47, a Dr.; in May 1945, Tashima was called to the Taketa Police Station to treat 2 wounded American flyers, about 1300. The one Prisoner was on his back, conscious, with a sharp, clean wound, about 3 cms long, probably about the same in depth, to the right of the backbone, about level with the bottom of the shoulder blade. It did not appear to be done with bullet or shrapnel. Could have been done by a sharp bamboo stick. Tashima later learned he had been treated in the field by Dr. Takeshi Kato. Tashima sterilized the wound, wrapped bandage around the body. Such a wound would not endanger life, did not puncture lung, stomach or liver. He required a stretcher, but such a wound would heal quickly. About 1600, another wounded Prisoner was brought in with a wound about the size of a man's palm, on the Prisoner's chest on the left side above the nipple, extending to the collar bone, not serious, as if he had scraped against a rought object, was a series of scratches, none over a cm in depth. Tashima also saw a third Prisoner, not wounded. All were taken to the train that night. |