Ashio POW Camp
Tokyo #9 Branch camp

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Tokyo 9-B "Ashio"
Location:

TOCHIGI-ken, KAMITSUGA-gun, ASHIO-machi
Employer: FURUKAWA KOGYO

Timeline:
10 Nov 1943:
First known as Tokyo 8-D
Aug 1945:
Renamed Tokyo 9-B - more men arrive from Hitachi
Sep 1945: Rescue Effected

Photographs:
External Site- [slow loading] numerous quality pics
External site with pictures of mine entrance and interior
External Site: Allied POWS at time of rescue, gathered at entrance
Labor: Copper mine

Roster:
Partial roster based upon diaries

Affidavit of Sgt. John K. Johnson, Harbor Defense, Corregidor. Relates experience of Cabanatuam, Bilibid, hell ship, Hitachi and Ashio.
Clarence Clough- Family history includes his capture at Corregidor, slavery at Palawan and Ashio.

Submarine SS-44: summary of two survivors taken as POW
USS Perch- survivors in Ashio [external link]
USS Sculpin: Story of capture and list of crew KIA; also Sub Vet page