Sendai Division Camps
Yumoto #1 -- Hosokura #3 -- Ohashi #4 -- Hanawa #6
Yumoto #1
Hosokura #3
The POWs of Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) who were made to work in the Jap zinc mines were in constant danger of being electrocuted by this high power electric line which hung about 8 inches from the men's heads. Photog: Pierce
18 Sept 45 -- The zinc mine where POWs of the Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) were made to work, showing weakened timber supports in the mine, a constant danger to the men. Photog: Pierce
12 Sept 45 -- The small pick and pan used by the POWs of Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) to mine their loads. Photog: Pierce
POWs of the Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) standing in front of mine where they were made to work. They had to bow each day before the Jap shrine above the entrance. Photog: Pierce
12 Sept 45 -- This scene is in the zinc mine, where POWs of Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) were made to work, showing loaded ore cars -- the men had to push three of these cars by himself. Photog: Pierce
12 Sept 45 -- Dish washing facilities, outside of the living quarters at the Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan). Photog: Pierce
This scene from photo at the Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) showing the first American soldier to arrive at the camp. Talking to the POWs, the first questions they asked were about the pay scale of the Army. Photog: Pierce
12 Sept 45 -- The old elevator shaft which lowered the men of Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) into the zinc mines where they were made to work. Photog: Pierce
12 Sept 45 -- Living quarters and mess hall of Prison Camp No 3 (near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan) showing POWs enjoying a meal of dog meat stew, a much cherished diet, when dogs were available. Photog: Pierce
A PW of Prison Camp No 3, near Hosokura, northern Honshu, Japan, points to weakened timber supports in the zinc mine, where prisoners were in constant danger. 9/10/45
Ohashi #4
The prison camp I was in at Ohasi Japan from November 31st 1942 till September 1945. Located about two miles from the town of Ohasi where the prisoners worked in an iron mine and the mine work shops. George C. McCandless, Lewisville, Idaho
Hanawa #6
Temmakan #11
This is an exterior view of the building which housed a bath for use by Allied prisoners of war in Sendai, Japan. 9/21/45
These barracks, above the prison yard area, housed Jap guards in the prison camp at Sendai, Japan. 9/25/45
This is an exterior view of the main building, gate and yard of the PW camp in the Temabayashi area, Sendai, Japan. 9/27/45
American soldiers stand near the gate and wall which extends around the prison camp in Sendai, Japan. 9/27/45
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