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Statement of Ishimura (420, 9 May 47) Many people watching. About 4-5 soldiers washing bloody swords: Maeda, Yamanaka, Hashiyama, Akamine. |
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Statement of Sato (420, 26 April 47) Maeda, Akamine, Hashiyama (all 1st Lts.) were indignant that superior officers would not bear responsibility. |
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Statement of Aihara (420, 26 Apr. 47) 15 - 16 August execution, at Aburayama. Members of Air Defense Operations Room carried it out, Aihara heard. Sato in charge of said room, with 1st Lt. Akamine and Maeda as subordinates. |
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.