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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 |