331.39.2 Records of the Administrative Division Textual Records: Decimal correspondence, 1945-52. Subject file, ca. 1945-50. Incoming and outgoing messages, 1946-50. SCAP instructions to the Japanese Government ("SCAPINS"), 1945-52. Case files, compiled 1945-48, containing statements by former prisoners of war of the Japanese, arranged by location of prison camp ("Area Case Files"). Reports of the Judge Advocate Section of the Eighth U.S. Army on reviews that it conducted of Classes B and C war crimes trials held in Yokohama (1946-49), 1946-49. Records relating to Japanese prisoners of war ("Prisoner of War File" and "POW 201 File"), 1945-52. Records relating to the Far Eastern Commission, 1946-51. Public information summaries, 1945- 49. Records of the Statistical and Report Section, ca. 1945-47. Microfilm Publication: M1112. Aerial Photographs (125 items): Route of the Bataan Death March (1942), 1948. ============================== 331.40 Records of the SCAP International Prosecution Section (IPS) 1907-48 (bulk 1945-48) 538 lin. ft. and 170 rolls of microfilm History: Established by General Order 20, GHQ SCAP, December 8, 1945, implementing EO 9660, November 29, 1945, which authorized a staff to assist Chief of Counsel Joseph B. Keenan (named by Presidential appointment, announced November 10, 1945) in the preparation and prosecution of war crimes charges against high Japanese officials and their principal agents. Drew up charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), promulgated by General Order 1, GHQ SCAP, January 19, 1946, and repromulgated, as amended, by General Order 20, GHQ SCAP, April 25, 1946. Acted as prosecution throughout trial of 28 defendants before IMTFE, June 4, 1946-November 12, 1948. Abolished by General Order 3, GHQ SCAP, February 12, 1949, with residual functions transferred to Legal Section (see 331.39). Textual Records: General correspondence of the Office of the Chief of Counsel ("Chief Prosecutor's Correspondence"), 1946-48, with indexes. Numbered records of staff attorneys, 1946-47. Numbered case files, 1945-47, with indexes. Card files containing names of war crimes suspects and witnesses, ca. 1945-47. Records relating to witnesses, 1946-47. Various files of documents assembled in evidence, 1907-47, some with indexes; with partial microfilm copies (163 rolls). Analyses of prosecution evidence presented to the IMTFE, 1946-47. Copies of documents offered in evidence by the defense, n.d., with indexes. Historical file (ca. 1930-48), compiled ca. 1945-48, with microfilm copy of the diary of former Japanese cabinet minister, the Marquis Koichi Kido (1930-45, 2 rolls). Briefs, completed applications, and other administrative records filed with the IMTFE ("Court Papers"), 1946-48, with indexes. Copies of official IMTFE trial records, 1945-48, including transcripts of proceedings, in English and Japanese; prosecution and defense exhibits, with indexes, and with partial microfilm copy (5 rolls); and verdicts. Photostatic copies of newspaper articles relating to Japanese war crimes and the IMTFE trial, 1943-48. Reference files (ca. 1899-1948), compiled ca. 1945-48. Miscellaneous records, ca. 1945-48. Microfilm Publications: M1660-M1669, M1679-M1701, M1722-M1733. Motion Pictures (1 reel): Japanese newsreel showing interrogation of captured U.S. pilots, and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, ca. 1944. Photographic Prints (44 images): Views, from Japanese sources, of Japanese soldiers in action and of Allied prisoners of war, ca. 1942-45. Related Records: Records of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in RG 238, National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records. ================================= From online: http://www.archives.gov/southeast/finding-aids/far-east.html Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II: Miscellaneous Documents Relating to Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Other Japanese Military Activities, 1941-1945. 1 Roll. M1730 Miscellaneous Documents Relating to the Atomic Bombing of Japan, and Allied and Japanese Reports on the Chinese Communist Party. 8 Rolls. M1738 German and Japanese Surrender Documents of World War II and the Korean Armistice Agreements. 1 Roll. T 826 Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Report on the Summation of U.S. Army Military and Non-Military Activities in the Far East, 1945-1947. 3 Rolls. M1725 International Military Tribunal for the Far East: Photostatic Copies of Newspaper Articles Relating to Japanese War Crimes and Related War-Crime Trials, 1943-48. 1 Roll. M1731 Photographs of Japanese Soldiers and of Allied Prisoners of War, 1942-1945. 1 Roll. M1733 War Crimes Trial Documents Collected by the International Prosecution Section, 1945-1948. 1 Roll. M1679 Reports, Orders, Studies and Other Background Documents Collected by the International Prosecution Section, 1945-1947. 9 Rolls. M1681 Miscellaneous Documents Relating to Japan'S Economic, Industrial, Military, and Diplomatic Activities, 1929-1945, used as Background Materials by the International Prosecution Section. 7 Rolls. M1723 Analyses of the Documentary Evidence Introduced by the Prosecution, 1946-1948. 6 Rolls. M1697 Indexes to Numerical Case Files of the International Prosecution Section, 1945-1947, Relating to Particular Incidents and Suspected War Criminals. 3 Rolls. M1682 Indexes to Court Documents, Including Orders, Rules of Procedure, and Copies of the Indictment and Motions of the Defense, 1946- 1948. 1 Roll. M1698 Court Documents, Including Orders, Rules of Procedures, and Copies of the Indictment and Motions of the Defense, 1946-1948. 3 Rolls. M1699 Reviews of the Yokohama Class B and Class C War Crimes Trials by the 8th Army Judge Advocate, 1946-1949. 5 Rolls. M1112 dp "Eyes Alone" Correspondence of General Joseph W. Stilwell, January 1942-October 1944. 5 Rolls. M1419 dp U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey's Japanese Resources Reference Notebooks, 1945-1947. 6 Rolls. M1199 Papers and Minutes of Meetings of Principal World War II Allied Military Conferences, 1941-1945. 4 Rolls. M 995 dp Harrison-Bundy Files Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb, 1942-1946. 9 Rolls. M1108 dp Correspondence ("Top Secret") of the Manhattan Engineer District, 1942-1946. 5 Rolls. M1109 dp --------------------------------------------- http://www.archives.gov/southeast/finding-aids/microfilm/military.html World War II Era Microfilm Number Microfilm Title Roll Numbers Total Rolls in Series A-64 World War II Army Battle Casualties & Nonbattle Deaths - Final Report 1-1 1 M-120 Reports Of The National Resources Planning Board, 1936-1943 1-5 5 M-164 Studies And Reports Of The Offices Of Price Administration, 1941-1946 1-2 2 M-185 Press Releases Of The Advisory Commission To The Council Of National Defense, June 3, 1940-Jan. 15, 1941 1-1 1 M-186 Progress Reports Of The Advisory Commission To The Council Of National Defense, July 24, 1940 - May 28, 1941 1-1 1 M-187 Numbered Document File Of The Advisory Commission To The Council Of National Defense, 1940-1941 1-2 2 M-195 Numbered Document File Of The Council Of The Office Of Production Management, 1940-1942 1-1 1 M-196 Numbered Document File Of The Supply Priorities And Allocations Board, Sept. 2, 1941-Jan. 15, 1942 1-1 1 T-301 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: NI Series, 1933-1948 1-126; 128-164 164 T-826 German And Japanese Surrender Documents Of World War II And The Korean Armistice Agreements 1-1 1 M-888 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Erhard Milch' (Case II), Nov. 13, 1946-Apr. 17, 1947 1-13 13 M-895 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Otto Ohlendorf et al.' (Case IX), Sept. 15, 1947-Apr. 10, 1948 1-38 38 M-936 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: NM Series, 1874-1946 1-1 1 M-942 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: NP Series, 1934-1946 1-1 1 M-946 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: WA Series, 1940-1945 1-1 1 M-975 Selected Naval Attaché Reports Relating To The World Crisis, 1937-1943 1-3 3 M-978 Records Of The U.S. Nuernberg War Crimes Trials: Guertner Diaries, Oct. 5, 1934-Dec. 24, 1938 1-3 3 M-982 Records Of The Department Of State Relating To World War II, 1939-1945 1-251; includes 197a 252 T-988 Prosecution Exhibits Submitted To The International Military Tribunal 1-54 54 T-989 War Diaries And Correspondence Of Gen. Alfred Jodl 1-2 2 T-990 Mauthausen Death Books 1-2 2 T-991 U.S. Trial Brief And Document Books 1-1 1 T-992 Diary Of Hans Frank 1-12 12 M-995 Papers And Minutes Of Meetings Of Principal World War II Allied Military Conferences, 1941-1945 1-4 4 M-1065 Mission And Combat Reports Of The Fifth Fighter Command, 1942-1945 1-9 9 M-1075 Minutes Of The Division Staff Meetings Of The U.S. Group Council For Germany And The Office Of Military Government For Germany, November 1944-August 1949 1-3 4 M-1078 U.S. Army Investigation And Trial Records Of War Criminals: 'United States Of America v. Alfons Klein et al.', Oct. 8 - 15, 1945 (Case No. 12-449 And 000-12-31), 1945 1-3 3 M-1079 U.S. Army Investigation And Trial Records Of War Criminals: 'United States Of America v. Kurt Andrae et al.', Apr. 27, 1945 - June 11, 1958 (Case No. 12-481 And 000-50-37), 1945-1958 1-16 16 M-1093 U.S. Army Investigation And Trial Records Of War Criminals: 'United States Of America v. Franz Auer et al.', Nov. 1943 - July 1958 1-13 13 M-1095 U.S. Army Investigation And Trial Records Of War Criminals: 'United States Of America v. Juergen Stroop et al.', Mar. 29, 1945 - Aug. 21, 1957 1-10 10 M-1100 U.S. Army Trials And Post-Trial Records Of War Criminals: 'United States Of America v. Ernest Dura et al.', June 9 - 23, 1947 1-2 2 M-1103 Records Of United States Army War Crimes Trials, United States Of America v. Kurt Goebell et al., Feb. 6 - Mar. 21, 1946, And United States Of America v. August Haesiker, June 26, 1947 1-7 7 M-1108 Harrison-Bundy Files Relating To The Development Of The Atomic Bomb, 1942-1946 1-9 9 M-1109 Correspondence ('Top Secret') Of The Manhattan Engineer District, 1942-1946 1-5 5 M-1112 Reviews Of The Yokohama Class B And Class C War Crimes Trials By The 8th Army Judge Advocate, 1946-1949 1-5 5 M-1139 Records Of The U.S. Army War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Johann Haider et al.', Sept 3 - 12, 1947 1-2 2 M-1159 Tactical Mission Reports Of The 20th And 21st Bomber Commands, 1945 1-6 6 M-1173 Records Of The U.S. Army War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Michael Vogel et al.', July 8 - 15, 1947 1-2 2 M-1174 U.S. Army Investigation And Trial Records Of War Criminals: 'United States Of America v. Gottfried Weiss et al., Nov. 15 - Dec. 13, 1945 1-6 6 M-1191 Records Of The U.S. Army War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Hans Joachim Georg Geiger et al., July 9 - Aug 5, 1947 1-2 2 T-1194 Minutes Of Meetings Of The State - War - Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC), 1944-1947 1-1 1 M-1199 Japanese Resources Reference Notebooks, 1945-1947 1-6 6 M-1204 Records Of The U.S. Army War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Friedrick Becker Et Al'., July 5, 1945 - June 11, 1958 1-15 16 M-1210 Records Of The U.S. Army War Crimes Trials: 'United States Of America v. Ernest Angerer et al.', Nov. 26 - Dec. 3, 1946 1-1 1 M-1217 Reviews Of U.S. Army War Crimes Trials In Europe, 1945-1948 1-5 5 A-1218 Manhattan Engineer District History 1-14 14 M-1278 Nuernberg Trials Records: Register Cards To The NG Document Series, 1946-1949 1-3 3 M-1284 Records Of The Department Of State Relating To The Problems Of Relief And Refugees In Europe Arising From World War II And Its Aftermath, 1938-1949 1-70 70 M-1293 Public Hearings Of The Commission On Wartime Relocation And Internment Of Civilians 1-6 6 M-1392 Bush-Conant File Relating To The Development Of The Atomic Bomb, 1940-1945 1-14 14 M-1419 'Eyes Alone' Correspondence Of General Joseph W. Stilwell, January 1942-October 1944 1-5 5 M-1508 Correspondence And Record Cards Of The Military Intelligence Division Relating To General, Political, Economic, And Military Conditions In Poland And The Baltic States, 1918-1941 1-10 10 M-1679 War Crimes Trial Documents Collected By The International Prosecution Section For Use Before The International Military Tribunal For The Far East, 1945-1947 1-1 1 M-1681 Reports, Orders, Studies And Other Background Documents Gathered By The International Prosecution Section, 1945-1947 1-9 9 M-1682 Index To Numerical Case Files Relating To Particular Incidents And Suspected War Criminals, International Prosecution Section, 1945-1947 1-3, includes 1a 4 M-1697 Analyses Of The Documentary Evidence Introduced By The Prosecution Before The International Military Tribunal For The Far East, 1946-1948 1-6 6 M-1698 Indexes To Court Documents Including Orders, Rules Of Procedure, And Copies Of The Indictment And Motions Of The Defense, 1946-1948 1-1 1 M-1699 Court Documents Including Orders, Rules Of Procedure, And Copies Of The Indictment And Motions Of The Defense, 1946-1948 1-3 3 M-1723 Miscellaneous Documents Relating To Japan's Economic, Industrial, Military, And Diplomatic Activities, Used As Background Materials By The International Prosecution Section, 1929-1945 1-7 7 M-1725 Supreme Commander For The Allied Powers Report On The Summation Of U.S. Army Military And Non-Military Activities In The Far East, 1945-1947 1-3 3 M-1730 Miscellaneous Documents Relating to the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and Other Japanese Military Activities, 1941-1945 1-1 1 M-1731 Photostatic Copies Of Newspaper Articles Relating To Japanese War Crimes And War Crime Trials, 1943-1948 1-1 1 M-1733 Photographs Of Japanese Soldiers And Of Allied Prisoners Of War, 1942-1945 1-1 1 M-1738 Miscellaneous Documents Relating To The Atomic Bombing Of Japan, Allied And Japanese Military Operations In The Pacific, And Japanese Reports On The Chinese Communist Party 1-8 8 M-1782 OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit Reports, 1945-46 1-1 1 M-1943 ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) Card File And Related Photographs, 1940-1945 1-40 40 ================================= From PDF file RG389 Records Relating to the Collection and Dissemination of Information Concerning American Civilians and Military Personnel Captured or Interned in Enemy Countries 1942-1945 (0389-A1-459) These records extensively document various aspects of POW experiences during the war. Subjects include a printout of American civilian internees (alphabetically arranged) detained by the Japanese, December 1941-August 1945, giving the dates of initial and final report, and coded information on each civilian’s location and status at the time of the internment (“Americans Detained by the Japanese”); lists and descriptions, including photographs, of Japanese POW camps throughout the Far East (“Japanese POW Information Bureau, “ “Japan-POW Camps,” “Pictures-Honshu”); copies of Japanese POW regulations (in Japanese and English), December 1941 (file “Laws and Regulations on POWs”); and accounts of the deaths of American prisoners of war at sea in the Far Eat, 1944 (“War Claims”).15 The file “Microfilms” includes scattered microfilm copies (mostly in capsules) of lists of American prisoners of war. Some files in the series directly relate to British prisoners of war during the war. Several files under the general heading of “Imperial POW Committee” document the activities of that organization on behalf of British prisoners of war, 1944- 1945, particularly those in the Far East. The file “Release of POWS-Procedure” contains an envelope of 10-12 phonograph disks with the recorded comments of repatriated American prisoners of war from the Far East describing conditions in Japanese POW camps (recorded 1946). Arranged alphabetically by subject. Boxes 1581-1592 location: 290/34/15/06. ------------------ RG407 The Philippine Archives Collection The Recovered Personnel Division (RPD) was created in Leyte in January 1945, three months after the start of the liberation of the Philippines, to set up operations for the recovery and care of captured American and Allied military and civilian personnel. It began with a staff of two, as part of a G-1 office, but quickly grew into a separate section with a staff of 90, and moved to offices in Manila. When the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) was dissolved in June 1945, the RPD became a branch of the Personnel Division of the Adjutant General’s Office, U.S. Armed Forces in the Pacific (AFPAC), with Lt Col E.E. Graham in charge; the following month, Col Morris H. Marcus became Director. With its transfer to the Adjutant General’s Office (AGO), the RPD began the first phase of its mission. In July 1945 the Recovered Personnel Detachment was organized under the supervision of the Recovered Personnel Division. It consisted of a small operating headquarters and 75 teams of officers and enlisted men who were given special training in processing released prisoners of war. Teams were attached to combat units prior to landings in Japan and Korea, at which time they were immediately sent to all POW camps in the unit area. At the camps, they took affidavits from each person to rebuild their personal history; prepared a message to be radioed to the next of kin, with notification of release and health status; and forwarded all papers to branch headquarters of RPD in Yokohama and later Tokyo. The teams also arranged transportation to Manila for recovered personnel by air or hospital ship. The teams consisted of American, British, Canadian, Australian, and Dutch representatives. A total of 35,000 Allied prisoners of war were released and returned to Manila within 30 days after the initial landings. A related section of the RPD was the Casualty Branch, which had the task of investigating cases of U.S. military personnel in the Pacific Area who were still carried in a status of missing, missing in action, presumed dead, or declared dead. The Pacific area was divided into zones to which search teams were assigned. The teams combed all areas where plane crashes might have, or were known to have occurred. Upon receipt of inquiries relative to missing army personnel, the Casualty Branch gathered all information available from its records, sought additional data from every possible source, and sometimes sent out special search teams. After all data on an individual had been compiled and studied, the branch made a recommendation on change of status to the proper authorities. When the branch was later dissolved, its records were turned over to the Graves Registration Service. As the war ended, the U.S. government was faced with identifying and clarifying the status of various military forces. The Philippine Army had been organized in 1935, and consisted of Filipinos commanded by U.S. Army officers. Its mission was to organize and train an army for the defense of the future independent Republic of the Philippines. In the latter part of 1941, before the outbreak of war, all members of the Philippine Army were inducted into USAFFE, along with U.S. Army forces. During the war, many guerrilla groups were organized, a number of them with General MacArthur’s blessings. These recognized units were considered to be part of the Philippine Army, hence part of USAFFE. Other guerrilla units were anti-American in focus, working to eliminate both Japanese and Americans from Philippine soil; still others were little more than collections of bandits and thieves. The Philippine Scouts was a much older organization than the Philippine Army and had been considered a part of the U.S. Army ever since its inception in the early 1900s, and thus the Scout organization was also included in USAFFE in 1941. In November 1945 the RPD was assigned a new mission when the Missing Persons Act was extended to cover Philippine Army personnel, including guerrillas. (This act provided for continued disbursement of pay and allowances to military and civilian personnel who were prisoners of war, missing in action, in casualty status, or otherwise prevented from being at post of duty.) Teams were sent throughout the Philippine Islands to process these people. More than 350,000 individual claimants were interviewed, their claims processed, adjudicated, and sent to Philippine Army Finance for payment. The size of the RPD increased to more than 2,000 employees. Two branches were established in 1947 to deal with the problems involved with this extension of the Missing Persons Act. The Project “J” Branch handled the claims of Philippine Scouts, U.S. Army personnel, and War Department civilian employees, for arrears in pay and/or benefits. The branch examined the available documentation and made a determination on the validity of the claims. For deceased claims, an adjudicator made a determination of death, status, and grades under the Missing Persons Act. The Philippine Army Branch of the RPD was concerned with payment of arrears in pay of members and former members of the Philippine Army (PA) while in the service of the Armed Forces of the United States. The branch had several sections. The Living Claims Section processed and adjudicated claims for arrears in pay of living PA personnel ordered into the service of the U.S., and approved or disapproved requests for confirmation of promotion of former USAFFE officers and men prior to surrender. The Deceased Claims Section processed claims for arrears in pay and quarters allowances due estates of deceased PA servicemen (members of USAFFE or duly recognized civilian guerrillas). The adjudication of civilian guerrilla claims started in October 1946. The Veterans Administration Section of the PA Branch, RPD, was organized in August 1946, to obtain records and certify accounts of members of the Philippine Army and eligible dependents who filed claims for benefits in the Manila Office of the Veterans Administration. The Operations Section of the PA Branch was concerned with processing pay for Terminal Date guerrilla organizations, those units that were recognized for a specified period of time. The work consisted of securing the individual history of each unit member and establishing payrolls or pay vouchers, physical examination, and discharge for all personnel. During the first half of 1948, the major activity of the RPD was the adjudication of all PA arrears-in-pay cases prior to the June 30, 1948 deadline on the filing of claims. In September of the same year, the “Adjustment Section,” Headquarters, Philippine Command, was established as a Special Staff Section for the purpose of consolidating the functions and activities of “Claims Service” and RPD insofar as they pertained to redetermination and reconsideration of claims and arrears in pay matters. The “Claims Service” had been established in October 1944, as a special staff section of USAFFE to supervise investigation, processing, and settlement of claims relating to Army activities. These were generally concerned with employee compensation, war damage, property requisition, and procurement and wages. The Adjutant General Records Depository (AGRD) was also established in September 1948, as a branch of the Adjutant General’s Section. It was composed of the Project “J” and PA Branches of RPD, as well as the Records Division of Claims Service. In February 1949 the missions and functions of the Adjustment Section were transferred to AGRD. The mission of AGRD had several components: certification to the VA of military service of former members of Philippine Army, Philippine Scouts, guerrillas, and U.S. Army during World War II; certification of military service to the Adjutant General, the U.S. Army Finance Officer, and the GAO; processing of cases of U.S. Army, Philippine Scouts, and War Department civilian personnel, and shipment of each completed 201 folder to Demobilized Personnel Records Branch, Records Administration Center in St. Louis; investigation of Philippine claims filed with Office of Judge Advocate General of Army for U.S. Court of Claims; processing of all inquiries as to status of claims for arrears in pay, procurement and wage reimbursements, veterans’ benefits, and guerrilla recognition. It also retained the following types of records: 201 files of claimants for Philippine Army and guerrilla status; claims for procurement, contract, and wage reimbursements; medical records of veterans; records of guerrilla and USAFFE organizations; certification of POW service to U.S. War Claims Commission for benefits accruing on former Philippine Army personnel inducted into service of USAFFE; and administration of the Missing Persons Act. The accomplishment of these various missions was hindered by the scattering of AGRD records in a number of locations. Although most of the records were maintained in Manila, certain blocks of records had been transferred elsewhere. In September 1948 the archives of the Guerrilla Archives Division and part of the records necessary for the adjudication of recognition claims by guerrilla units and Philippine Army personnel were transferred to the Demobilized Personnel Records Branch (DPRB) of the Adjutant General’s Office in St. Louis, Missouri. Project “J” archives and records, pertaining to U.S. Army units and personnel and U.S. citizens were moved to the same branch around 1951. Claims Service files, consisting of records pertaining to wage and procurement claims, were shipped to the Kansas City Records Center in 1951 and finally to St. Louis in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Other records, relating to intelligence activities and created by G-2 of USAFFE, were maintained by the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) in two places, some at Clark Air Base in the Philippines and the rest in Japan. In 1953, for the purpose of consolidation and efficiency, the AGRD itself was transferred, along with the remainder of its records, to the DPRB in St. Louis. The current collection was accessioned by the National Archives and moved to Washington, D.C. in 1984. The records constitute an invaluable source of information on the Pacific war, particularly concerning the treatment of prisoners of war; military operations in the Philippines, 1941- 1942; guerrilla warfare in the Philippines; and conditions in the Philippines under Japanese occupation. In addition, the records document the RPD’s and successor agencies’ activities in performing their tasks. Because of the loss of records and the nature of guerrilla operations, however, the information provided here should not be considered as either comprehensive or completely accurate. The “Philippine Archives Collection” includes approximately 550 cu. ft. of records and 120 microfilm rolls. Originally arranged according to a numeric filing scheme, the records are now divided into general subject categories and thereunder arranged by more specific subjects or by type of record. Much material, however, has been intermingled among these subject series. Records created between 1941 and 1945 reflect the scarcity of writing paper and include such physical forms as paper bags, tissue paper, scrap paper, labels, receipts, and similar matter. Some records were buried to prevent capture and were retrieved in 1945. These factors contributed to the poor physical condition of many of the records. It should be also be noted that the microfilm collection is separately filed, with all finding aids. The records reproduced on these rolls often duplicate textual records, but include documents not available elsewhere. The microfilm, consisting of both 16 mm and 35 mm negative rolls, are designated “AGRP-1” through “ARGP-110,” although some of these include two or three rolls. A number of records reproduced on these rolls are illegible. Box Location Description 1-1665 270/49/24/03 Philippine Archives Collection (0407-A1-20) 1578-1583 270/B/13/04 Oversize (0407-A1-20) 1 270/50/23/04 File #319.26 (0407-A1-20A) 1-3 270/50/23/04 Background, Accession and Descriptive Papers (0407-A1-21) 1 270/50/23/05 Inventory and Folder Lists to Philippine Archives Collection (0407-A1-20) Below is a partial list of series. Death Reports 1941-1945 (1060) Rosters and reports primarily concerning Americans killed on Bataan and Corregidor, with some listing those who died on the Bataan Death March and in the earliest days of the prisoner of war camps. Rosters generally provide name, rank, service number, date and cause of death, and sometimes place of burial. Includes some material created by the Japanese Intelligence Bureau. Arranged by organization and thereunder alphabetically. Boxes 22-23. POW General Correspondence Files 1941-1945 (1063) Detail the experiences of U.S. and other Allied military prisoners and civilian internees in camps in the Philippine Islands, in Japan, and on the Asiatic mainland. These records document such subjects as food, clothing, health, discipline, pay, and the routine administration of camp life. Arranged by name of camp. Boxes 37-52. The Philippine Archives Collection — Entry 1063: POW General Correspondence Files, 1941-1945 RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 1418 Rosters and Lists of POWs 1942-1947 (1064) Contains data on individuals from the U.S. and other Allied nations held by the Japanese. Provides name, rank, service number, branch of service, nationality, home address, and next of kin. Some lists also state physical condition on recovery by the United States, and date and place of capture by Japanese. General rosters indicate camp where prisoners of war were held. Most of the information is in English, although several of the lists are in Japanese. Arranged by prisoner of war camp and thereunder alphabetically or chronologically (with some lists arranged first by nationality and thereunder alphabetically). Boxes 52-123 and 15 rolls of microfilm. Casualty Reports on U.S. and Foreign Military Personnel 1945 (1065) Unsigned photostatic copies bound on wooden boards of casualty/POW reports pertaining to U.S. and foreign military personnel and some of uncertain nationality. Records provide the following information: name, rank, serial number, date of incident, citation of notification, location, date of death or whether returned to military control (RMC). The original records were color-coded to indicate the country in which prisoners were held. Arranged alphabetically in ten binders. Boxes 1581-1583 (suitboxes). Escaped American POWs 1945 (1066) Lists and reports of Americans who escaped from Japanese camps in the Philippines. Lists include name, rank, and branch of service of escapee, as well as date of escape and name of prison or camp. Includes reports on fate of escapee, most of whom were helped and cared for by Filipino citizens. Unarranged. Box 123. Diaries and Historical Narratives 1940-1945 (1067) Individual accounts of military operations, the Bataan Death March, life in captivity, and liberation. The majority of these narratives are photocopies. Documentation is particularly extensive for the 60th Coast Artillery Regiment (Antiaircraft). Unarranged. Boxes 123-145 and microfilm rolls “AGRP-88, 99, and 110.” POW Photographs 1944-1945 (1068) Pertains mostly to prisoners of war held in Japan. Generally includes list of names and buildings and facilities in prisoner of war camps. Unarranged. Box 145. Sunken POW Transport Files 1942, 1944-1948 (1069) Correspondence, rosters, death reports, burial information, narratives, all pertaining to 14 Japanese ships which were sunk by American forces while transporting prisoners of war from the Philippines to the Japanese mainland. Includes accounts by some survivors. Arranged by name of the Japanese vessel lost in action. Boxes 146-148. Records of Japanese Atrocities Against POWs 1942-1945, 1948 (1070) Investigation reports, affidavits, records from war crimes trials, and similar items relating to Japanese beating, torture and executions of American prisoners of war. Of special note are records of a massacre of prisoners of war in 1942; affidavits relating to accidents in coal mines where prisoners of war provided slave labor; and an account of medical experiments performed by Japanese doctors in prisoner of war hospitals. Unarranged. Boxes 148-149. The Philippine Archives Collection — Entry 1070: Japanese Atrocities Against POWs 1942-1948 RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 1419 Box Subject 148 Atrocities, Japanese Western Army, Investigation of 148 Camp history and statements. Kamioka, Japan 1943-45 148 Casualties affecting U.S. Military personnel who were possible victims of war crimes. 148 Casualties concerning U.S. Air Forces personnel who were former prisoners of war 148 Homma, Masaharu - Trial of 148 Interrogation of Prisoners of War, Report on. By Commander Amphibious Group Thirteen, U.S. Pacific Fleet. 1945. 148 Japanese atrocities. Fukuaka Camp No. 23 148 Japanese atrocities: testimony against war criminals. 148 Massacre 148 Medical reports. Shinagowa POW Camp Sept 1945 148 Osaka POW hospital 1942-45 148 Recovery Team reports 148 Reports of investigations, atrocities, etc. Cabanatuan POW Camp 1942-44 149 Affidavits of British and Australian personnel recovered from camps in Korea September 1945 Medical Records of POWs and Civilian Internees 1942-1945 (1071) These records provide not only individual medical data for prisoners of war and civilian internees, but general information on health facilities in the Philippines and in Japan and tropical diseases. Of special interest are records of Americans injured while working on Japanese docks; medical staff reports covering camp facilities, medical statistics, medical supplies, and diet problems, with subsequent diseases; and a report on the diagnosis and treatment of tropical diseases. A small portion of the records are in Japanese, but most are in English. Arranged by camp and thereunder generally alphabetically. Boxes 149-169. POW Death Reports 1941-1946 (1072) Death reports, consisting of lists and individual accounts of prisoners of war from the U.S. and other Allied nations held by the Japanese in the Philippines, Japan and China. Contains data on individuals. Most of the reports are in English, but several are in Japanese. Arranged by prisoner of war camp and thereunder alphabetically or chronologically (with some lists arranged first by nationality and thereunder alphabetically). Boxes 169-191. POW Recovery Team Reports 1944-1945 (1073) Details the experiences of U.S. and other Allied military prisoners and civilian internees in camps in the Philippine Islands, Japan, and on the Asiatic mainland. These records document such subjects as food, clothing, health, discipline, pay, and the routine administration of camp life. Unarranged. Boxes 191-195. Orders for Recovered POWs 1944-1951 (1074) Travel and duty assignment orders for escaped or liberated prisoners, directing them to redistribution stations, or providing them temporary or permanent stations. Unarranged. Box 195. The Philippine Archives Collection — Entry 1074: Orders for Recovered POWs, 1944-1951 RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 1420 General Correspondence Files Pertaining to Civilian Internees 1943-1945 (1075) Records describe general conditions in the internment camps for American and other Allied civilians. Correspondence, rosters, financial statements, medical reports, supply lists, regulations, minutes of meetings, and historical accounts relating to Civilian Internment Camps, particularly Los Banos and Santo Tomas in Manila. Arranged by internment camp. Boxes 196-200. Civilian Internee Rosters 1942-1946 (1076) Rosters contain names of civilian internees and some prisoners of war from the U.S. and Allied nations and include such data as name, age, nationality, address, next of kin, occupation, place of employment, rank (if military), religion, marital status, dependents, physical condition, and eventual fate. Often contains information about repatriation. arranged in two subseries: the first, alphabetically by name of internee; the second, by camp. Boxes 201-240. Civilian Internee Death Report Files 1941-1945 (1077) Includes data for civilians who died at Los Banos and Santo Thomas camps in addition to those civilian employees of the U.S. Navy who perished after their capture on Wake Island. Unarranged. Boxes 240-241. Records of Japanese Relations with Filipino POWs 1943-1952 (1078) Investigation reports, certificates, posters, news releases, and correspondence relating to Japanese proclamation on release of prisoners of war; reports on former prisoners of war alleged to have been spies; and correspondence between Japanese and Filipino collaborators concerning surveillance of released prisoners of war. A partial listing of Filipino prisoners of war is also reproduced on microfilm roll “AGRP-100.” Unarranged. Boxes 241-242. Puppet Government Publications 1942-1945 (1079) Miscellaneous collection regarding laws and conditions under occupation. Unarranged. Box 242. Alien Registration Lists 1942 (1080) Lists of foreign nationals residing in the Philippines. Each list is arranged alphabetically. Box 242. Business and Industry 1942-1950 (1081) Lists and correspondence relating to business and industry that operated under occupation. Unarranged. Boxes 242-243. Lists of Filipino Collaborators 1941-1948 (1082) Includes information on the guerrilla execution of a collaborator and a sample citation awarded by Japanese authorities to collaborators. Unarranged. Box 243. Manila Tribune January 1942-February 1945 (1083) Copies of English-language newspaper which was used as a Japanese propaganda unit. Arranged chronologically. Boxes 1578-1580 [suitboxes]. The Philippine Archives Collection — Entry 1083: Manila Tribune, 1942-1945 RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 1421 Japanese Propaganda Publications, 1942-1945 (1084) Copies of occupation newspapers, pamphlets, maps, posters, charts, and magazine articles; the materials employ both the English and Tagalog languages. Unarranged. Box 244. Japanese Atrocities 1942-1952 (1085) Includes investigations against the civilian population and accounts of massacres in Manila near the end of the war. Unarranged. Box 245. Bataan Military District Bataan Military District - Reports of investigation Homma, Masahru - Trial of (extra copy) Reference cases of Fort Santiago Massacre 1944-45 Report of investigations and atrocities committed by Japanese Imperial Forces in Intramuros (Walled City) Manila, PI during Feb 1945 Zonification List of Cremated Remains 1936-1943 (1086) List of names, nationalities, dates of death, and funeral homes apparently relating to patients (not necessarily prisoners) who died at San Lorenzo Hospital in Manila before and during the war. Also includes miscellaneous, entirely unrelated items, such as a review of a Russian film about German slave labor camps. Unarranged. Box 245. Intelligence Report Files 1935, 1942-1947 (1093) Contains reports on military operations and intelligence generally intended for transmission to MacArthur’s headquarters (GHQ SWPA). Also contains directives issued by MacArthur’s headquarters or guerrilla leaders on methods of gathering intelligence. Items of note include a report of September 1944 on Japanese defenses in Manila and reports from the Governor of Palawan to President Quezon on conditions in the province since the outbreak of war. Unarranged. Boxes 251-255. Guerrilla Narrative and Historical Reports 1941-1947 (1094) These records contain personal and official accounts and histories of individual units. These reports also include information on the activities and relations of the leftist “Hukbalahap” (or “Huk”) guerrilla movement with respect to other guerrilla units. [Correspondence on atrocities of guerrilla forces on Luzon in box 256; reports on “Huks” in box 257.] Arranged by organization or by geographic area. Boxes 255-259. Criminal Guerrilla Behavior 1945-1951 (1098) Affidavits, investigation reports, and correspondence relating to black market activities by guerrillas, traffic with enemy in war material, and oppression of local population through various felonies as well as by commandeering food and other supplies. Unarranged. Box 537. Guerrillas as Seen by Japanese 1944-1945 (1099) Includes translated Japanese reports on guerrilla activities and anti-guerrilla operations. Unarranged. Box 538. The Philippine Archives Collection — Entry 1099: Guerrillas as Seen by Japanese, 1944-1945 RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 1422 Recovered Personnel Division General Records 1944-1958 (1118) Includes information on the War Claims Commission, civilian employees, a lengthy (with multiple copies) review of the personnel and status of the 14th Infantry Regiment, Maj Gen. Wm. G. Livesay’s report of pay status of Philippine Army personnel, and a history of the Adjutant General Records Depository (AGRD). Arranged by subsidiary organization. Boxes 1493-1514. Recovered Personnel Division Historical Files 1945-1977 (1119) Details the organization and functions of the Recovered Personnel Division and its succeeding and/or affiliated agencies (e.g., Adjutant General’s Record Division, Philippine Archives, Recognition Branch, and Philippine Army Branch). Arranged by successive organizations. Box 1515. Recovered Personnel Division Personnel 1945-1958 (1120) Recovered Personnel Division organizational tables, personnel rosters, and recommendation for promotion and commissions. Unarranged. Box 1516. Prison Camp Location Files 1945 (1121) Survey of the locations and characteristics of various prisoner of war camps established by the Japanese in Japan, Korea and China. Unarranged. Box 1517. Recovery and Repatriation Procedures and Reports Files 1941-1946, 1950-1953 (1122) Details Recovered Personnel Division activities in processing liberated prisoners of war. Within this series, file “Conduct of the War Re Philippine Personnel,” Books I-IV, describes casualties suffered by Gen. William F. Sharp’s forces in the southern Philippines, May 1942, and deaths of American prisoners of war in Camp O’Donnell, Luzon, May-September 1942 (box 1519). The file “War Prisoners, Recovery of: Recovery Team #9” contains the logbook of one recovery team that describes conditions in Nagasaki one month after the atomicbombing of that city (box 1518). Unarranged. Boxes 1518-1520. Individual Rosters 1941-1950, 1952-1958, 1966 (1123) Rosters of deceased, missing, recovered, or active duty personnel, used by the Recovered Personnel Division in accounting for all personnel. Some rosters were created by the Recovered Personnel Division; others, compiled from other sources. Some files include correspondence, affidavits, and related items pertaining to status of individuals. Includes passenger lists, by name of ship, of repatriated individuals. Covers Americans, Filipinos, and foreign nationals. Each roster is arranged alphabetically. Boxes 1521-1530. Japanese POW Information Bureau Files 1946-1958 (1124) The Japanese Prisoner of War Information Bureau was set up by the Japanese to compile information about Allied prisoners of war and was taken over by the Americans in 1945.1818. For additional information about the Japanese Prisoner of War Information Bureau see “History and Accomplishments of the Japanese Government Prisoner of War Information Bureau,” n.d. (ca. March 1, 1953), Army Adjutant General Decimal File 1951-1952 Box 367 Decimal 314.4 Disposition-Japanese Captured Records II NWA, Entry 363D, Records of the Adjutant General Record Group 407 and List of Documents Kept by the Prisoner of War Information Bureau, Advance Echelon, GHQ, U.S. Army Forces, Pacific, December 11, 1945, Decimal 313, Records The Philippine Archives Collection — Entry 1124: Japanese POW Information Bureau Files 1946-1958 RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1917– 1423 These files provide a history of the bureau, provide information on the records created by the bureau and both Japanese and American use of the records, and discuss the possibility of Japanese compensation to the prisoners. The records are in both English and Japanese. Unarranged. Box 1530. Missing in Action and Death Investigation Files 1942-1947 (1125) Includes deaths of downed airmen and Filipinos as well as deceased prisoners. Unarranged. Boxes 1531-1535. Grave and Burial Files 1942-1945, 1952-1954 (1126) Represents an attempt to identify all missing U.S. and Filipino military and civilian personnel. Lists may include, variously: names; addresses; next of kin; date, place, and cause of death; military rank, service number, and unit; and grave location. Interspersed in two of these files are death reports from the European Theater of Operations (ETO) in World War II and from the Korean War. Unarranged. Box 1536.