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S/D (6 December 1946) 33, a Captain and Chief Intelligence Officer of the 156th Division in August 1945. On 1-2 August a fighter plane crashed at Hirose (North of Miyazakk), and the Lieutenant was brought to headquarters; was slightly injured; was interrogated as to name, rank, and organization. Kameo YOSHIUBA was the interpreter. Also present were Masake TATANABE, Hisashi TSUJIMA, Terumitsu KIRINO and Lt. G-en. HIGUCHI, (who is now on trial at Hongkong for Formosan war.crimes) and KT members. TSUJIMA took a painful judo hold on the Prisoner's neck. YOSHIURA struck him twice with HIGUCHI's whip, which blows were very painful and they struck the Prisoner on his shoulders. TSUJIMA grabbed the flyer’s clothes at the neck with both bands and painfully forced his head to touch the floor, held him in this position 3-4 seconds. HIGUCHI handed YOSHIUR his whip, told him to strike the Prisoner. The Prisoner was then sent to 57th A Hq at Takarabe. |