Statement of Kodama (4 Dec 47). 44, a school inspector. In the first of Kay 1945, Kodama received a call to the Taketa Police? Station, to act as interpreter for captured 'American flyer. The flyer had a bandage around a..head wound. The KT nan asked bin to ask the flyer his name. age, nationality, base. The flyer said the wound was from the machine gun of an enemy plane, that he was American, that one side of his family was polish. This was about 1300. About 1600, Kodama interrogated a wounded flyer sitting in a chair for about 5 minutes, had a wound in front just below the collar bone, that he received while in flight, he could walk around, A doctor was present. A KT agent was present. The next morning, interrogated the third flyer who was the wireless operator. Was friendly. Kodama recognizes no photos. |
This book documents the legal proceedings of the December 1949 Khabarovsk trial in which twelve members of the Japanese Army's covert biological warfare Unit 731 were prosecuted for their war crimes. The trial sought to hold key leaders in Japan's bio-weapons program accountable for atrocities after WWII.