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Parent Jap Captain Charged with Fliers' Deaths News Article
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Language English
Collection C.W.J. Phelps Collection
Box Box 1
Folder First Phelps Scrap Book
Repository University of Virginia Law Library
Jap Captain Charged with Fliers’ Deaths Satoru Ono former Japanese Army captain, has been charged with ordering the bayoneting, shooting and beheading of two U. S. fliers in New Guinea. The SCAP legal section said the executions allegedly took place in Ono’s presence as a form of revenge for casualties inflicted on his unit by American planes.