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MOMODA, (PO) Statement of Ishimura (420, 9 May 47) 1 June 1945 at Aburayama. Heard of it from POs in Western Army Headquarters in last of June, who said several POs took part in beheading. Heard of it from PO Momota of Guerilla Squad. Momota said he was there, 10 other POs there also. POs, including Momota, went on truck. Momota and other PO told Ishimura that one doing "kesagiri" - cutting through shoulder down to chest - very good. |
This book documents the legal proceedings of the December 1949 Khabarovsk trial in which twelve members of the Japanese Army's covert biological warfare Unit 731 were prosecuted for their war crimes. The trial sought to hold key leaders in Japan's bio-weapons program accountable for atrocities after WWII.