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S/M guard section (guerrilla unit), WAH from May 1945 to surrender. In early August 1945 YUKINO told KISHIMOTO before BAJIRI that "shortly there will be an execution of Prisoners and Officers may attend. AIHARA of the guard section was handling personal property confiscated from American Flyers. At the time of the YUKINO intelligence, present were Suetsugu, OHNISHI, Kaji, and BAJIRI believes OHTSUKI. Two or three days later YAMAMOTO told BAJIRI that he had just returned from the execution, that karate and bows and arrows were used, but were ineffective, that they were beheaded. BAJIRI has heard Capt. ONO, OHTSUKI, SUETSUGU, YAMAMOTO and several others attended from them. YAMAMOTO said he tried karate, OHTSUKI said he tried archery. On the day of the execution, an order of Kishimoto, BAJIRI sorted out property from the American Prisoners. BAJIRI then recalls an assembly when ITEZONO stated that the next day they were to execute Flyers. |