Contributors
Subjects
Box Number
15
Collection
Statements
Statement of Murata
By
Sadayohi Murata
About
Shogo Uemura
Murata believes that Wako ordered Uemura or Shimazaki (warden of detention barracks) to bring out the 8 or 9 prisoners to the compound where the pits had been dug. This on 20 June.
Biography of Uemura
By
Shogo Uemura
About
Shogo Uemura
Referred to by SCAP, Legal Section as Masakichi UEMURA.
Address- Fukuoka Prefecture
Born- 1905
Army- 1925
1 June 1945- Sgt. Major
21 March 1945- Chief jailor of Military Prison, attached to Fukuoka Military Detention Barracks.