Osaka #8 Naruo
Dispatch Camp (Showa Denkyoku) |
Osaka 8-D NARUO (SHOWA DENKYOKU) HYOGO-ken, MUKO-gun, NARUO-mura, UEDA AZA HIGASHIHAMA 1 Area Map Satellite (Google) Above information courtesy of Wes Injerd. See his chart of camps Timeline: 01 Feb 1945: Established as Osaka Dispatch Camp #8 29 May 1945: Camp closed (destroyed by fire, bombed?); POWs transferred to NAGOYA POW camps. Photographs: None located |
Labor: POWs worked for Showa Denkyoku (Showa Electrode Company, now SEC Carbon), in a graphite factory. Hellships: Enoshima Maru Deceased: Three POWs died at this camp - two Americans Killion and McMillin; one Dutchman, van Doorne. Rosters: Individuals or affidavits: ![]() John Massimino story |