Detroit evening times., 1945-09-06
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lack of sanitary facilities, no
medical aid and japanese theft
Of even maager medical supplies
these were commonplace.
More shocking are the details of
the decapitation i'm New Guinea OF
an American fier.
Here is the record OF that Incl
dent as cabled TO japan in a pro-
test through the Swiss govern
ment:
THE government of the
United States has received con-
elusive evidence of the torture
and decapitation OF an American
airman captured by the Japa-
nese In the Aitape area
March %, 1914,
HE was taken captive about
3 a. m. The bound his hands
behind his back and commenced
beating him with sticks. This
beating continued until the aft
ernoon Of March 23 at which
time the prisoner was taken to
the quarters OF the Aitape garri-
son commander. kurita, at kO-
raka village Here beating Was
resumed and continued through
out the night.
TORTURE APPLAUDED
at 7 o'clock the following
morning the prisoner was taken
back tn the place of capture by
1t. Kosaku Seto and "A Japanese
civilian named Inouye. There
the American again WAS sub
jected to relentless beating UNI
til 3 o'clock in the afternoon at
which time he was decapitated
by InOuye with six slashes Of
the saber.
"The loud shouts of Joy which
emanated from the Japanese
troops during the torture of the
American fiier indicate the
sadistic character of his tor
mentors and eXecutioners."
Editors Note: The flier's
identity. it is presumed, is be-
ing kept secret to spare his
family,)
Another display of barbariSn
was the grenading of $50 Ameri-
cans aboard a prison ship in the
Philippines in August, 1914
The men were crowded into two
holds so small that none was able
TO lie down. 1t was barely possible
for any 10 sit. Here are the de.
tails Of their torturous journey:
"The matches were almost
continuously battene d down
Appeals that more air be ad-
mitted to the holds were ma
liciously ignored. Drinking wa
ter was grossly insufficient, and
the prisoners ratiOns were at
starvation level. The prisoners
were confined under these con-
ditions for Is consecutive days.
GRENADES HURLED
AT Zamboanga the prisoners
were-t transferred to another
ship where conditions were even
more intOlerable. On Sept.
tthe ship was tOrpedOed and
sunk.
THE behavior of the Jap
anese officers after the vessel
was torpedoed was savage. The
guards machinegunned prison
ers In the sea, fired upon and
threw grenades upon those
hOpelessly trapped In the holds,
and after seizing the lifeboats
for themselves continued firing
upon prisoners struggling In the
water. Twenty-nine prisoners
were recaptured from the sea
by the Japanese and taken 10
another vessel where they were
individually shot and their
bodies thrown into the sea"
The brutal massacre OF 15C
American prisoners in a giganti,
gasoline bonfire occurred on Dec
Ia. 1914, at Puerto Princesa, Pala,
wan, Philippine Islands. Here l!
the state departments story o
that affair:
$50 INCINERATED
AT noon OF that day the
prisoners who had been de-
tailed TO work on a nearby air
field were recalled TO camp.
Following upon a series Of air
raid alarms the Japanese guards
forced the prisoners into air
raid shelters within tho camp
compound. Tho shelters were