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Bunsho and Hakensho:
A "Bunsho" camp means the camp was fed, clothed, administered
and supervised directly by the Army. A "Hakensho" camp
means that the company the prisoners worked for would provide
the food, do the administration, provide guards, etc. The Army
would merely supervise. The company would be responsible for
the welfare of the prisoners. The original plan was to make all
the camps into "Hakensho", (and) eight were made when
the Army found that the plan was not feasible, so the attempt
was abandoned.
/S/ Hiroyuki Morita
Doc No 23953, Box 946,
RG 331
Location Definitions per
Wes
Injerd
Ken mean prefecture.
Gun means county.
Shi means city.
Machi means town.
Mura means village.
Cho means district in a city, town or village.
NOTE: Machi and Cho are the same Japanese characters, so sometimes
Soeda-machi is read Soeda-cho.
KEY: Os=Osaka; To=Tokyo; Ry=Ryuku Islands;
Ha=Hakodate; Hi= Hiroshima; Fu-Fukuoka; Se=Sendai; NEI=Netherlands
East Indies. The number following indicates the sub=branch number.
e.g., Hi-4B indicates only that this camp is in the Hiroshima
POW Area Command and it may be Branch #4 or it may not the correct
number- the Japanese records were very inaccurate. Sub-camps
are specifically indicated by name or number (see Fukuoka)
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