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Post by dmether on Jul 17, 2011 22:58:51 GMT 8
I have a whole book scanned Attachments:
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Post by EXO on Jul 17, 2011 23:44:30 GMT 8
Got no idea why that "captcha" is happening, and even a quick googlesearch isn't revealing why. If you are using your home computer, I suggest that you set the log-in to be permanent, so that it will log you in without having to key in your password.
Al did not dwell upon the fates of these guards, but upon those of his friends. He did revisit many of the sites, even going to Japan years later where he gave lectures. One of his greater regrets is that he never got to find out the identity of the stocky Japanese officer in the white uniform "with considerable gold braid" who saved his life.
He did invite me to visit Pasay School with him but by the time I was able, he had found that it had been sold off in a real-estate deal. Of course, no one at the school was ever aware of its wicked and tragic history.
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Post by dmether on Jul 18, 2011 8:03:19 GMT 8
What I do know is after the war the guards were looked for, the charge sheet included:
1. Killing of prisoners without cause or trial
2. Beating and torture of prisoners
3. Failure to provide prisoners with adequate food, clothing, shelter, and medical care
4. Using prisoners as laborers on military projects
Six POWs were know to have been killed.
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Post by darthdract on Jul 18, 2011 15:18:11 GMT 8
Regarding the bombing Photos of Nielson field a few pages back does anyone know what type of bomber the US army air core use on that day
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2011 22:34:48 GMT 8
Had a friend send me a link to this site, thought I'd join. I saw the topic of POWs at Mukden (Hoten) and thought I'd add something to see if it would help. "Appology, a little off subject. These are POW pictures out of Hoten Camp, Japan, May 1944. If anyone can translate Japanese we can know the names." This is a great site on Mukden and the POWs who were there. www.mukdenpows.org/ZZZ_Numerical_POWs.htm |
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Post by dmether on Jul 19, 2011 8:15:29 GMT 8
Since there is no date on the strike photo's it's hard to say what aircraft were flying. However, most likely they were B-24's due to the altitude.
There was a B-24 strike on Nielson on 8 Jan 1945, one of the B-24's was shot down. There are a couple of eyewitness who stated they saw a couple of the crewmembers taken by the Japanese. One of the witnesses says George was the name of one of the men. On the B-24 that went down was a George Hadjopoules who is still listed as MIA. He was taken alive and never heard from again.
There was also a B-25 strike on 8 Feb 1945 against Manila.
And there was an A-20 strike on 11 Feb 1945 where an aircraft went down on Ft. McKinley.
Not a complete list of airstrikes by anymeans, but what I have.
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Post by batteryboy on Jul 19, 2011 8:50:21 GMT 8
Most of the Manila airfield raids late 44 and 45 were conducted by USAAF B-24s. A-20s also made low level attacks as well as a few B-25s on medium altitude bombing. USN used TBM Avengers, SBD Dauntless and Hell Divers to strikes on the other airfields as well.
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Post by okla on Jul 19, 2011 9:12:53 GMT 8
Hey dmether/Battery....I agree 100 percent about B24s doing the bombing in at least two of the aerial photos. As you said the altitude is one indicator, plus those two aerial pics show a bomb pattern that would be consistent of ordnance dropped from heavy bombers. 'ole Nielson certainly took a plastering the day the Liberators purged their bomb bays. Cheers.
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Post by darthdract on Jan 26, 2012 9:28:34 GMT 8
This may be interesting to some. I have map out where the modern streets would be nearby.  |
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Post by okla on Jan 27, 2012 1:09:41 GMT 8
Hey Darth...Thanks for posting. I never tire of perusing aerial photos, especially when there are old ones to compare to recent shots, or there is an "overlay" in use. Good stuff.
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