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Statement of Oda (16 July 1947) 38, at present a retailer of scales and measuring apparatus. From March 1945 until October 1945 he was a civilian dental lab technician at the Kaikosha Army Officers and Dependents Hospital in Fukuoka City (??) Oda was present at a dinner in the Kaikosha Hospital dining room when human liver was served, and Oda ate some. PO Komori said that it was human liver before everyone started to eat, that it was the liver of a PW. At the human liver dinner: Oda, Komori, Kanehisa, Shinno, Shiokawa, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, Matake, Ito, and a sgt. maj. whose name Oda doesn't recall. All of these persons ate human liver. |
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Statement of Oda (17 July 1947) Oda previously signed voluntarily 2 statements admitting that he had eaten human liver. On 17 July 1947 he denied ever eating human liver. He first signed a statement telling the truth, then denied it. Now he wants to tell the truth voluntarily. About 3 June 1945, Shiokawa notified Oda to attend a dinner which was to be held at the Kaikosha Hospital mess hall, to which Oda went at 1200 that day. When Oda arrived there were present: Ito, Shinno, Komori, Matake, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, Shiokawa, and an unknown sgt. maj. (In this statement he does not mention Kanehisa, doesn't put him in seating arrangement of sketch) At a table in the room, 2 plates were placed before each person, one for rice, and one for vegetables. There was sake and a plate containing human liver. When everyone was seated at their assigned places, Miyamoto, gave an order for everyone to rise and bow to the senior Officer - Matake, A toast was then made by Matake in honor of a PO Sasaki who had been promoted to 2nd Lt. Shiokawa passed sake, and the toast was made. Shiokawa then passed the human liver around the table to everyone— it was sliced thin and had been boiled in shoyu sauce. Oda took some and ate it. To the best of Oda's knowledge, everyone present at some of it. During the dinner, Oda recalls Komori stating that the liver that they were eating was from a PW that had been taken to KIU. Oda then draws two sketches: Following page... [Diagram depicting dinner table with Oda, Ito, Shinno, Komori, Matake, Miyamoto, Sasaki, Momota, a Sergeant Major, and Shiokawa, all served rice, vegetables, and sake] |