Source:
RG 331 Box 940
C O N F I D E N T I A L
[Cover page #1 not transcribed- repetitive
information]
Q. State your name, rank, serial number, permanent home address,
and any other pertinent information concerning yourself.
A. My name is Albert Marion CONERLY. I am a private first class,
U.S.M.C., serial number 280404. My permanent home address is
2127 Bailey Avenue. Jackson, Mississippi. I have had ten years
of schooling and five years and ten months service in the U.S.
Marine Corps.
Q. While you were imprisoned in the Funatsu Prison Camp in Japan
did you witness any atrocities or war crimes which you feel should
be reported.
A. Yes. I did. I was in this prison from September 1944 to September
1945. During that time I saw PFC MANN, U.S. Army, beaten to death
with rifles, clubs, and bayonets. Five or six of the guards took
turns beating this man from from seven to eight days. PFC MANN
went crazy three days before he died. [even
though this was late July, the temperatures were below freezing
at night- see Churchill affidavit]
Of these five or six men who engaged in this beating, I remember
the following names: HORIE, TANAKA, and Lieutenant FUSHIMA, who
was in charge and who witnesses this atrocity.
I can recall nothing further concerning this incident which would
be of value to the War Crimes Office, and I do not have any other
information, favorable or unfavorable, which I consider of sufficient
importance to report.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA:
(State Seal)
Country of Alameda
I, Albert Marion CONERLY, of lawful age, being duly sworn on
oath, state that I have read the foregoing transcription of my
interrogation, consisting of two pages, including this and the
title page, and that all answers contained therein are tru to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
/S/ Albert Marion Conerly
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Third day of October,
1945, at Oakland, California.
/S/ H.B. Kehoe
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
(State Seal)
Country of Alameda
I, Harold B. KEHOE, Lieutenant, U.S.N.R., certify that Albert
Marion CONERLY, private first class, U.S.M.C., serial No. 280404,
personally appeared before me on the Third day of October, 1945,
and testified concerning war crimes; and that the foregoing is
an accurate transcription of the answers given by him to the
several questions set forth.
Place: Oakland, California
Date: 3 October 1945
/S/ H B Kehoe
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