BEHEADED TO CELEBRATE A JAP HOLIDAY
Keceiced Thursdav, 7.20 p.m. GPAAI, May 21!. X'nie Cnited States Marines all t'rom Ihe famed "('arlsons Kaiders", were Mieaded on Kwajalein Island in the Hiushalls to celehrate a dapanese hoii hy, said a witness at the Wnr CriiuUs i rial. The victiius were among fourteen j Muri n es stranded 011 Makim Islanu iflcr the sortie. The witness, Viee hhniral Koso Ahe's ex-Chief of Stalf, 'itpt'iin Joichi Iliashi, said .Oetuher 16, 1M2 was ehosen for the execution he- ' fitise it was the Yasukuni Shrine festi-J ■al day "which honours departed ifn.es. ' ' Admiral Ahe and his two 'iilcs, Captain Yo.xhi Ohura and Lieut. j -"nnuander Tlisaficlii Naiehi, remained 0 luiry the hodies, plant tlowers ant 'itty for the souls of the exeeuted kuinos.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 May 1946, Page 5
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