Tokyo 23-D Kawasaki (Daishihon)

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Tok-23D-Kawasaki (Daishihon)
(DAI-NIPPON KAGAKU) KAWASAKI-shi, DAISHIHON-machi
Location Map: Courtesy of Wes Injerd
20 Sep 1944: Established as Tok-23D
30 Jun 1945: Camp closed and POWs transferred to Tok-01B-Kawasaki (Oshima)

Limited information at NARA Record Group 389, Box2133

Link to CPO Henderson Story
Slave Labor:
Longshoreman and ship builders for the Kawasaki Ship yard

Diary:
The Diary of Dorsey Walker covers a good deal of his time in this camp- from November 1944 to the surrender- click on diary (new) on left side of page.

Rosters:
Roster found in Record Group 407. Many of these men arrived from Taiwan on the Enoshima Maru.Most of these American men had arrived in Taiwan on the Hokusan Maru.