Statement of Kubo (24 Nov 47). 31, civilian, attached to the Army at WAH from 10 Jan 1944, transferred to Legal Section in February 1945, and in June 1945 members of the Legal Section were placed in the Army, Kubo obtaining the rank of Sgt. Kubo was jailed of the Legal Section detention barracks, escorting Prisoners to trial, taking them out for exercise, guarding them, said Prisoners being Japs and Korean and American. In the first part of June 1945, 5 or 6 American Prisoners were taken from the Staff Section Bldg, to the Detention Barracks, were placed in the opposite and to the Japanese and Koreans. These American Prisoners were executed 20 June. About 1000 in June (20th?) Wako ordered Chief Jailer Uyemura to have the American Prisoner of War in the main detention barracks and the 3 in the cells in the Bldg, attached to the Court Martial Room, brought to the bow and arrow range, and Uyemura ordered Kubo and others to bring the 6 or 8 Prisoners there, each with guard, blindfolded, hands tied behind backs. Wien Kubo got to the range with the third and fourth Prisoners, the first ones had been executed. On being shown a picture of Dengler, Kubo believes that it was he whom he escorted to the execution (20 June). About middle July, 1 Prisoner was brought to the detention barracks and kept about 2 weeks, was named Jack (Roy?), In late July, about 7 American flyers were brought to the detention barracks. Some were placed in the regular barracks and about 5 were placed in the detention barrakc attached to the Court martial Bldg, Kubo guarded only Jap and Korean Prisoners, the Staff Section furnished guards for American flyers in both buildings (Sato). About 10 August, these Prisoners were taken out of the detention barracks, entrucked and removed by the Staff Section. Kubo heard they were executed that day. Kubo identifies Hewitt as one of them, a B 29 pilot, a 1st Lt. or Capt. About one week before 15 August, 8 or 9 more Americans were brought to the detention barracks. Kubo was on duty at Yamae, but heard they were executed 10 August. |