22, a private in the army in 1945 in Fukue of the Goto Islands, Nagasaki-ken. On 2 August 1945 Goto Division Headquarters called for an interpreter, Suzuki arriving at the Goto Middle School at 1700, directed to Maj. Wada, division headquarters officer, who directed the questioning of 6 flyers. The 1st was Capt. Weldon Dyess, about 6'.3", 175 lbs, brown hair. He stated that he was 24, a B-24 pilot from the 7th Airforce at Okinawa, was hit at Nagasaki, parachuted, used life rafts, drifted to Fuku Island, where they landed 2 August.
The remaining 5 were
1. 1st Lt. Robert Studer, co-pilot, 20-21
2. 1st Lt. Nathaniel Hoffman, navigator, 20-21
3. 1st Lt. Aubrey Dixon, engineer, 20-21
4. 1st Lt. Charles Ensey, radar operator.
5. Sgt. Serge Davison, bombardier, 26
All PWs seemed in good health. Their hands were tied behind. The interrogation was finished about 1900. Wada stated they were to be sent to WAH, but a storm came up, and the KT interrogated Dyess on 3 Aug. and on 4 Aug Suzuki, W.O. Aikawa, 6 guards, 2 KT, took the 6 PWs to Fukuoka by train arriving on 5 Aug as well as their personal belongings).
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