| Tokyo POW Camp #7-B Hitachi Hitachi Daioin |
| Tok-07-B Hitachi Camp Opened as Tokyo 8-B, (HITACHI DAIOIN) Miyata-cho, Hitachi City, Ibaragi Prefecture IBARAKI-ken, HITACHI-shi MAP of Tokyo Camps Timeline: 12 May 1943: Established as Tokyo 8B 1 Aug 1943: Renamed 6-D 14 April 1944 (Approx.) - 106 Yanks arrive August 1945: Again renamed 7B 6 September 1945: Rescue effected, men sent by train to Yokohama Source: Wes Injerd & Taeko Sasamoto |
Primary Labor: Nippon Mining Company Known history: 249 POWS at time of rescue [280 Dutch, 60 Americans and 9 Norwegian. Ten (10) men died at this camp. Rosters: Tokyo #7 Roster (RG 407 Box 115) - Dutch, American, Norwegian; includes unconfirmed roster showing former camp. |