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Sept 12, 1945
I, Samuel Mc Millan Jr., ASN O-815739, of 61 Keeney Ave, West
Hartford Conn., serving in the grade of 2nd Lt with the 26th
Fighter Sqdn, 51st Gp., 14th A.F., USA armed forces at the time
of my capture on Jan 16, 1945 at North of Hankow, China, do hereby
depose and say:
1. Japanese prisons, camps or hospitals in which I was confined
are as follows:
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Name or Location |
Date |
Japanese Commander |
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Jail- North of Hankow China |
16 Jan 45 to 19 Jan 45 |
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Jail- Hankow China |
20 Jan 45 to 23 Jan 45 |
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Jail- Nanking China |
27 Jan 45 to 13 Feb 45 |
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Jail- Hankow China |
14 Feb 45 to 16 Mar 45 |
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Nanking China |
16 Mar 45 to 15 Apr 45 |
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Shanghai POW Camp |
15 Apr 45 to 9 May 45 |
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Peking POW Camp |
14 May 45 to 19 Jun 45 |
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Sapporo Hokkaido |
7 Jul 45 to 12 Sep 45 |
Major Miki |
2. Conditions in each camp, hospital or prison with respect
to food, medical care, clothing, sanitation and required work
were as follows:
[I] lived on a starvation diet, no medical care, clothes or
sanitation. Had body lice to such an extent that they were literally
eating me alive. [I] was not allowed any water at all for three
months. At times, no blankets were supplied for warmth in freezing
weather.
3. I have personal knowledge of killings,
torture, beatings, other cruelties (including starvation) or
improper punishments as follows:
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Name of victim |
Date |
Place |
*Japanese Perpetrator |
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1 |
Samuel McMillan Jr |
16 Jan 1945 |
Airfield North of Hankow China |
Capt. In charge of Post |
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2 |
Samuel McMillan Jr |
14 Feb 1945 |
Jail in center of city - Hankow |
Commander in charge of Hankow Airfield |
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3 |
Samuel McMillan Jr |
16 Mar 1945 |
Jail outskirts of city - Nanking |
Commander in charge of Nanking area |
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4 |
Samuel McMillan Jr |
7 Jul 1945 |
Sapporo Hokkaido |
Major Miki |
*Mc Millan Note- Commander in charge of Hankow and Nanking
did not do the actual beatings but they were given by the personnel
under their command who were in charge of me at the time. Unfortunately,
I couldn't swear to their names.
Brief description of each atrocity:
1. Received such severe beatings that I was unable to remember
hardly anything for three days. Was stripped of all clothing
except underwear in zero weather, was tied up in such a brutal
fashion that I lost all movement of my hands.
2. Received more beatings and was only fed twice a day on [sic]
dough and water. Had only two blankets in zero weather.
3. Was given very little to eat and no medical treatment.
I was in a very bad way with body lice until I reached Shanghai
and was given no treatment for it until then. I received lacerations
of the scalp and cuts about the face and mouth from the beatings.
Also had huge bruises on my body from brutal kickings. Had large
sores on hips from laying on jail floors.
/S/ Samuel McMillan Jr.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of Sept, 1945
at Sapporo, Hakkido
/S/ ? Sterling, Capt
O-1165454, Field Artillery, 1st Cav Div
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