The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-05
Atrocities

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japanese guards, acting on orders
OF Lieutenant Hosimoto. as they
floundered about In the sea.
Throw In Grenades
Other guards threw hand gren.
AIDES on the Americans trapped II.
the holds OF the vessel. The Japan.
ese recaptured 90 prisoners from
the sea, took them TO another ship
in lifeboats, shot them, and threw
their bodies back into the ocean.
There were less violent cases.
Many messages protested lack OF
sanitation, food, medical supplies
and clothing. One told how two
Americans picked a papays from a
tree in their prison camp to relieve
their hunger.
Japanese Mess Sergeant Nishito.
nj broke the left arm OF each man
with an iron bar as punishment.
Outright Murder
Another message said the United
States had intercepted orders Of
japanese military authorities or
dering the outright murder Of in.
dividuals surrendering or captured.
Most OF the messages reminded
the Japanese that they had agreed
to abide by the Geneva convention
rules OF warfare: many demanded
that Swiss officials or International
Red Cross workers be permitted to
visit certain prison camps from
which no information had come.
In one note, Grew warned Tokyo
that the United States will hold
personally and officially RESPONSE
BILE for this crime all OF the Off
cials OF the japanese government,
regardless OF position or status
who have participated" in the at.
rocities "either through neglect or
from wilful intent and will in due
course bring them to judgment"
Many Protests
Protests in many instances I'M
proved Japanese treatment OF Am
orleans, the report said. II stressed
however, that information received
by the State Department necessar-
lily was incomplete and would be
supplemented by reports from pris-
oners themselves as they are re-
turned home.
The document did not name any
Of the atrocities victims.
Other Instances
Other instances cited by Grew in
his protests included these:
At Lasang air field in the Philip
pines the japanese put $50 Amer
lean prisoners o work, although It
was a known military installation
Once a Lieutenant Hosida forced
prisoners there to kneel for a long
time with their shinbones on the
edge OF railroad tracks. then com.
PEELED them to run several kilo-
meters, barefooted, over sharp cor
al. From April to August 1914 they
worked on bleeding feet in the
coral because the japanese had
taken away their shoes.
At Santo Tomas internment
camp, Manila, the japanese killed
four American civilians, Carroll c.
Grinnell. Alfred F. Duggleby, Err.
est E. johnson and Clifford L. Lar.
son.
All were informed on December
%, 1914. Johnson was removed the
next day and was last seen alive
at a military police station in Man
fla. The others were taken away
January 5 and never we're seen
alive again. The bodies Of all four
later were found with ten uniden-
titled corpses buried near head
quarters OF the japanese military
police. The dead we're wired 10
gether in small groups.
At Los Banos internment camp
in the Philippines an American.
George ]. Louis, was shot and
wounded by a guard as he returned
from a trip to purchase food on
January %. 1915.
Major Iwanaka, the camp COM
mandant, called in three other in.
ternees and told them he would
have Louis finished off because
standing orders were that guards
shoot until they kill" anyone VIC.
lating the camp boundaries.
Despite pleas OF the internees
Iwanaka had Louis carried on a
stretcher to clump OF bamboo
outside the camp grounds and shot
through thu head