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Chapters (40)
  1. FOREWORD
  2. RAILROAD OF DEATH
  3. REFERENCE LIST:
  4. Railroad of Death
  5. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION (1948)
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. PART ONE: SINGAPORE
  8. CHAPTER 1
  9. CHAPTER 2
  10. CHAPTER 3
  11. CHAPTER 4
  12. CHAPTER 5
  13. PART TWO: RAILROAD OF DEATH
  14. CHAPTER 6
  15. CHAPTER 7
  16. CHAPTER 8
  17. CHAPTER 9
  18. CHAPTER 10
  19. CHAPTER 11
  20. CHAPTER 12
  21. CHAPTER 13
  22. PART THREE: BASE CAMPS AND LIBERATION
  23. CHAPTER 14
  24. CHAPTER 15
  25. CHAPTER 16
  26. CHAPTER 17
  27. CHAPTER 18
  28. CHAPTER 19
  29. CHAPTER 20
  30. APPENDIX ONE:
  31. APPENDIX TWO:
  32. APPENDIX THREE:
  33. APPENDIX FOUR:
  34. APPENDIX FIVE:
  35. APPENDIX SIX:
  36. APPENDIX SEVEN:
  37. APPENDIX EIGHT:
  38. APPENDIX NINE:
  39. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  40. And The Dawn Came Up Like Thunder

I, MIZUTA Shigetoshi make oath and say that I truly and correctly translated to the accused INO TAKEO the words of the above caution and that he thereupon elected to make a sworn statement, that he was duly sworn, and that he then made a statement which I truly and correctly translated in English and saw taken down by F/Lt. J. HUGHES WILKINSON. I read over the whole of the above statement to the accused in the JAPANESE language and he acknowledged it as correct and has now duly signed it in my presence and in the presence of F/Lt. J.HUGHES WILKINSON.

2nd Witness for the Defence Lt. Ino Takeo, having been duly affirmed is examined by the Defence Counsel. (Accused No. 2)

Selected Testimony of Lt INO TAKEO 6-9 September 1947

Q. Give your full name, age and rank?

A. Full name, Ino Takeo, age 46, rank Lieutenant in the Japanese Army.

Q. What were your duties between 11th of June 1944 and the 31st of August?

A. During that period I had to the duty to transport prisoners of war to Japan.

Q. When and from whom did you receive that order?

A. I received that order from Lt. Col. Yanagida, Commanding Officer of No. 2 Camp on the 10th of June 1944.

Q. Can you give the contents of that order?

A. My duty was to transport prisoners of war from the POW camp to Japan and hand the prisoners of war to the authorities in Japan.

Q. Did you have any other duty apart from that duty?

A. A day before embarkation I was ordered by the Commander of the Anchorage Command to be the Ship’s Commandant.

Q. How many prisoners of war altogether did you transport?

A. In the beginning the number was fixed at 750 but actually the number that sailed was 738.

Q. How is that there were 12 less?

A. On the day of embarkation we had medical examinations and 8 were found unfit by the Japanese medical officer and the prisoners of war medical officer leaving 742 and the 742 went on board but we stayed about two weeks in the boat before sailing and during that period there were a few sick cases and finally before sailing another 4 were found to be not fit and they were left behind, so the actual number was 738.

Q. From where and on what boat were the prisoners of war made to embark?

A. They embarked on the Asaka Maru at Singapore which was a cargo boat.

Q. In which part of the ship were the prisoners of war put?

A. In the beginning the prisoners of war were supposed to make use of No. 3 hatch but the place was too crowded, therefore I asked the master of the ship to get another place for the prisoners of war. As a result of that they were allowed to use the decks by the kindness of the Ship’s master.