| Japanese Staff for Tanagawa |
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[At time of surrender] Source: NARA RG 331, Box 1321 Dictionary defines Koin as a factory worker; Yonin is a guard Tanagawa [OS-26] Name Rank Service Period Position Toshitaro Habe 2nd Lt 22 Nov 42 - 8 Dec 42 Camp Commandant Kasaku Hazama [Big Buck] 1st Lt 6 Jan 43 - 19 Aug 43 Camp Commandant Takagi- [Greaseball or Goathead] Brutal interpreter- enjoyed beating men Taijiro Kuranishi 2nd Lt 10 Aug 43 - 3 Apr 45 Camp Commandant Shigeji Nishimote Sgt 21 Nov 42 - 10 Dec 42 General Affairs Yoshinari Minemoto Sgt 5 Feb 43 - 24 Apr 44 [Sgt Major] Tsumotu Yamamoto Cpl 18 Mar 44 - 25 Oct 44 Taora Fujita Cpl 1 Sep 43 - 24 Oct 44 Hiroichi Uno [Donald Duck] Cpl 31 Jan 45 - 10 Apr 45 Supply & Finance Toshihira Fukuda Cpl 11 Jul 44 - 20 Jan 45 Supply & Finance Shnsuke Okuyama Sgt 30 Apr 44 - 14 Oct 44 Medical Corpsman Masao Hayashi Cpl 26 Nov 42 - 1 Oct 43 Medical Corpsman Yoshiro Tanaka Sgt Maj 26 Nov 42 - 1 Oct 43 General Affairs [replaced Habe] Seiichi Norji Cpl Supply 21 Apr 44 - 20 Jul 44 Supply & Finance Keiichi Nakatani Yonin 18 Jul 44 - 13 Apr 45 Guard Nasanobu Nakukawa Yonin 10 Nov 44 - 13 Apr 45 Guard Buichi Omoi Koin 1942 to 1945 Yoshiji Ichikawa Yonin 1 Mar 45 - 13 Apr 45 Guard Yoshio Maeda Yonin 7 Mar 45 - 13 Apr 45 Guard Emerson Diary: Jap officer: Lt "Big Buck" Hazama (decent man- never abusive) "Donald Duck" - Jap corporal- extremely violent- killed by POWs in 1945. Hamguchi - a.k.a. "Horseface" - wounded in China- reasonably decent man |