - . . j 

:: - .' .' .: ' ' t 

l , -t.n yiE1, "'f ilQ. Ia.clg- id tli{g ionnäettoirit ig' däencd ur tüo.-"e- 

: 

vicrrep.nocessqry;-to'get ö:rit;i,r.r rull i-tEromuni/ petit,ion of ,ttiu! rorhich stätes'his-'. -' ' ' 

b d'el'ense ?l's 1r&1 as ühe'fact 

' 

*haü hc-hqs.becn_prcjudlcEd by the action ef lris ceür-- ...;, 

-j- SeL ,This petiti.osr, ih fu11-folJbps:- 

'-t' 

: . ;- .-' 

. ._ 4 - . ,. .'- .:". - 

.' : Deat|1 W franeins: October ti; lg!q.. 'r,'' - 

' 

'-:' 

'': 

' : 

' t 

' 

''" 

',. ?. . Thc ouüline of thc charge'and'spöcifigaüiohi; 

: . . : : ' . ' t . . 

:,Between the periodt.ftrom .tpiit, I?t+3 +,o . 

Septcniber; tglt5 I violatäd 

.the war fegulations .by.disrcgirdinE and riei,Jcotinc rli'duüy as.chiof . . 

of üho medical- uni.ts of the Yokosuka disüricür'.whösc- offiöe was in . 

. Yokqsuka. 

', '^ The specificaüionl 'I pqnnitted ahd dicl nqt check ny subordlnaües. 

. {rog coru:niüüing brlüdl acüs in 0fuha POIil Ciirp, did not givc hunanc r .. 

. :. nedical ürreätncnt, rcfuscri tb $cnd öonpgtcnü'cloöt

tl!l:.ta.i\ il.iti 

tii'l.,;,1: 

o 

I wenü ffshing a!, ntght, naüuinal,5r lt *as during 

could rert 

the 

at 

trre 

hq.,.lge.idesr;t 

f 

dld fi._uy ttre c-tügeEtlon 

frLend when 

of 

r drd'mü r"'ltc 

4y 

drug-itu ttr* r had E nervoua 

dornr.thaü 

broatc- 

ts_ fror_Jur{r^ D3t-t;-No;o$;r, i93t . Jäcoverec 

{Pq f!: r4+ett! t suri'ered cnoe a i}rshi, "äü!* täüää-uo- 

,tao"9 gf 4y fanüyts cLrcurutanc€s erii,F 41rlf, *t.liir, co f ucäa 

.üq.ff gryhlng es Ereh as pocelblli;rpr trö p,rräJo-äi p""*renüton 

and,.treatüent. . 'I.9ur 

for yirklo, rygrlUly ptt h,,!!lt i.t;:fa*y"r,;-ä;;ä'fr- 

TirSAFAsHr j *rä -rr"!ü*'i[

increase in ühe nunber of uedlCa.l .gfflcerg. , Howevgr, the 

HLsahlto 

Comander, 

KUDO tasti.fls_d l!-!he eourt, ult'did.'noü thüc ,rr1.}'-nlcC 

the-shortage 

of 

of netllcaL offieerl 

1g f,y ttrat, lfuae tt had becone chronie.rr 

{ "*1":l Korr.ne lrATORr reaüfled trrät i aiaJ*r"nü; äääJ atar_ 

*te !t* 4l{u ry_u'4-{ *ü leegt 3l 

The rycrgar-grgä,rr rn 

cman*:.f,p.', 

!{arfi; 

h.avtng 

iti;t, 

sreniit * hlr9."u,-"t''r tlätiiiäa-i,flät, 

rr do noü klrorlJro,.. 

: 

, ,- " 

: , 

-- -y-'---'E. qr:r. 

Oro psElllb*lli. f?" 1* :e":t"uly of.nedi..c-ot 

rnoeouroe in.ofi'ra 

ana aanrtsy 

dgtaqho$ r'r{ ray rrritr 

o{-!he n*"* 

;üqahito Etdö, l;;;ä; 

!r*t $? nA"t^!.t{llrq ralter of 

officEr€ cna 'eddtional neüical. 

wllh sltgeriro SnUnOt, tlre.,ira+a1.uirri"i;; 

ted tho 

*r,i-iä"r_ 

noceer{ty of ieg}qüeline iü'ss'ä itff=öorp 

govemiqg 

ana'tf," reaniätrons 

lte nanbopa. ,I'think that,X, Chiof of "orgrun, afääat f 

cguld and sho.'1d do: . ., 

t. 

4. The reöson wlqy I dtd rdt beEr wltnesas 

I hena3g -11oilgr$ lt/rt(rJ-IuA' Bli_rrrrtrrn reque sr ro cpogc:äxeurne 

the tosülnor5r of .ORII{ÄRA and HoRIUcitI; t"'th.*'l.i,ngssoe of the 

culbr, ,but Frore- 

hä q.++a'!9 4a, innev worrld,noü. üelt'ffi-t;;i,ü"d;;:, 

. t, 4y cross-€:GÄetnaüicl_.. so *stfy *r.n yoilt;;; ;iiq""iiir'ää.f,u 

dld not.croas?exa4lno ühe,4q , Ittul l"e, .fäui.,iq bear,wttnels 

lanver Grassor caid 

4yself, 

to no irrrcusrr 1"d;"-uÄiÄd;,T;i 

wiünoss to havq hrl testify 

ö;läiioJ"."r' 

"" [o *,al-yq" *.öa wanb to 

eogrt' yciu 

soy tn tho 

rleed not bear r,Ätnoss yourso-1f,i.. r-äoiliu,i-o1fl 

onough lf 

üi"ro 

presented 

].have aonsone tegtif} är,i"'"i"{, r-rrant to-state.:u and 

hj.n e..qritten docurnl g!öut,.trro "o"ndrtidn; ;;-# 

Unlt,,o{ 

cr-;; 

By enily end of .ry-.hEalth.; t'- t;=--, ..:- ::'-.-----: " . .- 

, -.ä "1ffi;n*,ro.üHi"r;.Iölknir0nr, Ma:$:*, 

- 

ge, 

7 

** ,.i.l 

- - äätri.ljäi i a;;$dä $; #Htfi"f;31,föEiffiTlfü:"--'',.i. 

* ' 

tukigLr1kwr.5hf... .' - 

ts*"r 

. -: _; : 

NirIGUIttÄ, i,plonro Icü ne bear wttnsss,,, LEVö. 

Cf"""f"":fä 

.o"+;tG;i8,fi ?;f ijtllIt;ild;t n*;T.\* fT #' 

belng tried g" to- wtraü. I really Oia. f *ant [p i" trLed on 

baslsrt. 

ühat3 

riä'r.ro.1di.d, rr13 you bäar *ltn"r", capt.-mx,.!lsrii *ä-r"t, - 

. Lt. ?rilcÄtrofg'rrrr bä guuiyr', i "rrio-lp.;ir; Ii:"ä'r ä; äT"ä!",,. 

_ ..F:. 

asr.aftonrard-s, a ritnr:ss testifisd nistakonly and, what ir 

Polor shlnqho H/üü'ütl!tl,.a, preachor attached to snäno fi'r"o"-o"ra 

to ug, trThore were conirlotä .r*ro receiyed death se;t,orrcer by h"r,gxng 

wtro had not, nrlly testifisd q,nt havo *'p""[",r-ri. ..go do your beot 

ln a trialü. .r\e .I cltd not hear trrat aqione-irä-tr," caoo"poit:ii' 

Tr r31 

sentenced üo.dearh by hqFtng, r- dlÄ iät ur"n antlcipoto 

deat'lg- 

!f nggtU and I thought f:snöufa hcve stat€d ag nuch as 

poqafblo, the nexü day r tola unyor urmlm*li rrrot r{r. HAltArAltit 

had told uc grd again askod hj.u fär uy Uearfng-.rrltrro". 

.. Larryor llMlg}|/t_"9rweqed ry hopg to larqrer Olasoor, wlro, f heer, 

:*1 _T^.by"r 

lrÄKrtrlrüI, lfi aonit niiio. ool?,"-yoo liJ.oi uy äoraErrug 

xrrth Japsneee la*yortr. Ianryor asked ne, ni,ltrat wtli yäu do ?r, 

I know ühe, power 9.f bolh J?paneso ancl Arnerlcoir.lanyor 'r.ia;'i'Oo h tho 

court. It annoyäd ne that ltür;iäa;-1irry"o 

eJ'iäu I-*J. . 

r dolt! ttrlnk r üiLL bo hangod to death-. r,hu;; thst atier üho 

courc 1o over, llr. Glaeser Intcnda to rithdrai iron tlrs-oäiu"iä 

ln Yolcohans cöurt aad to ienre-on a aomi[G;'-roi.ret,rral=;--i-- 

thought r irill. be takon carc of by hin evon aft,sr r ras sontoacecl.

f ras afraid I rvodla bo^ desert€d by hjrn rho oaid, rlDo ar you ll.xerr. 

ün?t -t mror tho i.nvastraator :FrIJ-rrA car.d.to *l "ii rs -incorrceivable 

thaü llr. Glessor-dEfendc Capü. TAI$ll.Uni onqy -oänrt 

clri"f gl surgeont llo nrrst have gono-sort of td;4. 

and not tbe -- 

üout :1t. You had-bet1,e,'1' 

lorry 

lgave *t to-.:litrqs .S".i-adfdud,f,o--:,. 

Ieave .{,t' to,hLo'Erd noü, b bear strt1sge.,. . ,:. . ..e i,..:j. :..:. 

| . . .)., ..... l;.. _-,;.. .!::...\..r.;:..ij i:.,.. , 

.,, :. .r.-i:...: :...::;....1.. 

Norü nlthotandLng, rarlyer NrrrÄJurr gaia:to !F, nrt,is Emurh 

that the chief or curleon larre ur" 

rlllr.'Glaseer 

*"pdibj$ry'roi:riiJ 

ln the court incLsted #rTion, 

thai:Tillüilltrsni ang $ffAüo!0 rerä 

not gTllsr 'r!rl accordtngfr,lit gor!üE to ue .ttrati-re"r*riooG-"u-:-- 

spsnsilrlo,.;' tr thouEht tfpt; r'coopaqed rvlth' otnur- t,riarrr r x ryas ress 

reepdnalblo tharr tf,ose. qlvororr.",phJiune.;rü";iü aa ; toi rrarponsil*llfl$-9l!r 

if^.I ha$;be-gn 

a ugnter sentenco thaa l,,e!lü !tügu,"i "oo* have beän äivt 

l[n. yuldo {AK/'iIüLSHI. you.wtU urdcrsüa;d, 

-ühät l:staüed th,e ünrth in qy,wrlttän reason as,to,wtly I dLd not 

bsor wltnessr'you can ask Japaneso.lerryore. i"too l,tntrnlr, ätiut ft. 

5. {y duty r 

)' 

. 

',: . , i 

! 

l 

' 

-'- 

' ,I sas tho_chief,,.o.f eurgeon:both'rof Yokosuka t{aval,garrackg and of 

lok9luka Navy Guard unit grd tho Chlef of aquad" of the seld Guord Unit. 

f aided the Cormandef'of, tlre &rerd Unlt'(the Conmandsf'of thö,,Navsil-'i-' 

ltanaeke) u"9 lfF gharge of rcdicaL ana'aantiary nessuros; Iokosuka 

{ee, trgo ebout 40r000_nei.,. r?0, $e_ügebeö unltß'u,ä .u"niärOooän. 

rn. grder to cornploturv. "g:Iy: out the'nodicat arui saniücry ;;äsu;a 

of theee units aü loast 15O to 200 mdtcal officore w€re t3cesgar.yrr 

Pü. tlgre w$ei;o4r _u ncäicat or:icers ,ss.ry-'suEgrdlnatsn - 9 at- 

Tgheg.tg rllb Nev+ Barractqe;.ard 3-attd,ehed-:to the Orard Udf,._ Ber 

srdes th€lf- üere +lr graduates of 3gai9a1_.9911"e" }--to 3 ioit" bäfore 

'3}rnd 

l?{{ 

or t'ttel,1e::--*t. tlomrylv-.9{lIii_ 'r. .. , 

. ,.i.- 

- 

"' .otldr'{utQC 9{.rfu!o were the phfir:af-eaÄisutio1p ;dli""rooo- - ,- i 

?pre.dÄt'etrvE ruä9'ttlg-a{üL-q 

- ^- 

"f'46: dooo rnw rbcnrtg.ln -'- - 

thc Naval Bgrracks sem{-mor$hl.y; edeätion oi'stucen3 rari*i-tüi- -l r. .:.i 

::T,?1,,pn-$gTÄl3ioned offi-cere., of probaülonal Ueäibar OiffoÄF, 

negotra?lon rl,th the orrtglde. conscriplio1 physre+ exaotnatton - 

ordor..of 

[i. -r,:. 

:ry:l* 

th€-connädän-in-ehtär or ioiosuka uovo staii.;; 

nelp { enristnsnt 

lt-_t*_"v+ }avar Barrecks a'cl parttelpatrq4 li 

t4'etiagrye of,la civü'.äir defönsE naneurer ss thä+tvirian elr 

defense &ä-4or; 

-;: _,;:_--_.:__ 

j t t 

, Becauge of ry.uqlng veiy',busyi .r wag appolnted as the agelstant 

"li:.f of swgeon'o'tr thb-D-asti of bäpt, l&iroiür s' opin!.on. :on-iträ-paru 

or the Nsvel Sarracks Sholchlro Oü/!Rt\p asnlor rcdical offiöer otailoned, 

there las ofdorscl tb talce cbärge of pärt of the .auty:of-üträ "fri"i oi -- 

surgeon and 9! the part o! the GtrerÖUnl.tl tuldo tAkAnÄgHI, Accordrngl.v 

rukio TAI$IürsItr todk charge of tho ä"orcar troatwnü of the 

tuard Unit lncludt.rrg Ofiura detaöhed trn{t. 

6. Refutatlon agelnct tho cpoclfLqetlons: 

(a) 

If, I. h8d phseked 

8f"ef;"-dg$$h"$,'$*t"F 

atrboioirs 

oomandor, ryho conuandEd-and auperrrJ.sgd thE giatlon. 

dstasheat uirl.t was rioü rltrdor qy öomand. 

doeds in Oftrns. 

t'astägtEädg&,ttr6050gena 

,Ofuna. 

_l[edl.cal Poüüy Offlcer KltA!flrn^ üer a cubor{inats of Hediga]. 

Capt. Körtna'Il/t1ORI. Coüandsr of 12ülr Souad of, the ltsrra-l 

Bsrraclßrr.he ard Comaniler Htcalilto KIIDO botli had the porer to 

ptralch KIfAIIltnA. 

(p 6Z of, 1q2,Xlda,

(ö1 ui"*ed 

.the,,dJ.aesJohing of, {gtl.tflsrt'oed{4el 

Een.rr 

(d) 

nRefiEed thc suirp\y of procurable nsdlcJ,neg. r 

& teÄttfred.by tho.wrtnesces, rolrr.Jo oltAM, r{al0nr, 

AgEr-utRATA and o!he1e, ühe erst'"nä eiroriegä of -i"äirh"" 

had.beea prevaleat cln;o the occtrrrsnce,,öf 

rähe'ottna &isl-' . 

de1t, gince about,l9lr4. Tbe cupply or nEafäLä;; "td; 

-:nH !o 

those rltro rlare b ttre,Nä;ö A""re"ft"äa I[e c,rgra 

Unlt.' . 

(e) . trDeniod hospltalizat{onr. . _, r . ..':- ':',:. 

-a\ 

> 

!-- 

' - 

--_-_.-I-^tt{,1 riave' denieq psprtar*atlän even oiu". _ ir"t Lt, . 

I9IF?) \!hg, cace o.r ldnäpc, lst- r,t.. voiibr,riiüi,=ü'.id_ 

loeEg tt aald'ther lrindes r&;äöt n;de;s8w-'Io-ü-io;pltgrüed. . ..-: 

I{ 

tttp caae_ of .Pefhop. ho w.ea serlogall if.L"rr"Aje .;üi- ----- -: _ - 

9l$:.lge:91;Hrynxl car?thpt ii-ia; airücuiStoEagry nr.u.- ",-- ' 

p -499i!9d that, Jf. he - cott d _be t"ken - to' sl|unä i"f;V,' wä 

hoapitariae'lrln; 'flre worrlC, 

rer*^day häarrlved, at orrrna-ää on 

daq 

ttretj 

he 4-ud: rllthe cage of ir'rrt, r inrended-tJ [os;itä-1oä-hr6. 

and. nogott etod we! fokocrrka nevai xoäpitar'auut- ia:-üuü;trggl|rgq 

on-rho groühd thct ths sald Hocptüar ras füüd rtth oa-, 

tl€ntg. r sas nol|gr conaultqSl on abouü the other patlentc.'J. 

': -. . .:. .,'..,., .: li ., j 

-- 

(e) 

1+r. coJr$nrtea,to ths:doeth'lof ltiridcc; fiuntl; puatr; hff;, 

. Zi.nnerr:F'tyni, Wallrcr ard thd.other üro;u 

'..': 

' , $hsn f ras handod ühe chargos,:crd almciflcatlorts, f .hoarrl . 

for the flrst ütre the nenßs of,cons of ühs $ove aontloned : 

persom. I did arl I could to those:who werc reported to r 

rittrl+ pf Ey poror urd duty. 

The Gmander of ttro Grard Unit, l[n. ttlsshito KtDr0 did not 

adopü ay riplnlon to appolnt and dfs-pit"tr a"afcü ofiicorr to bc 

attached to Ofrrne detached'untt ant testlfled that, s]'ühouglr I 

'.had reportsd to, hln.of ühe ahortoge of redlcal.offl,serr eevsral 

'tlne3, he had not beltevod .tt fryort8nt. : Not rlühstandtag, ry 

roquert thEt.ttl[e could not ftrl.ly tneat Fffi,iiatlgnüs beccuce of 

üho shortago of redlcal,;steff 

'at the'&rard Urdt:End please do- 

Ilvsr"täsn to tho Arryl, the.aeübers of the llsvq,l Gsmrel...Staf? 

dtd not'ta&e proceörnes qn otls hard, ard, on'.tjrä othor, lf they 

had rogorrlcd lt rcr{try of'lrnroetlgatton ttrat thsy hold tn Ofunr 

FOtfs of tho Arry frcn Satpanj Forr-sa ard Hongkong and-ecpoo{rlly 

rhen tley had tn.Ofrraa auch seriouo patiento needing absolute 

qulot ac Peaho ald Hnrrt, they rculd have lnvesülgated arut adopt 

ry ophlon to dellver tboa to the Ary ard boaplüallae then and 

(p 68 of Caso No." 291)

- contirued üo irnreetlgaüo. Xtrose above nenüioned lxrrsons rea{y 

contributed, to the{r deathq. ?he mdical offtcer could not noie 

POWo fron a POül Carnp .at .hls own will; 

.7, Idegording trrei äetactrLnt J'nedicar drficeiäi 

t, , ,.!!l l-ar5rer stated that the chlef of surgeon had, dlepatched rnedlcal 

officersr:., Witrt9poe-er.,nodical offlcere OltAnAr : HOnIUCilIr "OfANX&nd . . ., 

the accused l.st Lt. TAl(llnrc kgtifisd thaü ttrey- had gone f,o'qfr.rna by 

ordsr of t'ho gaid chld?.r,'A proof that thoee ners not-tho order of tiro 

. sald chief ig soen in the i$otice lnsl.do the Unit. It ranl rl{edLoal 

.patienüsT._ 0ttl.1, after phe; bndellr wtltüen:oättthe llgti,ee,,he eould geü 

a trav3l. feo., That TAtüt&lD' had bsenl'detaghed to' Ofiyrd,,byi oidet o.f,-the',,ichlef_9t:,.9_qqe-.gi9ft9r 

the end,,qf ttre.wa! raa otated,by riüaörres;"' 

.,. OnIlüinA, nO$IUüfl;anql the EccuEOd.$fn1pfO.. As:a nattär of fsct:öt\nig 

*.-. ."- ' "telgnhgned.to','ask'fo-r nedlcal',6.ff,1cord arid I conveyed,:tt to.G6I; NEttrSHI, - 

i ,senlot.staffi. llo s.sld td iüir trDEtEch,'.tod€ öltö r.'rnro616trs5'ltr'.Isü 

' it.', 

. , TAJOIIOTO rns_.$.apo!'öh9d; ths chlef, of ,surgeon'ras to söl'sot ond cörwoy 

It üo,-ü}re:offlee of 'the - 

Corunander, who.,'üäs:ühr, dlspatlched;riödlcal'of: 

^ F. ,{, fibqr. ,No't on\y ihe''s&i.d..chtof:bnrt his gubord.inFtäs';cou1d:to}ect them. 

. '. .It.. seeng;to ng, that 1ü rqas. tesüified .ühet ,only ,the esld'ohldf'hsd, .ühe i - 

of üh€ Pow.el of selecüing f,non the ai:eetftcattong.of. Cäp[i tlfrruU,Snf. 

The cam ühing can bo eeld ss to tho- hospiüali-zation. it was tEatlfiod 

that only rühe 'said chlef hgd the pow.er for hoapttalizatl.on. Although 

ühe chisf of arrrggon ,t_o9k prooedures f,or hospltallzatto6r. the Comänder; 

the chlef ln charge of hospltal, hd the power to hoepLta.llze. Thls ie' 

91"Sr\y,prltt4rn.in Art;: 69'on the Chapter. as 

' 

to thelCäptaina 1düty lh 

IIDUW Regulattona fol !hä Crbwgil. 'ttrb p'rccedu.re talorby the chief o'f . " ' 

. _ 

-. eurgbon'-coirrd'aLso.be takEn by gedical-2nd...Lt., p'rdErry;-ih'öass of 

i -- , 'Y - -Ti'lä#.ittl"j lh" 

cpro111-lg: 

T', rl urm!1 

:.t;tn, $pr,{"r'i""liä 

- ,..: -rt.,.i:: 

....r..tuÄ rv|l?-.!_-- 

.'-- , 

. -,,.1 

. 

r.i. '.-.', ,.. 

i. 'f 

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. | . . . | . . . . ' | . . + . ' 1 | : : . . ' . : , . '_;. . ' " , ' . . , . , i ' 

- - $, 8a stet€abythetaqÄr;-on$ tho.chLef of surgoon couLdi*ut-- 

Fegiurg fo,r.lrogpiüaliaati.on, it rrorild.not.,bo pqpclbJ..e to hospilat{ge. -- , . : 

, hospileliaotlqn all eicept the',said. chief, rvhen the rnedlcal ,offLcers 

hsd beon doüaclred;.to tbe 17O detcheg,rxrltg tq diaßrpeo and.,rettfrned, : 

' .tbe lPS saf$ Eold o!{r ohltf woüId noultl,have trave.tg to go.to so !g d*!t eäbh place pta.ce rn Ln giaoF_.td 

ordoF.to-ho-spltall.ao ho-spttatlrä 

.ltro pattgnf,q,' this. is :qulto -it 

ünttrtn*aUtei Do{lnlüeryr .ryf,s- so toetl-. 

fie{ ln,grder. üo get rid of thls subJeEt fnon-ühe apecificaüion of Cspü. 

TA{4I{ASHr,, . 

f b*'.. 6. The cond.:ltion of 4r fanffy ancl of tt,ri trealthl 

r-':'i 

' l' 

.ee, .1 . perial..Unlversity. She rocovored once but. had a rolapcod by tho ehock 

of thp.'beginnlpg of war. So I hoped to,be.trangfercd to g grotlnd tutlt 

in lokogUlgE D-latrlct anel :was,ap!'ötnted as, the chief of srirgeon of 

,Iokosuka Nawl. Bar'racka and of the Gügrd .Unit on Aprll 8l L943, Leter 

- . . ehe gror i{orüg. In Fotnrary, l9l+5 she ds tiospltallzed ln thb Yokohasa 

f could not vlcit trer ät tho hocpltal duo to frequont ain-reldr 

and qr fnLL ürlq duty. 

She di.ed -ln Sepüouber, 19115. 

(p 69 or 

10ä xtd8, caoe tlo.

{..!,,i.,?i 

,.i:lr 

a :::!.:i::.:.: 

.i.1,: .1 .,! ; 

El. 

Takahashl - 

(1) 

$e !9oüfaoq7 cubnltted r&der rtffi16rr, lslrctficatlon 

i$lglkertt, t]r3ylll*r. 5 - 

nHurtrt, tEai!, ti{srr, 

and rrzrmeru. Oüher täettiory pertinent to 

Takahashi is subnitted hersr 

\o.2i?, Kr.ranura,. Il lö Häl"ff$ i:"1,1h:S$::'.g"Hl :I lffi::ll"f#;f:t 

lnstant cego. such tgsüaqqy, howuver, waslnot gnbetttecl as ovLdencu 

(n 

ro urr" c&gsr 

1, 2). 

.. Qe 

accü8cdr, Takatrarhi, was e nsdlcal offlcer aütaehcd to the 

I:f:S9 *rü 

un+ü, rrog,rugE! L9h3 !o.,!!ro Erd of .,rhe War. Afrsr lrErch of 1944 

he becFile the seni.or ryrlical.offlpt_1t-üh:_gllgery,rbon- and ohgerE" p*0""ä"o", 

b9ga'ue'!h.e Drv,&lonar comandef.' (n lJ8tl, r266):,.lii ;oenton nodtcai ,oiiro"" ?akahegF 

tqott ovel,tho' heelc'.it affalrc durlqg-8rty. prtod thst,'Äütal""-arrqy rr 

Yokosuks on bueLnees. After Akiüe lelurrna Täkahashr nade hls report io 

(n Atclta, 

rorg-tozr). & was firlher his duüy ro ;;Irr- AiAt".-(n öifi-;iöi. 

ras a 

ne rever 

divislonal, cgnnqSdgr.or 

,o{f_i-cg1: 

(n 939r,.L135); uedorlj-ioi,-täi*recnr, rraa 

ühe ürty to supplgr redlcinee. (n 1}l9): 

,' 

As senior nedical officer Takehaehi handred tho nedlcal and, senlt?|y 

?.ffelP 

pf tho various dlspatch rlrlts ano *renever pharrac!.ot natee, nfro wersrr-t!t- 

lfe of dlapgtclt units, conferred rdlh h!ß he gave tfren advic" ,utgur tttä ot*eifon 

-ti!]!3.. (R 84t); He,isceived nonttrly:repertg-f itre -(ilsöl,]üoo;ü:i).'lü-tnu 

and Akita save hln ordsrya,rn rggpect tä tträsä i"p;rtr; 

p,trarnaEfst-nais.at Ot\rng 

ti.me Kitauura waa 1set6i{red to Ofirnn Füf .Canp he.,iep,toI'd'bylüi";i-iä.rsü[ii.11=;;-- 

*rl 1ri!f-l$$lill: S,:rk for hta conr*rnai:!r,!r-({r-!anr-ra),*eaea jr,".aeslsrance" . . 

of .e uedical officer.lä- üre-att-ng 'Plf. pationüi. (n füZ), Klierüra,lot-'tt. sae€ ttse; 

wae tcilglbJr tci!!!y rakattaclit iar*airrr-tn"a.-i;-( that..he fiaxarrairr*) !) m":t*i" ras lhe ilIn.rnrlr,Tä reaporosiblä nadtl'r peatöal îäi^l;j*? offtcer foi 

Ofona g{tlr" ard # that_ ttrat ibworfla Ati worrld be irece ipcesgEry-ror:XttonirrÄ-io. 

ll"-1l1to 

fol1ow. 

l,le :oagry. lrf treäung petrs,fs. t 

.i-.ritumqatrrili'G.;;-rai;t;;-ta:öiö;:ü'inä"1iiJJl,äintTä:ff :"dffi 

flcglt Ki.üanura neceirGg_thä,tniresölon thet a,IL the perconreI at yokosuka-were 

lH.*:-?t".!g- 

01*.. (n retä-rfi.?), lapko, rhe p'redeceosor of-ritanrrra, told 

to Batsa:Ispo"t'i- "i,;iäu füu'.to.ffiIini'La r"* 9h"_"9 *päääriüilätr 

- eould courq deternirp. qererutr€ if tr lt IJ!."1!:_n"g"gcary.to ras'n€cegsary di-spaßeh'a,doctor, ai-sparcn b doctor, (n46?:4r..L6?8r. Jtettler 

Takaliasht.trorÄkllaaut, fdith too nuch,g,fJorü'.Xn bebary oJ'thE ISg:af,ühEi.r eupertorc 

would conslder thentoo too s5mpathet,lc., synpathet,lc. (n 

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to3?, loi?- I@g). IGrl)- i 

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*+we+'r 'n{.ecruur-cr al'ssrYs(l r,rre.ullPFegglon Engt 8-rl the pet€onreI At YokogUka-wefe üOo-1.- 

-' ßlü'anura 

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, .. ' At lokosuks. Talcatraqhi treat€d, appro:rinatelg 10O patienüo a day ln 

the surgLoal,logn o_r-a!^!he olck bay and was turthä; raqufreA 'to tal€ pert, tn the 

e*anrination of, thE 101@ navel .recruitg who'rrero ha.rlni' phyalcal exaoinattone eenlnonthJy. 

$ornaffy Taketraehl.woukl work ln the surgical;roon urrüll abouü 2:OO p.l[. 

ard efter that tf.qe- ' h-te-wo$ wae conftuDa to the eick bay.. Ha ffnrciä trris-alii- 

3!9tt !|qP'p-.tt, br1t,{s Gaaea of erergcncteg .rould ro*--at nrght.-taB gLz; gti, 

u{, 

}}4r -*ß, -1269t 'pbL: NtB); ;tt: t!.nea he rrr* ao brrqy rr5. nrsciä hig'noon' 

TPa. 

(l( rt€6r. Iü nat lllther nocoasagr for Takahesht to gulde Juntor rredloal off_i":I!' 

sucf ae_Takenptgr h thelr rcrt< a.l.ttroqh both took Erliers-alrect\y fron Ald.ta. 

(R 939, 93I). Sevcral.tLtrs.s, other than eenl-annual pltysteet exaninatloru, ntltt 

eenü lEkahsshl;üo a'dlspatch canp on &r onerrgenöy cEeä,-(n,1266, Lz6g), tÄkahacht 

ras coaffuFd for a rcqüh-ln a troapttat due tä pnärrnoniai t Oranirtr raä probably e 

contrlbutl.ng tector cauotng htn üö be lLI;'(n ioe', wrt+t 10g6, 1161, Iiti9, ri7o1, 

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(2) For ühc Defgrue 

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hl's orn dcfsnse. 

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- Tal(allt€bt electedtto r=r.1o cl.lent and dtd rpt, take,the ctand ln 

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(p ?O of 1o2 tlda, Case tlo. 29L,

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Defens-e testirnory 

. 

suppo*b9 prosecutign testimoqy given undei 

rrAt

4. OPINION 

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E:rcept as herä.ing$te.ry,A.oteCr',thg- re.gorA is:;lega1}y,,sufficie4t t-o supliört 

ühe findings gf, the comnissign qnd gaq}-r al1egatiön- of the' charges ancl speeifiöaüioiro, 

of whieh thc accused,wore'found guilt5r, wer€ subsüahtlated by ,', 

r.': 

ampi-e and greclible te'stjrnory,. .,?hq cohissiön was ionstituteäÛy'proper authorityr, 

had jurisdiction o! a1,L of ühe accused and of ühe offenses allegecl, ALL the accgs,edweredu1ywar''ngd-ofthe1r-righüQ........:.';. 

The ptosecuüj-on introduced evidence by fonirer'Arnerican Pu.{s; Japanese naval 

personnel ancl by affictavits of. forr.ncp.Arperican PI,fs. , All cvidence'sübniltcd. u,o by 

individuals who knew the facts of .,the natler in issue. . From such, the guitt of.,, ::' 

each of the accused, as found herein; was :finnly established. , A brief f=if"O Uy tfre 

defense has. boeri rearl and considere-d: , .l 

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- 'The complete rocdrdr: d'attirrg ilito'corisideration ühe recomrnesl.ations mad.o 

herein, 'ihdicates ühäü gach of thq'.accüsöd had'a fair:triaL and was represented by 

compeüenü coünseI. There is';iro, eviclänce'thab'anJr of ühe etccused was insane aü the 

üi:nq of the commission of ,thö al1bgOA'acüs'.b.r qt the time of the trial; 

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This case was noü tried iri, äccordahce wittr ühe high stand.ard,s antl dignity 

wttich.should bc foJ-lo-wed in war crirne tr!al;s.''Ilr previous reviews, including the 

'been 

reviows in ühose cases .partici-patecl in'by ttre coriniel who .t'rierl. this case, if, tras 

pointed out phat a dcsirabl-e ,süanclard.of corrrt room deconrm should. be.maintained. 

Exchange 'of personalities, 'neecllihg and'heckl.ing. by counsel f or both sicles 

and the attacknade by ühe clefense counsel against the.ihtegriüy,of ühe coninission 

were unrcasonable; jmproper; üirne'consunlng tind,unnccessary;. The qiiief prrr_se.critor.. 

in'a fit of tempertnie walkecl-out-of the coui-t.r'obm becairse_ i,he gornrnissiori cliel not 

'qf rnrl-e in'his favor.anti ilqo clurihg an arguiirehü- sralkea ofrt -aeaih. thlZZ, 18?O)-. --Onethedefense-sounsel 

tirice stätcd tfiaä rre -rias res-ieÄing äp'pareqüry üu"oü"p:n'u aid -- 

'irot a!'r'ee vridfiahe conur.issionrs- rufing and.aliplle +iiu-a-ietirär.ori" är.tnp aäfeme -. 

cogngel did wal;k or4! of-'the-couh r'ö?.;.(n-t29, 2034, pA?h, 226), The feeiing'cf ---' 

biüterrrpss.!älrüeenEougq91,.bögan:qüthq süart of the-trial-vrtren ühe senid dg!engg-..; 

- counsel stated, in objectinsüq--the,Joininp-of Takatrashi and Takamoto.a*acsused in 

-tlis-case, that trln jbhe last oase, 253, a vicious attqck wa.s made on mo-sone o* .-: 

i'ntimidat,ing wiünessEs. T'cann-otrthinic o{ a woise op'more reprehensible thing th-aä-' 

t-he suddbn arrest and incar&ration of these.men on thö evei of thiii cäse when ühev.* 

are üo teätifytr. Id answer üo ttri"s staöenignt ihe benior prqsec-utöi- antwered., rtSil, 

that is all väry.ffi-ne'büü ir'tno consmissioh-wor:lcl tike me:t3_+ui.n6rr'facts, tfnr 

({efense c'öunsel-f.furnished. evideirce in-the Kiüünura ease'so-f coulcl arresi thenr 

arnJ, put, them in Srigaro'tr- (referri:ng'to Takahashi anä.Takanioto). (n 1, 2). Thereafter, 

thpoughout the trial the'counsel for both sides becane vindiqüive, bitterr-. 

i-nterrrrpted the other one when he was mak5-ng argurcnüs ard. accused each other of 

various tSpes of '5mproper conduct. Marqy pages of this rerriew would be necessary to 

set out the conduct of öouns'ef but ütie'following references illusüratc that such 

conduct continued throughout thc üiiaI. See Record 18, 19, 20-22, 25, 26, 33, 36, 

M,49r 73,74, gtr'91+;.L29, I3L, L37, t38,23t+r 3I8r 32O,3@,39O,439, 543, 5h9, 

l?6'-rZ?'t227'rZ!?' ,lt?' ,$*?-Wri ?YhtrjllE 

'i'Iu2?urfi'r?'r3?61 

1932,"i0g7ßhg, 

Lh58-L4&, t462, L545, 1568r t73!+, 1762, :1763, L:l?2,.1820, 182t-, rg}gi tgTJ+tgaO, 

\??1, \9-23_, \?27t L958, 2o]-3-2ot5, 2o24t ,2026,'2o33t 2034, 2Q&-2o62, 

2205, 2ry, 22v:O, Z:?L2, 2W, 225!. , 

2125,'2126., 

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In the supplenental revi.ew of Drccket No.. ?8i Tashifor it was heLd thaü inflaninatory. 

r'emarks of the prosecution were,not pr.ej!äiciaf- üo-ühe righüs of ,the.accused 

for ühe reasion that war crirnes trials {tried before niliüarrr comrissiön) are 

non-o .g,gpggrable to a trial before a Judge ühÄn before a jury'and that there was no 

caöe/"4ä[Io-Saxon Jurispnrdence rtrene a case üried before a judge or Judges alone 

was renersd,on appeal .for.i-mproper or inflamrnntorar. argrunentg.. The 'The 

acts of counsol 

in.the inetant'cääe Cre not.-ooeäää prejuaiciaf,iJtrrä"äcbuseä. folLowing'pedinent 

statenelt ih lhe röview of Docfreü-Nö. 216, Koharal.,is- a1-vo'.gpplieeble hele:' . ' 

$ lz of 1oz, rida, 

Cese No. 29I) 

'zXz/

. rrft is quiüe obvious that both ttie Prosecution and Defense:risked. hurting 

ühein:own Qaseel eld in view.of.ühe. iurproper conduct indUlged in,by both prof- 

, 9cuti9n, and,De-fenser',lhe evidence proper3y' admitted has been careg-utty exa4- 

:ined 'to:deternine.whgther or not ü[e. speeif,ications of. rvhich !hg..accused was 

foua{ guiltllare a$equately supported, .tikewise the.senteiice i.1npos.gd.has,,been 

co4sidered in,the tight of a[ ühe'c-ircr.ustances of-thelsase. ,Alt-hough such 

Conduci is severely condernedt it, cannqt,,be:said thaü,the Comnrissiqn wäs unduly 

affected thereby or thaü the substantlal rights 

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of the äccused were impaired.ir 

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After.the conrciseion was eworn the defense.challenged, (n 7LZ-7L7)', ine 

Iaw'merüber as to hie qualifications,,to, se'nre in that capacif,;y. He refused'f,o ac= 

,cept the:cha1-1enge and leave.the bench. No challenge fgr p*'äJrrdi"" wqs mpd.e at 

this tiTe alühough a raotion for rnistrial based on this,ground was made. A challenge, 

as to his capacity üo siü as law member should have been made by the defense 

aü the proper time prior to,the swearing in of the somruisslqn. Rather than appearing 

preiudicial the presidenü whö was also the law member appears to have had 

the patience of Jcjb. Iö trying to be fair to böth sides he permitted, counsel for 

the prosecution and defgnse equel1-y to act in aqy rnanner ühey saw fif; oven though 

sorne.oftheiracts.andstatementöviqrecontemptuous. 

. Lt. rCol. O1son, a momLer of the conmission, was:challenged. by lhe defense. 

(n ZO6O); ' The,:ground for challenge is thaü- in asking questions 6e rciiquoted, üestimorSr 

given by previous witnessos. The record indicates that his riotes were in erroilin 

respect to cerlain testinony upon,which he based.his questions. This facü 

''''l,öne'is 

l 

no ground for disqualification. fn the heat,of, the üria1 iü is possible 

:that one öould brr.in this_rgspecü. The _comeisbionr; therefor:e, comnaitted no p,rror 

innotsustainingthechaI[engeo{.Lt.Co1.0].son.:..'''|..j. 

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Thc täw member, of ühe contn-ission'slrstained an objection of fhc defenSe 

thät the prosecution-cguld 

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iot ask qucsljons üo an accusuä, on cros€-exarrination, 

.. concerning othor a_gcl.,"äd. in thö cor*orr f,tfrff . (R 2206). O4 reqr,r,esü fo.1 rsconsider- 

ation.the 1aw nember nembelr reüörsed hls prcvious nrli,ng rulirut ang and q1-J_oviea-.ähe'prosedution 

aIl-oviedcross-exerline'frce1y. 

freelyi,(n (n zzfo)i ZZfO). Eighüh Eighth Array nrrqf nuläs oi o'f Pr.ocedure, procedur däted 5 February 

tö 

sross-exerline 

l-}46t provide: 

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tt3. 

&igtr.ts of the lqcugeA 

. . . ?. .The' accused may take lhe süand as a witness pr !e, may renain silent; 

, If hg takes .ühe stand he mag' make a srrorn or unsworä etätencrt brrb in 

ciüher case" hc will be subje.qt to cross-exarnination on staüement rnad,e, crossexanination 

is nowise to be l-j-uuited to.4atters brought out on dircct examinaüion.rt. 

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.,ft is. contended by thc defcnse und,er ühe above quoted. rufe that lhe accused 

can only be cross-examined fr:ee114 concerning his own acüs and thaü questions 

in respect to other accuse{, not brought out on direcü oxamination, cannot be asked. 

The defense cont-ention nay be conect if the word rtnowiserr had not been used. 

tt'|f611isstr as defined' iyr !?qbsüert s New Inüerna,üional, Diötionary, Second Ediüionrmeans. 

nln no nanner or degreer'not aü a1L'1.. By thq use of thc word-rrnoriiserr an accused 

who. tal

Fomer reviews, Docket No.. IJp; Taarura, Docket No. 191, Noguehi, ancl 

Docket No.:33?, Terad.al-.have.f"lu.i thit'it.is witnin the sound 'fiecretion of the 

' cornrnissiol üo grelü,.aig

' ttl: Ttraü between 1, Septenbdr l24l+ ancl I 

. 

Septenrbei, 1.gl+5.. 

the accused, Miüsunari yanaguchi, dicl unlawfuUV:ai"""ä.ä-üia, , 

fail'to cllscharge his duty äs cir'lei se""ri{y 0ffi""" oi th", 

Yokosuka N1v{.Gua1ci Unit"with officers *t yok;;k;; i;;"{, 

. 

. Japan, by. fai.ling to r'estrain ani control members üirder'hisconmandr. 

persons uncer his suponrision and control, ancl others 

by'peaitting them to'qpämit bnrtal acüä, atrbeitiäs ancl:olher . . 

: ,offenses againet Aneriban and Allied'Priäoners of War aü ofuna 

Prisoner .: 

of War Canap, öfunar,Honshur.Japan; and by faiLine-i;- , 

p.rovitle adeqriate guatrego and:heat;' for the Ameriöan and A1- 

lied Prisoners of-wäffimftl eamp, ühereby con'sügibut;ir.rg.to ; 

, the .deaths of H. ä. vrtarkor, Nqrnah-ü,ril-, Känneth rry,r., ilieharo 

Hu4ü, flilliarn Zj.nnncr and Ahlur.ci[r. American prisoners gf .ttai, 

. anci causi.ng the pain and !üE-rIE;i tiurno*us Anrbricari',u,idiÄi-. .,:. 

..,'lied prisoners of iTar.rr (Underseöntiig 

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ltD);. 

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lfiüh the excepüion of ühe t]ates as set out above and the nanes of ühe ltrs *----: tristecl 

ühe specifications, of.the other security officers o*u thu "*;.t-.---:''- 

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All, o'f the. chief silcuritJr officers'were iountl not gnitt: of the worcls 

]teugrtgrq and" in the'above ?pgciiicatlon 

qpd Mlzuno :-r,r aaeftio" ti," wärUs rfand 

heattt..,Fr*; Higurashi anct S6kirma also wäre found not guilty of ine worcl.S nthereb_y 

contrlbutiqg- to-the gleaühs oflt the inCivicluals naned in tneir:speciiication. 

.ITaguqhi,wg,g,foün{ not gui']üy of thq ruorclsrtg.nd Arbhur Gil}'l in tire.specificaiion 

as set ,ouü abovc'. 

Thg grog3c+tio^l in 9gs9*: the'spe-cificaticn thäü tlie worcls,:rrbrutal ac!q, 

aürocities and.othei'o.ffeh6estt incfude thä ifailure to provicle:ad,cquate medical etj - 

.tenti.on. _W 

"b tlieory of. qonstructigs can tho.pöslti"i otlti,o-p;ä*e,rt-ir;;;d;- 

-' taineB: The. pe.aning of the words themselvgs; eLe e€'u"eii lry inä-i6"";;;i;;:i;-: 

::- hundreds of g9sgs..as.an.omnibus..spepiJica,tioin äeä$-refu; t{ viriotrs rqrpes-of- 

Pt-,url 

slietreätnü]lt-to'PvIs, inciuäirfe.toruü";--ilir,-:p""s$uüion actuäi1y inl' -'-- 

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'-i---tcntion 

tended'-to eßarge tfre, irrigf pggorjtf'orFiee.gg with fa]-Iure üo provid,e rnediral 3t-.,"-.i - 

such cüarsu:h"!+q.hänebeän-praoüät 

'spgc,i_rig.tions 'Tl're in the spne *oti.är'uJ-ffi"i" i" irt" 

, 

a'gainbt' Iidä,. eviä9lcer both prosecution and defänsey b3-eaf,ty-o:. 

.r esüablishes that the chief'qgcurity officei: was nät resfönsible for neoiäaI nattäis. 

- .-Thu charqg agiainst the securit$ officers falls intc two "it"ö.i"u t legpon:lliflty 

fordL,?trOatment of FWs by.the fursorurel at ühe-Qfuna.PO'li Carfr-aäa, 

in aclditionr the f,urnishing.of heat to tfre pils. ' 

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The euiclonce j.s ovenuhelming ühat the PWs were brutally üroated,and üortured 

aü OfunaPOIT Carnp. It is:also-undispuüecl thaü the Pl?s did noü have heat in 

their barracks. there is not one seiRüfllä of eviclence that ühe chief securiüy officers.had 

the responsibility of furnishing heat üo the:Plls. The..CO,sf the Ouarcl 

Unit ührough his chlef engineer or the Install-ation Division of ühe Naval Süation, 

according to the evidence, had this dutyi Both prosecuüion and defense witnessesstated 

ühot the chief sccurity officer hacl. nothing üo do w:ith heaü. 

.lhe defense has raised'two questions in respect to the responsibi'l.ity of 

the misüreatment of the PHs. First, ihe nenbers of the Naval General Staff were 

soIely responsible to prevent such tdsür"eatnsnt anci seconcl,'thaü if tleSe is dual 

respongibillüy, thg Connarxting Qfficers of the Srard'Unit and not the chief security 

officers had the.duüy to prevenü the mistreatment of, PlTs at Ofuna FOIT Canp. 

Conpetling evide4ce häs been inürocluced in this case thst t,he mernbers of 

the Naval GeneraL Staft, v*ro intero6atecl the PUsr.particularly Corytander I'tuchaku. 

cluring.ttp pgriod of Ouähi anC Captain SanenaöbdiüirtinC ühe perio

';1,; 'l lr j,lfr;;'' i' 

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In an addende in'Docket ltro. 218, Asoma et aI, the Staff Judge Advocate 

tne 

lAde 

fol-lolving staüenent in respect to Sasaki and'yolnra, subord.Inates of 

Sanematsu, and who were a&ong the accused. in that case: 

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in:the 

^z li9"lp:*l3,gvigencg 

case bsüablishes th?r rhe named accu"ed, 

Sasaki and Yokura, upon occasions whel thgy woüld visit 

j.nterrogatg 

öf*ä-C*p t" 

prisoneps, individuaL\y aho &iebparticitatidb"ih ;jera 

1119 roegg."tg*, b g1n.p p."fsgnnel t4ät,. priäoner-s'wbo haä noü-airswerea i"uufv 

(-'no speako') would.be beaüenr: suffer raüion reducüions, or d,o the infarnoüs, 

, bryt*], and.exhausting,kypSn qoiirraggernpani-ed by beaüiqgg wilh cIubs. Thä 

, evidence.establishgg that therq is a distinction without'ä Oitferencu in 

result,yd!" üheqe,-fac!9,be!wee4.orcleqing vyith connand authority and order- 

1ng without conmend autlo1ity .from the line of cormancl. lilhen pörsonages such 

as ühe üwo naned accused descended from th'e top.bchelon of the-Nava1 deneral 

Staff and rnade suggestions, those sugges.tion" i"u"" enthusiasüicafiiaäJ;ää 

: by ühe garnp personnel .ancl carried, |n!,ö execution, Sasaki and 

;,raen 

Tokrra, being 

of high educational quatrificaliO,+r a4d considerable inte[igence, tao - 

'every reason to h9*.and::ta expect ühpt the normal result ot a äuggestion 

flon q pgrsön in th.eir posiüion would be tho execution of thaü sr-rllestion 

with as nuch'cert'ainty anc calerity..as if it were an order trorn oiä in.the 

chain of eornmand'.' 

' The'actual- resulüs justify this conclusibn. It is manifest 

from ttre evidence thab, ce'4b p'ersoinet vied with.;";h-;ih;" tn tn":-* 

. zealous efforts üo irnplernent the ocpressed. desires of representatives of 

ühe,Naval'Ceneral Süaif.'r ,: ''. ' - --r-- 

t 

ItIn the-9.a:e-ol Major I'falkerr in paiticular, a beating of destructj-ve' 

severilvr ".ifttglding ör fooa "nä m*iiun "oii ,6"atea irämlnil-;;;;--- 

refusal- to üvuIge rnllitary..infognatiion, irnnediateL.y aJter tiis,ai.riifaf_ at.. 

,' 

. : .9mp: är:.rh6 inäli-eation'är ti,-fi;.rdJ;;il;äjriJJstiääü;;il;";;' 

: ?Tinaüiaj-qd. and thei-q=scope cantinliou_sl,y lnätuasu? toi '"""eror *o;aü;."ltili 

'-, 

e.- 

üher€Eult?{;:'i.ni:1ü*".if 

3#ä"t#l;ft-l#r1}+iriff 

'P*--*;"ü3;ä"..:.1.- 

accompltsl 

;rby.iibliesrlr. -. 

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"' Judicial4otice is.taken of the review of'Itagaki in Docket No. 282- 

I 'Sanematsu et al. Tüagalti wa3 cJrarged and pl-eacled glriJty, as the offi.diü iri , .r:. - 

- g]ta.rqe of. naval PVls, ci,f ttlling ancl neglecling to irotec[, American and Allied * 

PlVs from inhr:nan_treatment, pennittiqg such prisoners üo be kepü in:solitary 

confinenent fon longlgrioä,s.of tirneftfeatiirg thbm as gfrygd cap_t_ives, a4ä 

-ngt.5geogtizigrgrt!e_i{süat'üs of pg.Is änd otherüisq abusiäg üiäm.- -I; the-ru.ifuw 

o{ this pase, thä following is stated: : 1 i 

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. .:.,trrtagakr,lrcld the high:rar:k o{ cäptain and was:in char5le..of ppll aff,airs 

ln the NaVy Ministry. He was chaigea. xdth rtreafurentr. e3.pgv1rs. No one, 

eLs-e appeais üo have had that assi[nrnent. /Ilühough his posiüion'woi "rbordinate 

insofar as authority !o issue direct orders as,üO POWrs aü gfuna 

was concerned, he was properly Charged wiüh the iniüiative in acüions relating 

üo üheir welfare and staüus. His posiüion was such ühat he should 

have kngw about conditions.at Ofuna even though.'his visiüs there were occasional. 

Long delays in readgrilg POWls.for f,ransfer were at least indleative 

of questionable propriety: of.detention. Ttre probabiliüies favor 

some actuaL knowledgei by hirn of FOIT ill-treatrnent at-Ofuna. Hls later 

staüenent ühat he *ufq assume rresponsibil-ity for Ofuna and his plea of 

guilty confL::n tiris. Evideircb reCäivea tenOing to nrit,igate Itqg;kirs gullü 

wes principal\y based on his subdrdinat6:positlon.arrt IÄck of.aüühoriüy. 

-There is evidencg-ühat !tu,$5.d, on dccasion, attend üo rol? requirenents. 

He apparently relled sote\i on Sanenatsu for rtotice as üo readiriess of 

FOliIts for'trdnsfer. There is no evidence of over.t acts on his pafr, rtraü 

the Comnission'considered nraüle.rs in niütgation is indicaüed by:ühe cornparative\r 

l-ight sentence. , Tire.prosecutiön recomnenCecl a relaij.vely light 

genüenge.ll . j ' 

(p Z6 of loa ; rida, case No. 29i)

Sanematstr in Docket Nö; 2t]2, _Sanirnatsu, 

was charged an

kept at Yokoeuka in respect !o !9bct, ne{ical- qffairs and change of.personnel, ft 

is indlcated by ühe ev{denee, although not proveclr'that Ofuna-POlT Ca.np'was the l-att9r 

type of dlspatch canp. and. that the

nft,frougl.l,+1sn-ee-1iefs 

PI t.!9 chigf ' 

ggcurity'örti""; wpre rdqui"uo.uy;, .l , 

Adrniral Mizuno; Adrn5ral Lloz'i, ühe.CO of ,the Frlafd Ünit.tron 3;Z-Z3.ti to g.ZU!UZ.' 

relieved Higura'shi arld other chitiF. secunity ö-t'ficers from,makine inspections af,' 

Ofuna for the rbAson thaü üheir,rnrisly dutigq jkepü,then extienely fusyr;at'tokosuka.: 

Mori-furLher testifieä,tnat he turnäd overit;.i(uaor, his. se,niof- slaff of,ficer,.,:thä 

dgüy cif lgot{e.3ryuLo{iT?. _ AdrLir.ar. Kgdor. QO of,i,ne Guarc unittg-r04,4:i;:ä-saÄ1, 

also üestj.fied that the chief 69curj:ty: of.ficer'was not required üo make:in"puotion6,. 

lLthopgh 

tr9,eo$4^!o so'ii'rie!"pg4l{ i9r the per{oruan"u nt^ iri" a"ti; 

:,r"ü"ä;-all* 

forner senior 'staff officbr''of ühe-Grarr}. Uqit, testified for ü1.r9 ae-rehse andlsüaüecl -- 

that during A9ß qncl l9l&..ne Sade inspqctions:at'the. Ofuna: p6l,f. gahp, Matrei.:;h" 

seniot' PIli off:icer 

1t 

t'fre. cqnp froln rry'.Lg1+z to tne faXl of, :-:it+3.r. 

-slateo'.rn 

fiis atficlavi-t, 

PX 29.; p t, ühat'bffj.cers of th€j rank-of admiral ana.lfiose of ]-ower r"r*t -At 

cane üo the ca,np 3?3y,t|r9P 

antl that a röar adniral made a suipr.i-se inspection. 

such insfrec.tiohs Mdher'further staüed üha! thgy were n".rep pe-äiütxjd to'Speak io I '. 

ar6r.'.rn:rPgT_bf -the inspe.qtion partJ,r; Eustis, i"ii"t"o" ;i.tF":;d,"p i;;.tr;;ü;i; ;; 

,llg""l;1.145.t s]'a!gd in his aff{

The-strongesü case against argy of ü!e chi-ef security offigers was made by 

the prosecution against the.aöc.used, glggqashii a 

'curity 

Ltr,Connianäer who was chief seo{r}ce.1-'!ryT 

MF{'J 5i) I942:!9,.S.e,p€einUerii, 1943'. He elected noü to take.the 

etand and t$s.üify in 11." oyia_b9hal,fi., lf.?, ryiei_vgö .a Seniönee o!|?2 yea.rs at hard 

Iabof. Durir€.:the perlbd lträt Htguiashi, 1v.eiq;ichief BegurSty. otfiler 

' the evidence 

.,showe ühdt_a }äfgq ltitnbgr,9f,T{u,werg ,gri.gtr.g+te.d'atlOfuna FOll Carnp. Ä,review of 

the type,of rnisürdäürßents tndlcatesr,rüilfr rthl' exception of the.caäe of 'tre 'that"the 

broken 

gqdnun, 

beaibirrgö wepe;;gpoirt tträ,legsr' bui,-tock's änd bödy of the indiviciual 

. PYfi It i3;not consictered tna! gy9n a!,afi,ingpsötionlsüch nisürealment would have 

been notic:aP}". 3'öüh p,nl.ral, l[izgyro an{i,uppir te,ätiiioa trrei iieurpghi was t looa 

offiber and: always garlied outt tfieii wishes And conmands; Higuräshi, in the sfaternent 

given the prosecutj.on, asserted that he perforrned his duty by. infonning the . 

thiPf,surgeon, 

after an'in=speclig4, that sq.id f;tüs needed:nnddicäI äitenüionr-removed 

0uchi for incompetence, and tö1d'lfda no!'ü-o.,nisüreat PlVs." He further stafedühati -oti"t 

he never receiväd airy 'reportslttrgl'=gtrg Sfsiwene: being misireät"a'.t bi"n"] 

than Ouihits testimony, discusg$ii-tierbtoford, ülere is. no evidence freoenüecl that 

he' häa 'know1-edge 

'i1 

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of ani mistreäüriö4q.n5::{qp.i rpp"qr that rhe.a ;;;-;;ii"i;;i 

.fa.ctg 

üo prov:, beyond a reagönapl:e ;ctg'u5ür: 

tha!.fre should häve knowh of such nistr'eatnenü.' 

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Coinnander Satnlna, ta corugt. ofr.1cgpr'.followed Higurashi .r:bhi"f securlty 

officer at ,Yokosuka änd senrecl'fn,t1ris capääity from Sep[ernber 1, l9l+3 to MW 5r' 

, 19ly'+. He took the stand and testified in- hls äwn behal'f. The c&mrislion sentäncea 

Sakuna to 22 years aü hard lgFpt. It -is.no!e.d ttrat aurins,aii; iilJ-il;-;;il;;-'. 

Satcr:ina:yas i-11;and did not'aigr.une his iiost.unü* äa,rfy frloiu*U_u;'i-ifri.. it-''äipäu"" 

, fromtthä evidehce that:'durt"e t'hq,p.qj,öq thät,_srj.fus,a was chiei q"ö"iiJy orriäei.very 

' 'few acts of Sribtpqftrel_ü. 9f;'ä1ls.ooärgtea;' qr t[ä--"[at;r*i";n uy ;säruna r,o:trre; 

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proÄecuülon he :gdgri&ed .that he 

'nradd 'tryg- ia$ec{i.ü.. . ü: i"äoi 'coirsidered theü the 

type .of nislfgalment.given would..have-[öen aeteqt'äO 9n;inspecti.irn, It' fu:dherdp- 

- librs.töat'Satrula proieste.d 

': 

that,the h,is wege.f,ela,to lcrrä at'öfuna. Thäre'.rias' 

-- _- iy,nnuil_ q.dädncä presgnted by. ühe-psose:cütiä-tr,-fr,qstkfr-kni;ä.'ü';ilti5it.. '-- t46nt,.c,f pws n9-f_'-doet-it äpppar suffi-qler*"facts weregresäntedTo'prcve-, beyond e _.- 

reaäonaHle {gubt, thäf,gah.u}ri,shorild;have knowp that lhe ptTd 

-- _were mist,iäafeä - '€rerd"-." - 't.', 

W üne'.-: 

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. :'- !,t..1{izung, ih9. peiq!-chies s.ecurity,'officerr äu*ao in thaü "";;ta, r*r't*' 

'G "- 

Yy.5: 

l:?4 tg.Auguit: 3r, rgIE or approximalelv lt nonülis. He erecüecr irrot tä to*e - 

- the stand in his orrn de'fq,nser.. Thb corüailsieg sentenced hin to harcl-Ialor fpf 15 

years. Diring the-'pgriod tlrat:'hö wag chi.ef securiüy'office? v6ry few äcts of mis.- 

tieafunent ol :R't" dö.cü!red... 

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trre rnob! qerious nistreä&reirt trrat nighü häve occuned 

lraS the:beating of Quinn which resulted in a brqken eard.rum. Various,dates are 

given inlthe eviaende as to the'tirne.this beati"ä ""g"*t"a-a"a'tt cenr.ot uu prov.un, 

beyond;a'reasona,bJ,e cloubü, that.it oecutred duriig ilie üime that.he.rvas chief-"ur. 

gYlty-:offlcer.- Other thän the:'fact that he wes ä chief securili offl""r.of the 

Yokosuka Guärcl Ulrit durlng the färiott me'ntioned there is not. one word- of evidence 

that everi mentions his name. jts ltizunö wab a.lieutenant and ühe other chief securi-.' 

!y gfticersiwere lieutonanü cörpdanders or comnander..this, üogeüfrer.with.ühe fact 

lhat,h9.9_e-ntgd:::gch a shört rgiioä 9f ti{,", in:licaües tnät irä *gr"n41.,"eirring' 

terrpciräiily in, tlö c1pgglty of, chief security officer. rü is fuithei a;ubüful, becaurie 

öf hie rank and the short priod of tine that'he serwed, that he actect.as a 

Divisional Cönunander. Nö evictenö'e .is turüher.presented by th6 prosecution ühat 

Mizunb evei.-nade an i4spection or üs requirea uy ttre Co är,tnä'Guard'Unit to nalce 

lnspectionsl .To !r9Ld llizr:no'rösponsibte tna proäecuti.on should have presented. affirmatiVe 

evidence set'tl4g out the facüs on which he could have been ireld responeiblb 

for the. act-s of the güarcls at Ofuna pot? Oasp. By noü, ading so the prosecüüion 

fatled to'shoi'i-bdygtd a reagonable,doub! that. Mizuno:knew 9r sEoul._d.havä t1nolrrr. of..-' 

ühe rnigtrreataent oJ, F.Ts. that occüried cluring. the ü.lne'that he "qst'cüief,'""i*iiy officö-r: 

. 

-' - . Lt. Ci:mrinder Yauaguehi'waS ttre.chlef seeurity offiidr fr.oq Septehber 1, 

1944 to August 2r, L945:. The comisdion qerrtdnced hirif to lifeiinprison;e;t at härd 

labor.' Hö olecte

' that A@r ral- Kuclo became CC of the Gu.a_rrd 

-Unit about " rynll pgfore yarnaguchi assumed 

!1is'post.. lturirl8 the perlod 9! 

ltudg end-Yarnagu"i,i itt"ti*"g;"i-",-ter ancl the 

mosl..bruüal atrociüies bccurred. at Qfgna: FOIU Canp, -Thg gteath" oi nl" nfr_i;h.ii4;r-'- 

trärrdltr€li't;' *r'{+ä',*_I1T1gl*l 

Ti:'.|"**_ gr+t{. qg"d;gä-.a;tGlü,i; perigd. Kucro, . 

,by--no dLrect üeüüiinorgr, pl"acecl:resyrortsib:i+tt1,-to fravent, tfre ni5treriinent of pl.Is on 

Yaiagttch'i,.or-te6üified,clirecüIy ühaü he; d'eleäated 

'.- 

ütrtq;iesponsiUiittli-t" hjm.-'" 

I:*"e"9H.:::erye9. ;'turins'the pe"fiod !haü, 

ülre :üar was. apjirp"örri{rs J"iü ä"a'ä""rrs . 

tho 'pei"iod'of'ühä ersLeqsive ubmuaräment' uy /rnerican äirhen. 'funaäitcttirts manv l 

1lüig"l_,fnchirltng 'thobö 'ä:iitu-*o""i"p 

that'irerg siiuiJ-ar !9 a prövost nais,lla] 

l! ;!ne;Jox9s'k9.,.{lor1ali statiönl 9röar.' coü1cl;häve ilepr' hlg:aord.'i}ian uu.}t".';t[ä"ü[". 

rt''trä-s:tluring:tliis pöriod; acc;ord,ing'üö'nüstis," tilat .risit{rrE'örii"Jrä daw ühe,rüsmlstreated; 

There.:ig' no'evidehce' that .yariraguclii ever mÄde' anlinspection at ofirni 

or thaü.'h6 wäs röquired.tg cro sg by Küclo. .ir fi+rr,h;; ä$;"ß_-'ihj'dAö'."uiiäväähim'bfithe 

düty:oi re'ceiving writüän 'repo.i+bs rroio'oi""i-äaü-r,iAüf+aJa;".iar" to' 

Küdo ühröügt'hIö:süaff ;orficer.. This.:d['aff'offiöer'fuiühor hää th;',,1;i;'ü*.il 

q,1y i5rväetigaticin6 lir respect;to the reporüs whic.h'he receivöcl.' Kud,o'iä'*r,"t-lestif,ied:bhat'Ytinägü'öhi:r'läs 

ä fi-nC'officer w?ro always öafried'oüt.:his dut.lbs 'in'äbcordancg 

wiü-h rrlgulqüions ancllwi.üh'the orclers ancl instruclioäs' of üis Cö. ' Ooiau;;;-i;r: 

thdi was subnitted.:thät,i etüherrühl-s- siaff orric'er' ärtv**äeo"iirl;""i""a:;-;äiJrü-*- 

frgg,riclg prötödfind'the Iärge nu,rber of .[wd ' 

ancr rhei rabr.],;itF+"uiiruJ. rttöi".. 

tgltatce bane of tl'oundä

- 'fiu'*/t'Y+7-'t:4 

'.,, ',.i ' irog 

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The accused, fida, fj-rst a warrant officer and, laüer an ensign, vras the 

dispateh eornmander at. grunl plW Carap fron Sepüembur ee-, iil-z-t"'t[;-ää'of the 

Wal._ He replaced Ouchi. The cornrnission sentenceA'nirn to be hanged by the neck 

unüil dead. 

,': Iida.lh. Speelficaülon_2'rvas fouire 

gurrty 

-9rr,?llliburing üg-the deaths' of r,?a1ker, nnit, ntynn, Hurit and 

(ltrner b.y.,f+*j.g:+!a-lyetfcli;ng,to:prövrae'aq6qu"f'"tta"_*.rii-ta uy_roiling. 

t'o.pro3idd ldp.eutt-o:ir.r9di..c$.. treq1,ryenll..availäblü-drugs::ririd meaiää ;;t. - ' 

flies, ..F 

Szuiqieation.,5 lida ivas r6unä.guiltX or irruStr.rg-u.rU-f"iäng 

.üo.plpvide Prppcr nediöal attönLion'and tleätment to nüfrcröü's AILied anä .:- 

: Anetican S:tsr* rr 

!i 

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-ittlg-!.e! -the.y...19re.fr""+"j"ä i.oi 6:urdfuetä eaiir. The F,trs,.in iirä ;;{ü;;il;,rb-_ 

| . mit'ted in.ühi6 öase; il!8. not.complain that they suffercÖ ilnon lack of heat-'ä.ittrotüh-rl- 

-, '.- several nentiöneti rio heaü was *urnis'hed, . to.,-u"iaur* 

rnStättaüions.lfor heatr ;';ü-' 

-' @9,o,4 6y'the defens€r.*vvs3o täü *uao in Jqpan duning tho yiar. In additien-äia-i"- 

. -eüq].l-ationslwere'eitleb removed or not'usdd;r,Judiclal:notice.{.ö,üaken iluü as qf 

this flate the majority-,of t'he brlil4ings'and homos oecu;rigd'u,i tnä'Japanäse do nof, 

haye.!ea!,.',No. evidence is subnit,tgd by. the ;-,p6sggutioä that'rida'trarä tne duty üo 

groyi$g hgat {br lhc PIls. Under the evideh"ä, if'such'd.uüy'eirj-stear. eit}rer tire 

Insüal1eitj-on divi-sion of. thö Naval station o.,th" crriar a"äi""ät .fithe tokosuka 

. Guard Unlt'rvo'ild Po.llg 

rcsponeible.parüies.. Flyirnrs deatü occurr:ed in JulJr:1945, -' 

-?*$u.lt1 in.{ueusb lr9l+5 -and;!Tat-kert's:.in Septembpr L9l+5.and there. j-s not a säintjJ-}a.of 

svidsnco to support, a findlng:'thal'üho failurc üo fi:rnlsh.heaü contributed 

in gtJ manncr to thcir deathsl' Althgugh Huntre deilüh'occuriöd.in Tcbniary L?h5 . 

l-ack of .belng ablc :üo focd himseH ähd. fai:lurc to furnish nedical atüenbibn'and , 

treatmerit.werye the'frictörs.ühaü.'cäuscd.his deaüh.. 'Lack.of hdaü was noü given as a 

.secondary cause by eny of.thd' ctid.ence submitted b/ thc proseeution. nmlt aiua 

'March'19.45'cna 

in 

an inference'cdn.bö.niae. ttrat thc lack of heat contributed to his 

.{eaüh if: the t'cstimorly of .Kitamura is.b'c1iev9d.' Kilornurä tcsülfied that ltini.l:was 

subjäct üo co.'rds ana älod of pnerinionia. : tr6.. iornrnisäion.a.nti the staii Judge Advo- 

. cate .i.4 revicw of Docket No..2l3t, Kiüa,rirurqo'l'ejecücd !his..teeti,roorly: and:föund in. 

-a9litdpnge:'!r"ith Pl.I evidenbc ühal'-t;lir'-,öie'd'of ieating" ariä.Utooa $iooning cauged 

!{. t'lagp4ff,g ühe dccktr yl!,_!roqt shocs.. r.:It..is.:be}ievoOit5at lthc:.;corirhission In tne 

$.iüamrra,cagö :w9re,..in a .tiettcr. position,to .ju{ge..ttrc, tiäaifj_tity of Kitamura ühan 

tho connission inr.the inetant.pasc 

' 

who harl only tb.e.writtcn te5timpny'bsfore'them. 

fhe.1a.gk,of 

h9a-t,ru{9. not'provcd:b;r th9 prosöculioir-br:yond 4 räasonabic doubt as a 

fgctor.in.'contributi'1€tdhisd6ai5.'.:..I^..:'.l-... 

. 

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'"'''.::'' i., .,':'.r" .'":-.-",'t.- . 

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Fearln8r üue.to ün€ pecu+rar seü up at- Ofula .POli Carnp, that fida, the clispatch coranander; 

oAly._frq4: _h9- 

clu!;r2 -a. cornmaryl' funqtign to ,seä- that ths pharnracisül rnate ,at 

the,,canp.i;erforrnerl.his'duöy; There igt r*o eviclence.!hat he.,haq th.e Cuty üo prqviile 

pr??ef "e,T".{. qtügntion ancl treatment, avalLabilr! drugs. aria neaipal. sulpliei. _. The 

eviclence clearly, eetabl.ished,thaü Natord."'a grenber of-the chief ,s111geonis:offiöe, . 

hatl,the:sole respglsibility to provicte-.drugs irnri medical supl*ies aiO ttrat, the c'hief 

:urCeg!]_hg{!h9..so-le.r::bpo{ts^}billty 

to provicle rnectisa'l atteälion,and träaürent. ,He;' 

is respotrsi!L;' Undeq Si:ecificaüion J.r',.and its sub-sec.tionsrr ,gslating to cormand 

reqgongibi3-ity, to see that the pharrnicist mate perfornecl.tris:Auties-in respäct üo 

raedical.attentiqn and treatrnent ss torthe.. articul.ar Fl,Is nsmed in.specificailon 2 

anî to other }ttls. ' : 

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: On'the 'basi's qf thg facts. ancl peasons set ouL 'aüove it, is believe,J that 

Iicla!s cuilü;as:.to Specification 2:ancl ! was not. estabii"r,"a.'ü"y""ä.!-;";;o;ili. 

tloubü'and:Lhat the findings.of.'the connrission in ieqpect ü1c thgqä Specj.fipati-ons, 

shoulC'be'd.ioapprovecl. .; 

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'Eb.egifiga?ipn.?-G -=Etynir: ficla was fciuni cur}tv of his sutortlinate'sr .unlaw- 

Iq].\y:,+isüreating Flynn by refusing tq provjcie. hjm.uedical treatnrenü arrl food 

1S uy, oth.erwise 9^busing hjr.'I. :By 

applyinü üh.e,clocLrine of ejusclenr generis. 

the'wprds lloüherttise abusing h'i.rqtl raüsü be connecteil in sorce Äaiurer. irtn 

' 

tno 

..'fajf:rT",lo pgovicle nedical dreatnent.agct foed. This part 

j 

"r ii," spe.irtaäiion 

snd.'fin9linq ilrsupported by the evi-qience sub4ritted t,hät. Flynn lnissäd'raeals as, 

. a result:',of n:istreatmqnü. A1tho.u6h there is,.other eviclencä that F\ynh was 

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.To,'1'1*'h5n,6r'iirfy of this oüher rqistreatment bhe-präsecution -should have bre: 

pared,'thiolSpeUification in thc sane.r:r&nndr.thaü..thei di.l Spe_cific'aüioö ?-Ä:" 

' ahd B. ' Tho.".rcntain+ng parü -of the- Sglgciflcation äp

thaü he, Itagaki, 

^-' ^^. ,it" wiaenc!, in.t'tiig äe'establlshes irrat s"nänatsu, the Navar 

Stag 

Generol-lt 

interrogator, -w3s in-aöbual 'chärge or.:i,rre,öarnp ääTää-ttä:i*iäü ä;i;'tä -- 

nreye4t the misüre_atne'nt of FVIs, lidp,f a.s.glspatch,cornnahdip, wää'not-in thl.seime 

position +,s an. AqS..!0lt:camp .eojnmander:as.irä näa trre uaval &ieid.starr fnteirogators 

at_ üh9- cann giving him orders, and only o.wed thg duüy ab'to the pharmaeisü 

nate io. see that such individual ,p-erförne.d.,tire duti'es assigned üo hiq. During ühe 

111"t flfrrthq! Iirra-was -at 

Ofuna, according üo Maherr' ühe firsü senior. pl? ofiicer, 

Iid| 

5eli.ciously 

followed ühe orders of Lheli,laval General Staff and marly pl{s. wene 

punighed by his.orderqr Thi forrner FfI also establishes thaü the;patüern of nistreaünäht 

9f ltys *n"'666:rpiiöi'to.ühe ti-re ühat riaa bepa.rne dispatäh cominand.er.. 

Maher further stated that the üreatment oi PlTs beäane worse after fida becarne dis- 

' Patclconrnapder 

than ühey rverc under Ouchi, Iidar s predecessor. The üoüal blarne 

for this chapge in.,hhe trcatmcnt'of PVIs cannot 6s'p1äced enüireLy on Iida asi Sanenqt,e-u 

beearne:the chief ipterrogaüor aü..abouü-:ühe sära,'ti-urd lida Licasiel'Atspatbh cornmander. 

-OiKane, the senl-or PIT officor'dufi-ng'ühe lasü year of the V{an; häwtiver, 

süated that Iida drging ühis period. wai by-paäsed and oräers were given'by'Sanenäüsu 

' diry9t-1f t'o !h9 chief petüy officer and K1üannura. During this perlod the deaths 

wlr-ch tlre. connisston found,:rtda.'siilüy. oicurrödiand.'in-a'ädicionithe.:largesü'nr,mber 

of -Pl{s were cnre$r and sg{ilStfc.a$y rsietieaüedi. . 

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, " Menbere of the prosec.ution. staff,,in,the instanU e asg weiä .a1so, prosecutors 

1T th:'case)of-Docket No.'2r8, Asoma,eü a1-i1 rida appeireid;iä that, ease äta tdsüifled 

for the"pr"oeecutlonl ...Ini'thct, iaee'.tihe"positioirä.9f the. prosecutign and defense 

were the.reverge;of irytaat:thöy.wers 'ih'tlie-ilt;tent, eade. In ariswerirU the aggu$enü 

, of ' the. defense.th4ü flda. .'hust hare .orderbd: the, rulstreatmenü..of,''ITIs iather .than two 

of the accusöd-{Saeaki €rnd Yolcira'öf;the,.Navil.'Generäl'$baff) in ühat-case the . 

prosecution in.thelr qlg.qsnt (.499.._19 

Tpfj.Tg{r3-9..:11.f,e.r,gg'.I";.2I'S a1rd not the instanü 

cas'e)'liäiäE'":' 

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.... :..- .-i : 

(p 84'of 1O2,Iida,.Caqe'l{o. 291) 

-14.-r-:t^:lJ 

I

ir'l ,:i ,i'i1 ' 

rir 

told tb .cooPöTateii lhaL,qas part.ofithe:qgice.rnent beü-1veen the irfav..al Gneral' 

Süaff and lökoeuka. ,rHere lvqs.the Nav€rl.rGer.rÖral Stpffr :slaf,f h'bmbgrsr'trigfr 

ranking officörs_lhereof, oirming-to Ofuna.and giv.tn! ääviäe..." of, cöuter. {frey -' 

were goiilg to.foll.oq it;, 

9$uö3b'i.on; !.9gausu,tley h3$;peen Ttrey were going üo folrow !ü fqrnaqy rqasoni:' 

sducated to oley,.connands of supeiior orders; 

ühe'Impe4ial: ühe'Impe4ie Reqpr.ipts;'.w.hi'ch.:.s!ates'ttra! 

$rhl'c!.,.q!at9s, ttra! an j.nfeiior 5,nferj,qr inr.tst mrrst obe.y obe}r his.-superior; -superior:- 

and the fac f.act ühgü .ühe. Naval Gener:al 'Süaff members had u "oro*unä cif i,naicat,ion 

power..tLli (n S5g): 

.. :J.i-,lt Ji,:-r *$ -)r aq * x x x-* ,, o i, ti'ir +i *- +E',-'': 

.ltM.r,. Fr?$ would. have you believe, that lida, Iivq.buchi and Haginiwa, I,bö-. 

lieve.ho'said, were the ones who orderöd the beätirrg of V{alker. .V*rat:Lnterest 

:. ..did they.have.in'the ihfornation Lhaü could be obtained fron lValker? That was 

i,.::nö'ne.of-their bgsiness. They didntt, wqn! ar\y informaüion from hjrn. Who'riranted 

ühe införnation? Those üwo men'sitting over fhere. The facts are so'a_' 

gainsü then t'haü.I canrt see horv aqy Cömnlssion could fail to see it. Walkär 

: '::com€s-to ca,mp.. The next day.Yökura and sasaki arrive. They ne:ö da,y,lla1ker 

. 'is-be4Lu",,,-,.It is,eas,Jr to blame, trid.a.. Bgt whgt inüere.gt .Uä ne have-in üalker;, 

ot-herither.n;to keep hi-n in the qanp? r,That was his job.::'Hö was Lhe jaildro rgnl 

Braun argues thaL these boys did things under orders." BuL'when iü,comes td, ii 

'':-. stating whö gave the orders,,oh, the Naüal Genera-} Staff, the Naval,C,enerp 

ii . , 

stqff.li (R 916):. . 

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.. It. is recognizcd thaf lida was in a difiicr:tü posiLiön but he'wab,noü;,as 

lielpless'ag lndicatqd in the above argument.' Other thair rgpriaqnning: a guar:d whb .,, . 

sf,apped'O,rKane lida. d.id noühing to pbevent'ühe mistreatmeirü of;P[ls.=a.nd tj]indl.y'foJ-i 

- lowed the ordeng öf Sanema.üsu'when told to puni.ritr- ttiein.- t'lo.efforb ivas nradi, bX. Jri{n 

*' tg stotBt)rg,jEtreaüngni, l.f Plfs or neiiririrong t,h9-offpnd_gr-fqr 

:: - beatlilSs| beaüinsstr ttrpt, that ogqyfreg, oc'cugred, wtreg the.. integ:gogator*'6rää-.aU inteJ:Tog]!.o1*.,r-verä'nüb -at+i,e -aü-bhe tire lrölthe spoi -.' 

1 

.c'amp. Hor+ev'et, 

. 

beaüings'r thp! ogc.ltgred, qlre4 integgog]!.o1*.,r-verä'nüb-aü-bh?.f'T.r, Howev'er, -no _ . - -.' 

ovedt'{u$"" ovefr- ovedt'?o$sr äo$sr üere-.drärepteä g9l'e-:pb*e.ntpd g9rä.$b*e.nt.ed uy by 6y the.prnseclrur-on the.prn-söc1rü-ion 

. 

rn in conrurctiön conrectidn *itfi with. tiiu ühe'deaths au.ttr" of oi,ttlä' ,thÄ' "-- ? 

: _- Fjlq F{s which whic}r hd1fg's' hd$g's: oha.ngg{ Gha'r!p+,and.-found and,-$oundgüiIby bg6the corunissiön. Thäre is'f,urther;.fl@r.;.,.i 

--:I- -l-*-'e{äüerlee': 

äü*deaeö'thst that,Iida rliaa ever,loId:^his. eväi;lorE;1^äisiiqf,eriors'ät:Yokosuka 

s: 

that, mämlber's of th8.Ilaval' 

General Staff were orüeiing.,thd aistreatmenü of Pltfs or.,,aqked. ühat a particrrlä'rly -rl, 

vicious güard be'relieved öt.prinishbdt , -an At insfectiori-or'ät the nränühllt|et&fi l-* 

-' me-eüing. he had.'an, oppo,4tunity to; give thie. infonnaüion to his superiorso All 

- witness€s;,prosecuLion 'filen.ltltarnufa!s and defenso, tqsütficd tha.ü lida nevqn reported any$is; 

treatneht's.' 

supeiiors t'eqüestecl .Inforrnetidn f,fdm l{da, tridä an3wered 

that, Kitqmura was doing a lood job and said nothiäg'äbout the bnutal 'nistreatnent,thaü 

he gave the Pi?S. fidär has been ciharacüeriäed in the evj.denqe subxoitted 

as a,trwgalc1inltt utd. rrtarne caütl büt he waS'a1so cohsidered *" 4 ltgood:fe1lordl,.bJr.. 

ühe chief peüüy officefr,'be:atlse.:he did'noü even repriunand.Kit'amura for 

1yetr19tr1r 

ihe nästreatrnent of Harris and B'ullbrd; 

' 1 

: The conduct..of the Nava^l General Staff interrogators at the carnp üogether.' 

with the facü that Iida requaqted and obtained a doctor through them anci pnoüested 

the priinging of siclc PfIs üo tho cairp because of ]ack of facilities to take care of 

them'are strorrg ruitigating'factorq in his'favor. Other rniüigabing aots ön hLs part 

a r e s e t o u t i n t ! r q s u a n a f u o f , t h e e v i $ e n c 9 l : ' ' ' 

TAKAIIOTO 

(p 85 of '.IOZIidar, Cas,e N.o. 291) 

,/"-x-;-L-*z

Takamoto was 'found' qot,. 'round g.ui{ty.'of wjJ-Iful1y and unLawfir[y falLing to give 

Hunt medicäl' atüentioh lut was ,*+ti 

91.,qi1iru1ry ana unrawruny iäuinä i. 

give Huät medical treatmenü q,ra ttpslittelrqp.qfdrl. . The *vid"n"" of the proseöuüfon 

to support thaü part of lbq.spt.c.+fi.cg!i9.q rgla!,ing''tq rnedic'al treatrneni is based. 

. upon a stabenrent iir Leiboldts.q{{idcyi!r._pX. 1}1, ..bhaü'a'Jäp doötor' saw Huntrs con- 

.ditionr.that.H"untrs'"bandageb tr'dr1-:nevenlüJen'cirdnged anä trrät uunt üold him that his 

, arm had never been set... Ba3-9h tlcstified that he.ancl Hunt arrived-at Ofuna on the 

26Lh ot' Januari 1945 

' 

and'that'fiuni'is'a'rm.wai put,in a slins in Fonnosa, otKane. 

PX 54: stated, that Kitamüra;ix;-fro-ved,a''ryil"ä sptiiit: sb that tuntrs arm wouId bend'at 

. the'break and Tmkkb testifie4-,iii 6h, thatj'i(itjntia rernoved, the splinü. It ap- 

. 

pears furüher frpm this tästj4ip,ay. thpi'H"iät w.lp'broubht to thLe canp wiüh roaty ühird 

, . $egreg bur4s'and alsq +.coinpouiid rlpgt,ure,gf hls.'rtgfit ann or shor:-lder* 

'Neüher 

' 

, Or.{ane or..Trulcke statefl nh thg}p aFf{dgvils if K+tianrura remove-d tho splint;prior üo 

or :after the visit of the 'doctör ,lap i(Tak'arriopo) 

, : . j . . ' . . t : , . - ; . , . ] . ] . . . " : . - : ] - . . " ' ] " ' " , , ; | ; ' . ' ; , . ' | 

' 

t. 

,-. gi.ne: Erlrlrrodical.'ittn. cad.t-€atnrt da' hds4r coqg; ,Docket, -Noi25j'; Kitamura. fn- läew 

-- oli the lBt gui$y 'fincilng. i! Qpilears: t,!raü' -con,aitE,i.on- 

-: 

,the 

trylng lfihmura believ_ed - 

tl-. his th.31.49 !es-t]pw gnnfie.l a rplin-tige$.nro1ftted-aBlirg:!9rghe. conpor:hd'f.räc\. 

..-. 

: üure'of;tahe &r:nr.;51lugHar?, (Nava1-Gehe-ra1-Staff'cloctor)''dna,'fakargoto both saw Hunü 

b '. .and thaü'Takaäoto t'o1d hlni (XihinrurC)'Jo-tnix-some rivandt in-the öod li-ver-oüL-and' 

'"; 

' -j--rTaseline .;--vaseline mixture.that mixtuqe ttrat viäS wa5 uöing being.applied appiiea !o to tf,e.burns.of the.burns'.of Hunt.'(4rc42-t6tf\,, 

(q 1643-164!.: Taka- Talagtot-o. 

saw.lltrnt (PX 257 and testimergrr given in his ownrbeha]f) on or aboub ttre Zgttr -o'- 

'*.i 

- är;o"..luty ig+i i"t5'd;t;,ri!*'_--H,üt?;,;;'it"I-at oruna; l*[ tr,"r-t#;-id;[ää"au* 

-- an- exanr:inatian'of IIünü.of q[i;ro4i.nrat91y!0 ör Jp'mlnutesr'.saw. that-he had third de:' 

--. gree burnsr,thät wo-qden gplints yrerg applAeÖto, immobilize lhc cornpoun{. fragture, 

and thaf, rivanol g'aläe. wäl' placecl on tltä.wound, in the- lqft' ioreiäiot, - tit **otg fulther 

told Kitamirrä to äOa riilänqt 

'oiL-änd 

to. the cod.livef 

vaieline r,ri:öure used 

for.the.,treating of tne ü'ufns anO in adOitiogr'to give Hunt camphor and glucose injecbioris. 

' At the tj-rne he treatcid Hunü Takarnoto. türttrer tes.tified that.üe' bel.ieveä 

that was the onl-y freatment ühäü coul

I' 

:ne$.9a1 o.r sgrgical, treatrnentr'w9 gfröu{d,te at,.a'loss.f-,"*.i" ;i;";iqt-;;;;- 

. 

.nqöion- , , ' .' It 

3nne3r9 ,that Takamolo 

^gaye Hun!. the 'expIodfuory';i nrurinufn.f exarni- . 

a: ge! o1! in;,!fe ap:u:, ag{ini!,ign änd.: such.. e.xorninaf,ion is q,he giving of 

Unaler'the'evidence Taka,roolo,gb$d 

*:9i"ttrreatncnt,. 

nqt go back to Oäina änd give 

Hunü ,the r'ain or. finatr e4aninaüio";p+u.:6, 

' ' fldgred to'do :solClarri{u, ,ttre, gäorl. 

'/tJ-thegqhr 

ehief Eir- 

.f+|a,not9. ,eported ühaü Hr:nt "i" in o .sprioss ec'ndi1. ion he. teceived 

19 :*lher 

o1d3rs frnom Ak'ita to returh to .O.funal anä girre furühei t"."lr;nl-i;-ilt. 

' 

s,.'firsü 

f I,9:!.{ef-Tafanqtqf 

case and due to his lac[:of'ocperience :lt] is uurieveä-- 

that' Takarnoto had no r.ight. tg epgrpme* i" elying. Hunt, .nedieal rrJatnu.i.l ;;J;ri; 

häd,the düü.x': '1o-,"u-*Pdgk 

-iüi" 

to Ti'kafragrr_i ana'Ättrtä rri" findirrg;, he d,id.. 

der.the,fäcts 

:un- 

as subnitted iü is not-bqlieved that Takamoüo *äs cr!ninal1y..n"*1i-. 

. gent in failing to glve llunt rrodiCal_ treatnrent. 

. 

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,. - Tl!*iot?. w1s also founrl guilty of failing to' hospitaliäu ,Hr.r,t. As a new 

'ta1iäe 

nedical officel.iü. dogp not appear ttrat'Takanoüo ilou1d.*nän'1 itr":püo"dqf"{p-r,"ipi- 

1 fw.'nati9.nt., t!t* g].ac!r.wrrere ,such'puti;nts.cor:l'd. u" ,rrospitarided.or whether 

he could bring him back vrith'hirn to Yokosuka ahA put him 1n the's.ick bay..' T; ;;--' 

y:.""? th9 sitüation'iü wor!-----.ci be ridicutcusl io ä.";;i äru.tt. ""* i"oi""r officer. in 

t'he Anerican Su.ny d}."i"s thg w3T' with an:opportun:iby to'consult his. superio"lorficgr, 

wopd order tne hospitaliäation of a'i'!,I,p"ii"Lt."tt. näpitar 

'?-p:1llL*?19'. 

tnat did noü 

T|| 

Ploh acüi91 if done:by an Americqn officerwoqlcl cerüain\r re: 

r1^prompt 

?3{ 

dis,ciplinar'5r action. The prodecutiori subrtritLed evidencc that, Jmed- 

Lcar'orr1-cer'oughü to reconnmen9.llt" hospifalizqtion of a patient who was. in a seriot1o.'9onditibo.. 

; 

Takrir,roto testi.fied trrät,-tre.riisü to:I.ct.tätar,astri äna'[["" aki;;'-' 

of'the serious c.on{i.tlon of, Hunt and that any {nediial offlicär o" aoeu" should havö . 

known 

!|ut i t?t+p*' + 

Ilyl'" conäitjon- "rioi,ra .re r'""pii"it"tä:, til;-;"i;#; i;': - 

'cgmpqpirrg 

!hu# 

Akita'bbd ühe rdsponsibilitg-to nospitätf2'e :a ltt patient as 

-ivouLdchave 

Io 

tornake arraqgönenüs foi a guand, arO'Unat !hö nicdied! officers dio.not 

have the "qh,l;!n_!-9sgi.[+iee.a Jap4pisö pätil"t'l*tei{:rn-"$* 

i. r: 

"r;-äil"h.;:t . -.- 

png.a!ra rr{Tra-rne 6rt3et'sur€eon tryae--4ot prcsent.; 4r /iXita would have.ful_l- know:l } 

.:thaf-Talcanoüo, bi nelrcibi.ng Hpnt,td-serious-condition to i,rkitar-.rcinoweo?4e prdper' 

.'.progedurq {or ? newrtineTpeniäaced.rnedicäl- officgS a,r{--Aig. wträt..a. reasortati}e:;il-,', 

91'q+v. inliperlcnqc| 

-- 

,f{i;9$w6ulEltrave 

$o,rtp ü.iiliö an,l'äiln:uu* "i;;;;[.döe; 

-ftproven, 

beyoqd a-reir,s9nab1-e agublr that-Talcamolo wga ""fuins{iy negligenb-i" 

'spec.t.to.thegredica1trätit,nent.glvohorthe:fai1ür;t;hospitaiize-Hu;t. 

. - 

. : 

I : 

'".1:..:;....','.', -.';..'.1, .-. ',.,.. iti'nifASHf 

..' , takahashi;wa.q e.npdicä:l officer ät the Yokosuka Guarcl Unit wiüh a'rank of 

lie3te1a3t- "tinitri g""Oe,i H* *;" senüenced, by thu couutission to a torrnt"rz- Z äi" 

at hard Iabor.. " 

-':' 

"r., 't': 

(p ry7. oC: -lo2':Iiöäri CB{i"€ Nö; 2g1)

; 

l, 

,/. 

'.,:qd:.j,t.t 

!*- 

'-'..(>'4i'n-{ä LZFJ" 

In a singlu "pu.ifiöation Takahäshi or"s "nä'*pd with the violaüion of the 

Lbws and Custorus of YIar, as folLows: 

y' 

bf H. &. T.talke.r, 

ing - Noü .ouiLüy). 

' ,,. : 

cal.specifiiationr äs.Akita.., bf trre,use 

;oo4;rrprotiderr 

of-the 

both.rakiü"üi-äiä"* 

A{i!" ar9 clr3leed with corornand re-spongibility. . Takamolo, ühe other'accused med.ical 

officer in t'his case, howeverr.i,9,chr+geed'with personal iesponriüiiity-uy the use 

of ühe t'rordrtgiverr in hiq,,speslficutigi.. 

1519qgtrqr3! 

the caäe. and in.itrgi1 

the presepution charged rakäh9shi..mtr,-"örinana,'Iesönsitiliüy...,. 

arg;unt 

The conrnj-ssion found.-1'1fra!as!l guilty in this "or*arra ""spcinsibiliüy 

specificaüion of 'refusipg, fäiiiqg andineglec.t.u6,to plo;tgu ttru-rv"-r"ü Ofuna with 

ad!;girate hunane rned;gat' ää1e1, aüt'6ntiön ano. igqpjüaiiä.iiä;:,:-il is norbd .rhät-med1-- - 

ca1 treatnenü .is noü'öne: or the.,t!949r "u"guii.i;lih"-;il;iä."ii""1-ä-; 

c.alion 

;öäiä: 

charging-.cöinmana, pep?n:ibitftr-.;li :;r.* ,i"äg-ty-;[iä;ü;"cur5.on can^6nxy 

-_- ä:t"!lH,:i-.ffiil1i ä?L:tF"'il:{,1;äli;"itf,H"htilc*ffis;*ffi äf,:iJirs#:r, . 

' - - 

stibni't*ed by bo.ütll prgseeutiö& and .d,eJbnse "it"""1"""1il",'äää;-]; 

:. löf:r.il"ilit.i,ä"ä::ö"i1,*osiüf.ro-sepg, crocrors, to, oruna ""lifo33ih$ü:: 

--::-; - 

' .i-.11^*"1"'::ll:._Sil.ll!fieJch\äi."'rgön 

""a iüi-i"k;;";i,-;ä"*trrä.;;"';;ä5ä'lL -, 

11$ r.espopsiu.jlity:,1 

-- 

,.,-ir, , The''öJnmrlssisn-frrrt6?i fognd thgt Takgh"uti."orrtr-ibuted to.thezdeaths ofr 

_ tlallgrr 4**, Etynlr Huä1. ancl ziqüaer. TFe bpsis. oi tr,u'riigil;i:"i...4h; ;;rnrJtsi"" 

r"s tne resüilnor{y Kit-ar-nura gave'in 

'anci 

his own.behatrf in [is,.iaä.e rg8cl into the 

recörd irl the ibsüant cas€. Judicial. notice is taferitiraf Kitanrrr:rä" i" fiis'o*, 

:?:?, 

fol f1i1g1e to.{ive etther.neäical .qict, ine,licipeF or üreaüöerf :(and in acl- 

-dition ptlysically rnistreated PtTs) was found g"il-ty of conüribubing. totthe 

tr'ia1kerr. 

J"airr" or -,- 

Emil andf{T..., The,sönüene9 o{ aeaLhlgiven'to him uy iirä'conrngbs-lon'in 

ltlu,gg_"9 iq now Eiwaiüirig the approval oi.rlisappional.of the Sgpq.ene Qonmancler.of . 

the AILied Power$. , ft is believed the. !h+t 

cöinroission in his 'äasg haü o bottor' bp- . 

portunity üoiü'est the credibili.t'f of Kitamrria, as he appeared before.tngh as & ." 

wiüness, ühan ühe comnridsion in this case whele his teälniio4y was reä,1 into the, 

record. The eorütris'sion in the Kitamura,ease di

I 

Takahashirs guilt beygn{ a reasonable doubt as to arly aets on his parb rvhich nay 

have contlibutyd.,to the death of tlalker,,ppri_1 anO nynl; 1 . ' 

.. 

'' 1." ,ll' , 

r i , . jlth?pel,r'.f{itaryra .was. foufcl not:guiJ"ty.in röspeötlto .thc ,deoth of Zü,'rer 

he teslified:-t-hat he tol*.ecl ti; thc dlrg gdr ;'rki!ar'noCt"*ahashir:iri'"e"pu.u t'ö-- 

zirrner! s concli.üion. Thc evidenqe submiLted in respect to the aei.tp oi Hünt,.atso 

shows !hat, i.kita,lt+tt--f+f knorvloclge,of .,Hurltts 9onciition.,, It is not. aisputealltrit 

fakanpüo,told irl

dutiee of ttr'e chier surge,rn, the soIJ responsiUitity as to,rlgi"of ,",ri.priuu. rrru 

Judlgial däler.rinaüion, s'upported by.,e-rridenc.9.:in this, caser rn Eogtie! IIo. 2J), i 

Kitarnura, .,thttt medicines were ayailablle at Qfunp plus, the. tgs;üüroqy of Naüori , 

olearly absolyes Akita of being, 6u5-1ty of 't?ie words lfadequate availab.le medical 

suppliestr. in his specificatio4. .::, .. .. 

The rrcclical policy 6overning Ofirna *ur,establishe

äf,":,-&{ 

giving hospitalization üo Hunt..., irkita cöul-O üave hospitalized hi.rn on his authority 

änd bi obtäining'a-guard ülroggh.ehannetrs'tn tfre'stck'.b4y of the. Näval Barracks orl 

.at thd.Of\lra Fuel- Dispens'aiy' Eüldence Was intr.odrieecJ'that,ä guard bt öfuna was 

ta,lcgn to thls digpenga{y.;,rNo tesü5.rnony appears that Akita roirdö any efforb bo so 

'hospitalize Hunt' or. to,gitd hia any furbher mäSical.attesblon; There is testimorly, 

howävör;" !!at a FW caufa not bc ür:anlsferr.ejä"trbm.o'tuna without pcrmission of thb 

Naval- Geneqal $taff . Even though ühis'rnay',!ä'tiüe iTr respect tö Hunt, Akita wquld 

have had the duty to dispatgh a nreidical'o?derJ-y to öfulaa to üake eare o.f'Hunü as 

well.as to keep cJ-ose chijak'ön his condition by'the dispatch of Eedica-l- officens 

'at reasoitable poriods'ef ltine, ,The''scarciüy 'doetors 

'and of at Yokosuka is no excuse 

American Ptlls by International,Law were entilIed to uredical- treatmerö and at- : 

tention. The further fäct that'/tdmiral l(udo'did,not take ühe sane interesü in re- 

Fpect to the nedical attention an

i i:.1 

,.;'iT.'llii 

I\üüm 

Sqgata., 

DTIIY 

--.....- 

AT OFU}IIA DOCKET NO. . 

(illus 

'G9a1d 

2L8 : 

eontribüüing üo deaths pf 

Emj-l, anci Flyrur 

; : SI{-IEIWE 

Lusive)T-- 

10 Years 

Ohann. 

'. 

: .t: 

Yolarra 

Guard 

..: 

NiG,$. . : 

IriterrbBaüor 

218 conüributing 

. 

to deaüh of EmiJ- .5 Tears 

2l-8 causing Oeadh of TIaJ-ker 25 Yäars 

S.asaki 

NrGig* , 

.InterTbgator 

218 causing I'Ialkerr s cleath 

18 Years 

Hata , . 

i : 

Jrkaike 

Kornine 

' 

: 

Coqk 

Guard 

Guard 

2Jt9 

.320 

329 

contributing tq deaths of. . .20 years 

Eriril, Tlalker, Flynn and Zinrmer 

.ni-streatnenü of Pl{s 

!" 

7 Years 

"'conüributing 

to deaths of 

4O years 

, : . : 

't. 

For'ühe reasonsl staLed in ühe opi4ign or Iioalit'i" """o*!r"ncled that th; 

!_indirgs of the,conni.ssion Es üo Specifiäations 2r ,J, l-D, E and G bb disapproved.. 

Clenency petitions on-behalf bf 

{iled 

fida have_bäen-read:ind-consiclgred. .-: * 

. - ,' rt i's goiriragreä,thst ridalsfo-u].,tl nit *ec"ive -the--,ieäf4 pdnarty .yrhen illi; 

takgn 33@ congi$eration that Sanenatdu, who was'.prjgrarily respondjbl-e receirJäd- a 

sdntenbä .of {O:lgears and.Ttagahi, who lräd tLe :nrGrte üiä.asfei. gf3 fron Ofuna -re- I 

: . 

ce.,irerla sentefrgp oL2 ytJars" .The oirlp person tfrat receiged aüe4üh penalty üfrat'; -'" 

Iida sup?nriSed, as stäted j*r:the'aborle -chart, is KiüEmura,' The euiclence .revegl,s- .. . 

thgt Kitanuba was guid'e# by the -evi} fiand.cjFSaneraatsu rather ttran litla. .lJnde-r th; '''' 

eviden?e subnitted ito is believecl ühat lj-da shouLcl receive no sreater a seirüencethbn 

Sanenatsu who was primä1il,y-responsible for'the nistreatnänt of Pl,ls ät Ofuna.-o' 

For his failure j-n nqt takirrg-bteps üo prevent the nistreatr.ent of PtIs it id r€corn-.* 

nendecl that the sentencle-of 

-. 

cleidtli be coircrrlügd. to .forty years.at !rarö. Iaüor. 

Iitla was tonfined. the lîlbü of Ddcenber 19lr5i rvpnü.to t,riaf 5 May 1948 and 

was sentenced 11 October 1948i Due to the lerrgNh of üir.re the accused has been con- , - 

fined and pursuant to establisheü potr-lcy it, is:reconnended that 29 mqnths of confinement 

at hard Laborae rern$tedi gosarng Prlgon, Tolryo, Honshu, Japan is the appropriate 

place of confine4ent. 

Äkita: 

For the reasons stated hereüofore in the opinion of Äkita iü is reconnended 

that he be found not guilty of the wor.cls rrby failing-üo restrain ancl conüro1 members 

of his .connand, persorJs. unüer his supenrision and cöntrof and others by pernitting 

them to:conrelt brutal-acts, atrociüiä".+nO pther.offenses agai.nst Anerican antl Ä1- 

lied Frisoners of ttari at Oi\ina Frisoner'of l,lar Canp, Honstru]: J&panrr, and .the following 

acldiüigna1 worcts [H. riq lfalker, Norr,lan E!xi], Kenneth Elyml . C]eraency petitions 

filed {ir behalf pf irkiüa have been read and considered. 

. i '- . - Thg fqilüre of irlclta as öhief surgeon üo lake affirnative acüion to prevdnt 

the dddthe cjf Zi-mraer dnd Hunt, is proverl beyon{q, reasonabls doubt. In the case of 

theso two-'H'is'whö illcd therg, are no ntiigatirre facüors, that can be talren iriüb'conslderation 

ih.vieiy"of thg fäct that Akitä ,in ütn instances had:knowledge anct Ieü 

then dla withotrt:an effort 16.iirevont i,t, ön his 1nrt.. :It appears that'Ä.lnira1.l(uclo, 

the CO of'the'Güärd Unit;. shötriA:nave tüg sq1." "äsnonsibil.iiy as'Akiüa beeause of 

: '. 

(p 93 of '102 Ii,Ja; Cace I'lo. 291)

his over,alI responsibllity ancl the facü ühat he did not JoIIow the sarne pol-icy and 

interes! {5r ttrg, freal-ih. of ,!'he,.FlTs as A{pf.ral Mizuno, Prosecution ryitnesses testified, 

arxlisup.po'rt Kudors lask-of inlere_str,;b.y, statirlg,thaü Akita clid nothing for 

the Pfts iTts fdr;'fear for''-fäqr of .

, 

" 

$. Tho chiof socuri'by officor ördinaqily tranqnltJed all ordörs to the O'funa 

cortloador (,fiaq,).,IIo rmg in thq'ohqin'of 'oonnand bctcröon lida and tho'aonr,rand.or 

of tho Cuarq wiiti Thc lattor dcliüergd his ördors through the chlof u'o".."itry, - 

offlqor olird-rccgivöd rgports.äs to pcrsormol roattogs.$hroügh the sanre.officiai. 

Thg non at'Ofuns iloing-secrrrity ü9r)':r, provcntiorr of cscape andr'csistance by 

pfiq.onc.rs of'warl. rvoro:.süb-ördinatäs of tho chicf 'secuiit! offioer atia L" fraä tfrc 

_ltty_tg 

supcrirlsc.:thcn. ln oxcralsi-ug zuch functions, ho vras not a slaff offioor:r 

IIe aIsö. ]uJd lhc-duty ät Ofuno to naintai.:: good so,nitsry oondi.tions. if o soarolti"'i 

of food, ctothing, and supplicp. rrcs rcportöd by ltd.a, tho chicf 6o-urity otfioor 

.rras._olg)cg!e$.to .cqnt+ot the; oh'ibf'Bayr.rastor. Ho uos ooncurrcntly a diviqion conna4de.r. 

itt tlg güar(unlt ancl as.zuch had oupcrvision of oll guqpäu.at 0ftiac rrith. 

rospoct to tho 19maa!-gunarvision 

of a diyision dor,urarrd.cr, Äs'aivisi.on bonimand,or, 

tlio ohiof boguri.ty ofJiccr hecl- outhority to puirish gqards ana güpcrrii'se ,tho gr.""ds 

of his division at',Oflmo' A chisf, socurity officor disp+tchpa,tüc first'cornlsndor 

19 9fuur 

r4tlrbu:b miWqri ordors; He adctrcssod. the priioncgs and.informoä tito^ oi 

thoir stcitus ond privilcges. He gavo ordor's o.s to thcir corrospond,onoo cwrd daily 

routino a^nd. cn'sürod that oa.lF ,oJficicrls obcyod. the orders 9f. thö, Novol GcncraJ. 

Slaff . $,ö transluittod. sonq orclorq fYoia.his. supcrior ttr trg bqi+1a.conrno3dqr. On 

9-ooasion, 

h9.1-ras ordoroö by tiro.guard'.upit co4gre.ndor to irnpr,qvg'sanitary öonditions, 

Hc chac]:cd disciplino, troat.rcnt 'of prisonors.of üar, ,insgcotcd.'food. aträ health : 

of prisonor.s ar.Ie'onôccasion ropoilod necd of -nqdical '!o 

attö[titrn of thc prisonord 

to Ur.c- 9hi9f 

o'stab3.i:h"g pot,igigq ,Cg"€o?il, 

for,.changin-S thp gug.nds.: quarclsundor 

hin had._919'du!y,t9..provont'pii-sonorä,bf :irar. frorl bo.ilg hnrrnää fror,r. outsido 

_-:fi;P;":: 

+:3i"lol'Hl:äiiil#,:5";',1inro,1"ru#$:llff#*il: :- 

u - of 3i4hor aut|g1-ityt gc- rca5r!vc-a. rp?&t-s,-oi ittp p:f'1ica1:conaftiän or: pi\soäors'.'. -'' ' 

.gf l'qr.l _ -3'.-. 

-+- 

J 

-- 9, Thc oairp coryä.ar.ac;r (1i.1a) llu oo,,**rd qrd sup,ervision and poirorLdf dis--r:- 

cip1incqvora11porionnq1jgt1npaJ]prcgard19isorsj:ötion. 

- 

10r Spöcific authpl-ityr duüio; curdtolponslbilitios ara-f\rqthör cFscussod. 

-' post und.or tho'ropgctivo nq.nos of. 'ohc various c.octrsod. , :_ j' _'' - I '- 

. 

_ :r 

11. It is npticcd gcnerclly that cvidono.o os.to'tirc oirc.rgo of foilurc to prorridc 

hcat dooe ncb'aohicvo thc lo.vel of proof boyoird a rcasonablc doubt bocausc 

it is apparont frou tho rccord that lpatiug cqüi-raloirt to thaü avaiiablc j:r 

'liro 

othor 

Japanose instafladions rms zupplicd. ticat foaturos in tlc spccifioations 

*pplylag to Hl-guroshir Ymaguchi, ScJanr.ra, md Iida (Spocific'ation 

' 

2) should thcroforc 

bc dclotod fron {ho findings.. 

.. 

L2, fü.t} rcforcnco tb tiro o.oi:rrcäü (no+1crr p', 75) in tho forcgoing rävicnr thcrt 

a chargc

'rl ;;iil,:::; 

::.li.L 

'.1+ 

:ii:. 

,;:;: 

thoso to r'rhoso oaro hc lras ontrüstod 

appropriato: : ..: 

tho 

.: . ' 

prisonora. Ttro follotring quotations arc 

Itunited ptgt,os:vs Yoji.r.ra, case. 66, datod Deccnber. lg41c riho aff,irmativq, 

dgty-.tnf1öse.$ o-.n tirq.oor,ürtaad,ing pfficer go:takc appropriaie 

,. nc.s,suros:yithil hi! poueg.to provgnt-iris troopF,frbin ooüi.tiing acts 

Ln violati.on of, tho lal'rs qf,.lrar.,roquiros ühat-he tokg approprifto. 

stcps rrithia lris porvor to proüant his troops, curd tho:so unOcr his oon-. 

trol fron.subjgctiug prisoncrs of ,r.rar in his.cuitody to jnsults and 

p"bli?-euriosily, and-fron subjocting the,:r to violcnce, cruelSr, and 

honiqid.c. As,aojqmandipg offigor, thg aocqsed l'aä.a duty to pr6vide 

l.leasuros for thc hu.ä+ne trcntr,rgntr shfo ouqtqdy and prgtootiän of 

his prisonors of r.rir{..., Thc {u!y.ir,rpos!d.rms a J.cga] one. An onission.to 

porfone thls.dutyr.resuitjng,in tlr,o cloa.th oi tfio porson 

,(prisonor 'oharged of rrar) to.,rhotr this dutlr rras orringr'nondors thc person 

lrith tho porfprgoncc or süctr.auty gullty of hornioid.o. Tho 

-*:-- - 

. . : 

grado of honioicle trhicirrrosglts dopend.s upon tträ circumstanocs, 

cnphasis bcing pui lipgn i:ho i.:r-tont of -thc nogligont porson. lThcro 

thc dor'r,th ollsuos in ,bonqoquoncc 

'r.u,rd.or. 

of a villful. onlssiori of duty, it 

is ssrid to constitutc 

In tlic,isutr** caso, thc omission 

of his duty to prcvoitt the acts,c,llogod, r.rhiclr rozul.bed. in üro 

dcath of thc prisoiror' of,.'ritlr, r-Ic.s ölc+rly ,ri1Lfu1, and constitutod 

rlurd.gr.rtl ., . 

: ..'..:. -... r.. 

ItUnitod Statcs of '.iu:rorücc 

.tTho vs Scljiro la.r*lota, o! aL; .cosc \Ts. gf, 

datcd Octobcr tS+Zz qo.np:ooriurorlrlot had: " a"ty-io p"ot"oi tnä 

prisonc,rslaad, by.!h9 uso..qf lrc r,nist -glLigmod 

dctär:ninä .tliat-thoy . .. ' 

aro nbtl.bci:rg'3ris,trcätod. If irc shou-Lcl. la:ovr, crrrd bt'nog.ligonqo däosnot 

larorrr.hc'hai. cor,r".rittcd.a.fl öffc4ls1ftt . :-. 

. ' - 

--t - a' : F 

's!r' 

'tuuitod stc.t'cs='of.'1-icfic; r-r'n':T;Iüitr"i",u*,i...g-o1,ia..o uo. ,- 

- '.. : 

1$ I:l,iich f9+e-: t$u jo üfr+Cal(cuii, in .. - -' 

tris oapccfi! e.s. cnr:ip cor.gran{är; 

ho had tirb duly -to..pr_otccj -blxi pr*soncrs of. r-rar; hg iros jl offgft :- ._ ., ...i - 

thoir guardian unclon tho 'ltrlcs of Land iiariarc ancl undcr thc th-ö4... . _ 

c:listing }öttors'cmd trqtruotions of tjhc Jap'curcsc ilar l,{inistryand. -r.a - 

Japc,r1l,s agreonouL?o appiy thc piovisioirs of tjro.prisonors of TIar 

. convcption-so far.as practicnllo to intcrnecl civiriaris=and orrcray 

nilitary.porso'nnol bapturod. rttras thc dprty o{i.üt'a.lro.rri to uso- ._ 

dua -di'119önuo and to dotori.rinc- that tho p4isoriois of l'nr'urrd.cr lris 

cormloJrd ircrc noi boing nistrco.tod. 

. If. 

'sh.ouJ-d 

hc latolr, and by his 

rrünltod 

States.rof Änerica vs. Solqochi Sclro .ot alr, Cc.so No. 99, d.atod 

8 Dcconbcr L947t t.Tho 'accusod Scuio, as c{u1p..cor.l'.laclcr, hc.cl a duty 

tS protcct thc prisonors of \'rar, olta by tlrc usc of diiigonco cs car.1p 

.comrand.or, to dctcr.rrino tlnt. thoy rrcro not bciq6 .{:tistfocrto.d. 

If ho 

. ehould li.eve !*o.tnl, rurd by lris nog:;lgolco didilgi ]c.ol1, 1c hcrs connittod 

än offonsc. ..,l 

tt- 

. 

14.. Cor.plqlnt.i.s r.rad.o by.-Uiro defcnso of 'uho fc"ct thct iho prosocutor ot'ribitod 

+ sta-bonont to tho prcsidcnt (1an rrbrabor) of, tiro. .corurission but-4Jd not pcrzrit 

thc .dofönso to cxar.rlnc it, - Exc$ri.rration of tho rcäord, horrcvcr, rcvo*Is tir::t thc.' 

Papor lras.aotually sho;4r to d.ofcnso oounsol (n afaZ). In cqy äwnt, tho statoncnb 

Tns not adnlttod.'in ovl-donbc. It is prosuncd tlrai thc.c,oru:rission folloirod ths 

4irirdtrtcF of its'oath and.i clict not cönsidor anybhi.irg ritich rras not j::. cvicloncoi' Ito 

pro juÖico to: aa/-.ac.c,usod, ilrcrofpro, ot tp disoovolod; . 

. 15. It is'obsbrvod. as to thc rcircrrl: concorning lhc duiy ot- tirc prosc.cutor to 

j-ntroducörrol.1 ovidcnco cs to gr. p.articular.accuscd-r.rhothcr it fs horifuJ. or hcrnful-to 

htnn (n.gZ)r.!,'4t.thc quolation d.ocs not correotly state ühc rulo applioablo 

in .r'rar orj.nos triols, It is -truo that it hc.s b.oori bo4sietctrtly or.rphäsizcd 

that 

llro 91grl9n! 

of surpriso should ba oltnlnrutq$,tÄo1g p.o."jpfq. näl.rcvbry ttra 

(p 96 of 1o2r lida, casb :ro. 291) 

O Ä- L4- t'-;itn-f 

O

,::.1.,.! 

i1ili,r.'i 

i;a-ri t: 

'.i::;.1,| 

3ou+dost ..""]:. iu. !-F!_ stetod.iir'tho 

1949r-pago,'38) as follous: . 

' : 

l{airuo1 for Courtsii,.{cr.rtia1, Unitod Statos itr1tr, 

.||$1thoughhispri:earyduty.istöproscoutc,.axryaot(.suclrasthc 

. .. consoious supproFsioa' of cviäonoc fcivorablqr to tirc elofcnso) tüson- ' 

. sistont rritir o gonui.iro dosiro to lravo t\o lrholc tnit:r royealod is 

Probtbitodqr! 

r '' : 

' 

7 

Hc is o partison official stiIl, roproscnting onc of trrq ad.vcrso coiitostaltsoj. Ilo' 

-is,not c:r:pcoted to introd.ucc tho ovidcnce vhich cn.ciccusod. trouLd norr,4rlly introducc 

j.ir his ornr bohalf. It is orrpcctod, horrovc.:rl. {hat ir"'will ncf:c. rcictsontble 

cfforts to soc.tl:at suoh ovidonco is +vaiIablc' forbhc uio of e.ccusqcl.,. It is 

notod. that ln Spoeifiootion 2, Iida, ond in tho spccifi'cs'bion against yanaguc5.l-r. 

:pclrt..of t\o pldqding is 

-.sopcfcttod. 

fno::r thc. oLlogation. concorrring ttcontributhg 

to tho.doo'cl1s of.>t ir *tt by o.sorl-i-oo1on. :ftiLi thi's punctucr,tion ls inartiftCial, 

f: 

that 

iI lpqalgnt 

both s.idos end tir.o conrission aonsidorca tho soiri-9o1on.;iii 

,tho'triql'thc sano os if,.it hr.d boon a c'oi1u,1nr In otirör lrorcls, pqoof as to clcaths 

rrcs subr:ittsd aha troatcd as applyhg tci all of thc nlstroatuonts plcaclcd. irtrictr' . 

ploof rclc.tcd to $ro alLogatioirs conocmi-ng fa'ba). rcsults crrzuLng :trtrörofrptul, 

iL6. Disoussions invoLvirrg tho 'du-ties of onc in autirority tor,rard tiro prieonars 

und,or his :control aro found .ni.rong 

o'bhor plaoos i:r thc addonda to the rcvilrr.in.gro- 

.oasq of, Unitod Statos.vs, Ii{tergra, itro. 255; rrirorc oxoerpts fror.r thc'coscs .öf . 

Nighl.zar,art{a1rajina;Ilcegor.uu,'iir.ita,cto.are'oitocl. 

. 

t . 

: . : 

: 

]-7.. I.._.-is obscrvsd ihc.t in tho rcvic,rrs of tiro'oagos.of tho f_olloviiig p"rpL" 

rrho lor9,offgnd@g 

c"t Ofunar- anQ uho lrero not triccl by:thc-i:rstdrt "o.rriä"io"l-, . 

!Jt: lonicngy qq inodbquncy of 'bhc goi.rtonoo riu,s cor.ri:ron-i;o-d 

'-i-h,figaandKoi:rjfls.,.'". lfOn fr'thc rcviorr-: Ouohi, 

i --'.. .:- 

.'- 

'. l> 

- 

.i- 

-t -- -. i _ 

-.- 

18: ncngrlirB as 'bs nh'ut.rs ""no,orfu.';'Ctr; ";ri";i$ e.or,s"b rürröii, "' t.. 

j- -- : 

- - r a . . . . - 

1g. 't-ia".. ftri,6rric.s'.iio ca;$-coi-.tuqüor irho, 

- ]' 

aluroug[ ho r"""itöajrd.o?s. ojid,.i 

- r sug6cstio::-s-Fro:r 

' 

scvi,rol so.urcofr, .r.raclc :ro piotoÄ'b'c.gc.inä'U oi. objoctioti'!o nny of ,. 

- -tho dlgtressing ehcl trclg:lc asuscs'ocourrirr; uhder lli.e suporti.siön cndtcontroir-r'' 

. 

oxcopt 

- 

for thc foutinc oJfiplairrt that ir'

(p 98 ofo 192 , Iide., Casc llo. 291) 

,4; 

("f'U 

,ttiilii::!, 

t - 

# ;t,il 

::_ 

-' 

2Ör. Iida inct tlto authority to notify a d.ivision coi.ulandoi, additionallyr. - - i5' 

punishnclt of sortoonc assigncd- t1. thc aivisiön soncorrlöcl rms- ii.volvod. 

' 

2!. It is. notcd. t\at in cortain respocts tho ploadings as, 'bo S1:ocifiocr.tions 

2, 5, 7n, 7o, otol , Ii$an arc in'corlaocd curd pc.rtiäIly ovorlappod. In viorr of 

th.g oonolusions lig.ro.in ttlat tho scntair'cc o" ad5ud.g"d is justi?'i.cd Uy 'i;he tr1roof ,. 

disoa"F1g ätt oi"crtagnii.st thasc dupricaiiors'orunrot bo-saicl'to ptä3"äi"ä-;lre' 

c.cousod in.any rospool. .. 

22r' It is obsorvod thab rr-ith raspoct to Spccificc',tions 2 and. 5, Iida, though 

-A,lcita lrad a duty 

'roasonablo 

as ohlcf surgqon to providc 

noclicc.l "o"ä to ttid priäorror8, 

tirc ocrnp cotrr.uJrd,cr, Iidor lrad a lconourrcnt olligotion lrhich hc failcd to 

fulfi1l, 

23. ' Tho undbrsigncA ccnnät join in tho vcry ccstrictcc!. coestrr-ro-bion of gro 

plcadings tallon by thc forogoing ioviev rri''uh rospoct to Spccifice,tion 7o, Iid.a, 

cnd oLscrrhcrp. Ineludod in'bhc cxprcssion.rrcurcl otlror abuicstr und.or thc facts' plcadod are thc i.nstancqä of tha .o'bhor i:ristreatr,rcirts sholm in thc cvidcnccr Tho 

prepositio:reI 

'plrrascs 

r'c1qto. tb thc rrcrrd rlnistrcatr.rcnttr and thnt ton:r inoludss 

thc abusos sho,m in tho bviqr.on.cc and i'cLatiggito this spocifioation. This vicrr 

ascord.s lritli tiro i:rjunction of SCÄP 'as tot iiüoraf constmction of pLcaclir:gs.. 

Z+. As to Spocificatiou 7d, Iida, it üs reiti;ratod that Lidc, as carlrp cormandcr 

hirl tho duty to'protobt itunt;,iIt irös'bcbp ior:rarkocl-bhc"t s.rch a duty inciudcs 

roasonabls cfforts to suppLy-.nedli-oa..1 'oaro nüd othc;r'Iifc,prosolvi-ng aotions. f id.rv 

hcd' it in his-p?tryT fcccl Huiti in spitc 

tg 

of tho. objcctioir-äf 'sanor.r.tzu., 

Itrurcnity 

agnon$9a it, but Iidi ciroso to follor'i thc path ol" pi'oc-sing.So.n_cm,tsg;Uf 'Cor.tnffirg: " 

Yrith ltis ln4ioatQd'dcdir.os.' 

'I{is 

actiou in pcirei-üting ncglöct -oi tryffonc at',,e. iqn-i- 

t*T{.i'olqs "f.lIET-t "tro",t'o-"*" r.'oipr"u;'il :il'ttii,. ;:.;;iQ";"t-';;i;;;; ;h;;f.üs" 

"othcnriseabüsing}ir.r1'r-..... 

.l-. :.,-- 

--.- 

j- 1. 

:'. 

.-__-,,_l 

+ .26; Tiro.rä.r"goir[ toiuroni sppli#^nr"o tJ Spociii-cntiJ,r zo, tiaa....T]roboqg- 

' - .,.: 

-j--j1tg5' .shornt in cvidoncc art cohlid.croÖ to hc..it bcor'proporly pleed.cd undor öhis 

spcciffca'ciou. t 

I : -.- .- r . :t.-_ 1 

-1.. 

'E "- 

'26' As to Spocifioation'7!, 

- 

ri.ie, holrovcrr e diffcrcn'b sitruJion obta.ius.:' A 

olcclranco aB to the condition of prisoncrrl{i}diq, givc:r accusgd by a'phfSicicl, 

in thc' abscir.co Of fuf{gri1ntion to iirc con'cr4"ji, "toät", * ""g.r3rr+r,io 

'- 

-aäuüt that 

Iido lororz or sllould'-havc lsrorm cif i;ho n-ocd for furürog trocbront of üris prisoncr. 

It is rccor.a'rondod.'l;hc,i tho fi:rcling of Erilty of, S1>cciiication 7g bc disapprovcd. 

27.' It oan bo soon, i:r stu.r.rar;.", 0-s to lid.c., thet crlthougir Iida at ti:.ros actod 

und.er o zuggestion of corrpulsion by roproson'cativcs fror:r thc $evaL Gctrcral Stc.ff, 

hc rrhoLohoartodly au.cl ontlrr.rsiastically joirqd il rritir thcsc srlggostlons arrd: in nsny 

inst*rrccs tlre abusos'rrhich ho instigatoc':, pon;iittcd, r-"nd oondohcd., fc"r cxccodod 

cuty requirprlonts of ooi:rprlsion or cvcn.of thc dosirc to plcn,sc lris supcriordr Hc 

producod by his or-rn offorts a lcrrgo sharo of tlrcr r::isory aud tragody of, thid ll1cgal 

cai.lp. Itr so doi:rg, it is plaiir the"t in r.rnny furstcnccs his r.rd.lignc:rt binclItfatcr3.ly 

bont on nrLschiofrt;. folloved his orrn |tnoral clroicotr. 

281.. Undor such circur.rste.nocs, j:r consid.orc.tio:r. of his coi:rploto failuro in iris 

priirary rospoirsibility to pfotcci tho prisonors c,nd, in foct, his affiruativa 

action i.n disccrding.ii, thö dosporatc situction into irbich tiro prisonois rzdra 

thoroby aast crnd thc tragic oönsoquoncos, r1o scntoroc loss thcJl tirc dec.th ponalty 

aPpcars !o bo appropriato. Sucb ferr occurronces c.s lrc r'ßs ablo to r.nrstor to shsrz 

sporndio aots of lctrclness to priso:rors'r'rcro )"lttlc., if cury, ::rorc thot his plcin 

fuW. IIo grouds for cls:rror.r.cy ilurbo discovorcd. It is .tiroroforo rocor.r-rc:rdod. 

that thc doatlr sontcirco bb approved but that cxöcution bc rrithhol.d pondin5 confiri.ration 

by tlrc Supror-ro Coi:ruranrdcr foi th.: -lllod Po;,.crs. 

' . 29. $cltcr .This.r'rcrs tl:c chicf surgcon at Yol:ösui.r.. ilc lracl tcolurioal supcrvision 

ci:äffi.roncL porrcrs ovor Kitcrnrra, Ur" pinr:raoist untc u:cl r:rcclioo,L rcpräsontativo 

at Ofuna. IIc had tjrc authority to i:rspcct cld concurrcnt rosponsibility 

for iirings ncdioal at OI\rno.. For thc faf,al couscqucnccs of 'che:rcdical failurcs 

.-

Ur' 

at Ofirna ho r.lrst sharo ::osponsiiillly. Aoconpq:.nying [is

.'.- 

.,-.19:.,l,,lizuno.' Thifaccusöd. 

agaii;r r-ras a ohiof eecurity dfficor ared. tho conuol'i.t:rritb 

rcsg-og! to thoso offioers porta.ins t'6 htn. -I{cro too, the proof faltrs 

os to rosponsibirlW 

{9I f1i1ur9 to supp].y adgquate hgat. rn othor iospocts, 

thc..etidonoo äupp'ortF tho {inQingsr : 

' .59. Mizuno'rI|s propcrly. cohvictccl of rosponsibiltty tor r.rfstrectnont of 15 

näriod vlötins ancl r:my othors. Tho scnttln"o äd;r.dgod räs LenLent by oonparison 

'r"rith thoso of othor cor.uissions inr cascs involving-stniLar faots. äppro.r+I of 

thc.fi-ndings, lcss thc lr.oat footuros, cnd approvql öf -the scntcnoe niä.o"oror.rcndod. 

nO. 

, .S{$IPI- 

Thi-s-aLso ig I chiof socurity officer serving likc tho oglcrs 

at a pcriod' of ti-ne uhlch doos no-b otarlap ttre tern of his follov eccusecl. Tlro 

pldad'ing 

'tho 

ovorlaps torr: of llizuno, but tho proof 

-bion cstablishos Se.lau.ror s torninadate 

as 5 llay !9+4. The fjrdln6s should bo rcetrictod. to t5is finoL clato 

orld should olilrincr.tc thc hont failurc foaturos of thc plead.ings. 

. 4l.,, Salnri.ra r:ras convictod of r.osironsibility f,or ,-iutr"*tolonts of 15 la51e4 

victins and r.uuey othors. Nine of ttrc rs voro lcnbon rrhiLc ti r*; i; ;r* hospitall 

For thcso oocurroncos he s1roiiLd. noi !c ohaggod cncl thc ,""",.,"*"ä*tiorr'i- iror"ottor 

::rad'o d'o not oon'oonplate g.triit of thoso occüireuces. nvc" nrtretr th;t=;" d.isrogordod, 

as ls the caso '-hbrgfurr -conviotion 

of tho rer.raining abuses roq-uiios afp.ovof 

of tha sontonco as adjudgod. .Sura:iary ef tho prggf .of the"ncny ancl tÄrtat nistroatr-ronts 

"'rhioh ocpuired during: Salarr.rar s' rogLlä ,is found on i..go Zg of tho'.foregoing 

rovicrro 

,. 42,- Äpprgvcl ef, ttro. finclings, 

'i:hc 

_ 

scntcnoe a,rs-. rccö:giond.ed. 

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.+ 

loss tlr.o. hcat f,c.iluro f,cqturc, arid 4pproval of 

'. 

u-h Tal'*lPFli. T]ris:do.ctor 

, 

stotioncd c'.t 'Ygko-adä uEr.s thc,clticf _a.ssis€ant 

::-- ;'b';Ä*ffi;, ii'i::ilä::Jö: .:tr':H#:äi:fffd'äf'H;ä5"*iffi,,*;, 

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ho-ii cho.rggcl Cho.rggcl nay t* .rcadiil'- .rcadill'- asceru1rnso. oscer[riiäaa-Uy Dy rgfbrbncp rgfbrencp tä to ttrc-"itntioi" thc sft;tio;; fot i.""A]"-"-.- r,Alor-t > - 

* - paBos 60, 39;'47, 53r.5.6, 5.7;6q, 31, 66,..q5r1d ?01 I{o vas tjrc ono vrith- rr}lon -. - .:.i - 

-; '- Etta4ura d.isausssd thc -dosporato cöndition-of L{ojor r.;b.Lllcr. - 'instructions 

Yct hc g*vfqto furflron 

for ncd{caI troaincnt. In tho facc of i(,itju.rurorg'o&;dsJioriürat äo .-1. 

' 1'rcts incapoble of oaring forlatie'frts lri.th'fra.oturosrby hinsolf, .To.kahashl offcrcd. * 

rio assis'boncg but.approwcd'c continuati-on of tho c,dniltcafy fur,ä,cloqucto*orrango- 

-- ncnt. Tr}on l(itcrr.ulia-notifiod. Tnkahcshf ofl thc criticol ccuraiti-on .of F]:mn cur.d. 

]riÄ ndcd. for -a doctor, iono thorcaftor appo+rerJ. to trcot'ft*;r: nofiovrLi 

Tci,lcanotote professioncl cc.11 on Rrnt, it rras roporb-ed to Tal-,c.he,shi thot tlio paticnüb 

coirditiou h,ad 'i'lorscncd, but no nöcLical indtruotious or holp voro forthcon3,ng. 

it is rocognizod tlr,t Tat

- '2öL"n-Z'ä'Z'^/ 

,!+a 

tho diroc.t rosultg of this 'ao.Ilous disrogard, of duty by Taläh+shi woro 

condltions rrhichr.tolccn rrith othors, r,'rcrc shonn tö havo Aircätfy and, proxii:ratoly 

,rosultod i:e'rarch of tho sufforing-ofthc pflsouors aud in thc aäatfrs äfTialLcrr' 

.hri1'.Ftr1mn'IfuntondZLxryr,.crsfqundbythecor,a'rissionr. 

'45,.lhoeontcncoadjud'godl.ras1enientun

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I 

Fron, Japcnoll,L*rrJron Uag-suclof s cJ.osi.ng argunent (n, Z+OA, _,:ado Ln 

p*t:ll^,]-r*-_r'lil:, 

"T"" tho gt\rnl p;ovi"iü;i-iriuo,,u, oi, r,,o" orrrp 

ilarr nrroo(ry becrl tla"i :T*to*.no10 lon 

rrlth tho rarrg,rq crse opened in 

t}*:1"^lipi_y:T 

os tho firsr... rn six casos o"i'of trc tän'r [";;;"- 

tioipatod as a d.ofcnso cofulsoLf 

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oauso pf, tho Cpp0,p.lrnity,rit. hns aff!1i?a-no to toke paiö, in .*bn 

end,gr-o1t 

i;ftt 

1$ 

or.''igr. crirros Tr.ir,l, thr'.t is, tho sorc;n aorronJiroti""'"r 

justioc ond hur:ra.tlty. :.. 

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uro, triar th;r ncle;.rc _spoc,u,ror t:-ro aoi;;i*;r-t-b 

:li:g:._d:ipil!':f llrc.sr91t,häridloap i^ri Lansuagoi rt is r:ry graat r"tiu_ 

' f,action to qooporcto ih tlre nttainlent of,^tliis,*suprcl'.ro purposo ond, groro- 

.-forgr.r cn vo.fr gratofur for thc chamco ol' ";gnr*;i-r rr*1ro boen aLrorrc4 

to havo hore.rt 

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