OHNO, 2nd Lieutenant
Statement of Murata - 6 Jan 1947 (420)
Ohno was Prosecutor and Legal Officer in Western Army Legal Section. On or about 10 August at 1000 Ohno told Murata that he heard all prisoners at Western Army Hqs were to he taken, to Ahurayama and executed by a suicide unit, and asked Murata to attend. About 1300 Ohno came in (prisoners in meantime having bee,n placed on truck) to the old Legal Section Office with Wako. Ohno said Wako had been at Aburayama that morning as observer of execution of a Jap and that he had also witnessed the execution of flyers, and that he returned with him to Fukuoka. Neither felt well. Ohno said that he had been an executioneer. Wako said that he was very poor.
Statement of Itezona - 6 Jan 1947 (420)
Ohno, one of the 27 from GHQ, to become guerilla leaders, was told by Itezona on 10 August that the next day's training program was the execution (of flyers. (See ONO). [Illegible Marginal Note] [Marginal Note: botched it badly: took two blows - description graphic ]
Ohno beheaded the second prisoner. On the eighth prisoner Ohno half b̶e̶h̶e̶a̶d̶e̶d̶ h̶i̶m̶ [Marginal Note: severed the Prisoner's head ]
In the 11 August execution Ohno, of the Legal Section, did not question Murata as to the propriety of the execution.