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INVESTIGATION NOTES ON APPREHENSION REQUEST - MAY AKAMINE, Teruo Osaka City, Kitaku, Sozai-Cho, Osaka Shozen Co. Former Rank: 1st Lt., Western Army Hqs. Charges: Executing an American Prisoner at Aburayama, Fukuoka-ken, on 15 August 1945. Evidence: Sachiko ISHIMURA, former Secretary of the Propaganda Section, Western Army Hqs. Testimony PP-15, when questioned regarding 15 August 1945 execution of American prisoners, stated: "Then many Jap soldiers came out from the grass to the clear area in front of us..... ..... ..., some came out with blood on their swords.......... (when questioned who were these persons, stated:) ".................... ..., and AKAMINE. " (when questioned as to the identity of the executioners, PP-19 stated:) "....... . AKAMINE, ................... ". |