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Parent Army Press Release, 11 June 1945
Date 11 June 1946
Language English
Collection Tavenner Papers & IMTFE Official Records
Box Box 3
Folder General Reports and Memoranda from June 1946
Repository University of Virginia Law Library
Kiichi Shirasaya ?Çö Admitted to Sugamo on June 1. He succeeded Kondo as overseer of civilian guards at the Hiroshima and Shikoku camps in July, 1945. Corporal Shoichi Morito ?Çö Admitted to Sugamo on June 3. He is accused of beheading six American Prisoners of War at Truk. Lt. Yosiharu Yoshinuma ?Çö Admitted to Sugamo on June 3. He is accused of beating Prisoners of War with a horsewhip. Gunnosuke Urano -- Admitted to Sugamo on June 3. He is accused of murder and torture of prisoners at Singapore. -0-