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POW Camps in
the Osaka Area Source: Per Japanese List of camps, modified by SCAP, September 1945; N.B. did not include closed camps, e.g., Tanagawa RG 331, Box 1321- SCAP Legal Files, Misc. Manila Colonel Sotaro Murata, Commanding Officer, Headquaters, Osaka Main Camp Corrections and notations in [Red] Japanese Definitions: (provide by Roger Mansell for reference only) Definitions: Cho - town or district; Fu - city; Gun - district or sub-prefecture; Ken - prefecture; Ku - district; zone; Machi/Cho - town; Mura - village; Shi - city; Ura - seacoast or cove. [In 1941, three "FU" were Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto] (*) - designates a private company in command of camp. Home About Us Osaka Prisoner of War Command The Main Base Camp [aka: Hoincho Camp, CHIKKO, Camp #1, Main] Osaka [Shi] Nitta Ura Mishima Gun Section I Minato Ku Osaka Shi Section II Fukiai Ku Achi Kobe Shi Section III Yoshiza Mura [Oeyama] Yosa Gun Kyoto Fu Section IV-B Tanagawa Tanagawa Machi Itsunami Gun Osaka-fu Established 22 Nov 1942 as Tanagawa, designated 4-B on 19 Feb 43, closed 20 Mar 1045 and POWs transferred to Kukuoka 11-D. Section IV Ikuno-Machi Yosa Gun Kyoto Fu Section V Tsuruga Shi Fukui Ken Section VI Minamitani Mura Yabu Gun Hyogo Ken Mitsui (*) Section VII Takebu Machi Nanjo Gun Fukui Ken Shingoshi (*) Section VIII Hyozu Mura Yasu Gun Shiga Ken Nodanuma (*) Section IX Notogawa Cho Kansaki Gun Shiga Ken Nakamiko (*) Section X Maibara Machi Sakata Gun Shiga Ken Yaeuchiko (*) Section XI Sakatani Mura Ono Gun Fukui Ken Det I, Sec XII Hirobata Machi [This is HIROHATA] misspelled in original Shikama Gun Hyogo Ken NOT listed was the civilian camp: FUTATABI - held most of the Guam civilians Note: The above list was from the original list submitted to SCAP by the Japanese delgation that went to Manila after the surrender. Rokuroshi was listed in the alphabetical order as part of the Osaka command but no details were submitted. The location coordinates indicated it was in the burned out section of Kobe. |