Statement Concerning Komori

Statement of Tashiro, Jiro (9-24 Oct 1947) 1st series - PO Komori came with the Prisoner in a sedan. (Tashiro is confused, saw a truck come one time with 2 Prisoners)

The time in which 2 Prisoners were brought. Satbocame, PO Komori, 1-2 other officers. Tashiro believes Ishiyama, Torisu, Hirao, Seriba, Nogawa, Komori and Sato were present at both, is not sure as to the others as to which operations.

Statement of Hirao (20 Oct 1947) 4th series - Ishiyama said "Hurry up and start the operation." Seriba then exposed the femoral artery, and Ishiyama and Komori, who had come over with Ishiyama, left. Seriba did everything that Hirao previously described Ishiyama as doing except that he did not cut the artery, (leg artery operation)

Komori, before they began, told Hirao to use the glass tube as previously described to connect the femoral artery and the rubber tubing.

Statement of Kubo (8 Oct 1947) 1st series - 2 Prisoners were brought in with Komori, a Japanese Officer, and soldiers.

Komori and another doctor operated on the 2nd Prisoner at the same time Ishiyama was operating on the 1st Prisoner. Probably Hirao helped Komori.

Someone told Kubo not to talk' about the operations about one month after the operations, believes it was Komori.

Statement of Nogawa (21-25 Sept 1947) 1st series - Present were Ishiyama, Torisu, Hirao, Tsutsui, Semba, Komori and some nurses. About 20 minutes after Nogawa came in, 2 army officers, 2 EM, and 1 Prisoner came in. Komori told the EM to put the Prisoner on the table. Someone took off the Prisoner’s shirt, one of the nurses strapped his legs. Komori removed the bandage on the Priso­ner’s shoulder; there were several small wounds that appeared to be caused by shot gun pellets; there were several little black spots that appeared to be new wounds.

Ishiyama told Nogawa to give anesthetic to the Prisoner. Nogawa believes that Komori told him that it would not be necessary to give him too much because he had already been injected with some drug.

The lung did not appear diseased, but Nogawa didn’t see it closely; it appeared that the operations was unnecessary. Death was caused by Komori's reopening the incision and cutting the artery, the Prisoner bleeding to death.

Statement of Semba (31 Oct - 8 Nov. 1947) On 16 May Hirao told Senba that Ishiyama was going to perform operations on Prisoners that Komori would bring in the Autopsy Training Room the next day, told Senba to bring sea water.

About 10 May at a farewell party for someone, Ishiyama leaned forward and said "Komori is going to bring several Prisoners to the University and I am think­ing of performing experimental operations on them".