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Copy of Note taken from OTSUKI, Takashi (Acted in accordance with orders) (August) (Motive) (l) Shooter-Major SONO..... Assemble with bows Capt. WAKO (1st Lt ..2nd Lt.) Legal Section Officer.... Col. TOMOMORI, Major ENATSU of CMP Legal Section Officer Decapitation was in capital punishment by trial by court? Decision by conference of higher officers and legal section officers. Shooter-Major SONO (Next, shoot with bows) (stand at distance of 20 meters) Col. TOMOMORI and other officers in front of cadet officer acted in accordance with order (command).....thought I must not miss. At 8 or 9 meters (shoot from here ) (shoot from kneeling position) Feeling of fear rather than that of footing to hit the mark. My arms tremble. If it is the temple, more than often its a miss (1) Right side of head (2) Side of left ear acted after moving forward a little (move forward a little) (7 meters) (3) Right side of face (4) Grazed left temple (5) Right side of face (Cease!.... command given by Col. TOMOMORI) Direction Orders Bases of Action Col. TOMOMORI Superior commanding officer, shooter Maj or SONO.....Bow.,.,.Karate Major ENATSU, M.P. |
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.