Ibid., p. 27, gives one instance in which the Japanese Home Ministry monthly report of September 1942 records payment of two yen per day per man from direct employers of war prisoners that was given to the Army, used for national defense, or POW recreation equipment. See also Holmes, Unjust Enrichment, p.38. S. 1438, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 which became PL 107-107. 116-117. 107. Later 5% of the records were hurriedly microfilmed by a group including scholars from Harvard and Georgetown University, between the time they were ordered returned to Japan in 1957 and when they were actually put on a boat in February 1958.96 Japan has denied access to these records to those trying to document the actions of Unit 731.97 Author Sheldon Harris is quoted in the New York Times article as saying that he learned from Freedom of Information Act requests for military debriefing records dealing with this issue that relevant records were lost in the fire at the St. Louis Military Personnel Records Center in 1973.98 In 1995 an article in the Washington Times quoted Ken McKinnon, spokesman for the Department of Veterans Affairs, as saying, "The Veterans Administration has never seen evidence that research was done on the U.S. POWs. Using its high figures for both American POWs held by Japan (36,260) and their higher number of POW deaths (13,851) results in a slightly lower percentage of POW deaths, 38.2%. Leave a legacy. For example, according to this article, Ryoichi Naito, founder and chairman of the Green Cross Corporation, a pharmaceutical company that became the largest producer of blood products in Japan, was one of Ishii's officers; and Dr. Hisato Yoshimura, who directed Unit 731's frostbite experiments, became president of Kyoto Medical College and was an advisor to Japan's Antarctic expedition. This statement apparently referred to a 1993 report in Japanese, titled "Problems Arising From Post War Reparations: Overview," written by Takashi Tsukamoto of the National Diet Library. By killing John's son, he manufactures a crusader to pursue his (Lamar's) dream of pre-crime. 64. Available through NEXIS Library: NEWS File: ALLNWS. Mr. McKinnon said that the VA depends on DOD for analysis and documentation in this area. Thirty people were brought to trial by the Allied war crimes tribunal in Yokohama on Mar. Hed be in your heart.. Paddle's sinking of the Shinto Mary on Sept. 7, 1944, in Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, vol. The first instance of internee compensation began with the Hugo Princz decision Hugo Princz was an American citizen living with his family in Slovakia. According to the Center for Internee rights, of the 4,749 U.S. civilians held by the German, 168, or 3.5% died; in contrast, of the 13,996 American civilian internees they believe were held by Japan, 1,536, or 11% died.39 A similar figure of 13,979 for the total number of American civilian internees held by Japan was compiled by the Army's Office of the Provost Marshal General's Prisoner of War Division.40, A recent book by Linda Goetz Holmes, Unjust Enrichment: How Japan's Companies Built Postwar Fortunes Using American POWs, offers additional information on POW camp experiences.41. In discussing the issue of reparations by Japan, the 1951 Treaty, and John Foster Dulles's efforts as chief of U.S. negotiations, the author referred to correspondence between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida and Dirk Stikker, The Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs, which was only declassified in April 2000. Available through NEXIS Library: NEWS File: CURNWS. Under Section 12 of the War Claims Act, German and Japanese assets seized by the United States after December 17, 1941, under the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, (40 Stat. "Ex-POWs Suspect Germ Test Cover-Up; Japan and the U.S. Say the Records of the WWII Experiments Were Destroyed," Austin American-Statesman, Mar. 10.20-10.27. Endnotes In a practice his sophomore year, Taylor saw Zach take a hit so big his helmet rotated 90 degrees across his face. 34-35).86 Mr. Triplett stated that he believed that the government was in possession of records about what happened to POWs at Mukden that could help the VA in diagnosing POWs' ailments (pages 32-37).87 Since 1994, there have been newspaper accounts discussing the experiences of several American POWs who were interned at Mukden.88, In his 1994 book, Factories of Death, Sheldon Harris analyzed the fragmentary and sparse available data and concluded that "the evidence, while inconclusive, suggests strongly that they [U.S. POWs] were not" [among those] "subjected to human BW experiments at Mukden.89, In Unjust Enrichment, Linda Goetz Holmes lays out in much more detail than Harris the reported incidents that led to POWs claims that they were experimented on at Mukden and elsewhere.90, U.S. Agreement Not to Prosecute Unit 731 Members, One of the most persistent allegations surrounding Unit 731 is one made in the initial 1980 article, "Japan's Germ Warfare: The U.S. Cover-up of a War Crime" (in The Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars), in Harris's Factories of Death, and elsewhere that General Ishii and his staff were given immunity against prosecution as war criminals by the United States in exchange for the scientific information gathered during Unit 731's experiments. It was compassion, Zach said. In August 1944, the United States contributed 2.8 million Swiss francs, today worth $57 million dollars, to the account which was also contributed to by Britain and the Netherlands.67, According to Holmes, Japan put every obstacle it could in the way of money being disbursed for relief. 138. Bibliography. Monitor and the C.S.S. He is preceded in death by his father and mother, Stanley and Myrtle Hoffpauir and his sister, Judy Hoffpauir Lejeune. 113. 17, 1982. 309-317. One of the most common is his attention to everyone he had a connection with. 51-53, 80, 98. Prisoners of War. "WWII Vets Revive Grievances With Japan; U.S. See "Gov't Oks Use of Articles for Weapons Disposal in China," Japan Weekly Monitor, Apr. Reorganization Plan No. Snyder, Historical Guide to World War II, pp. 128 (1869) Exercises for Ships with Sails, General Order No. Information on this program can be found at the Department of Justices Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Web site at [http://www.usdoj.gov/fcsc/]. Homes, Unjust Enrichment, p. 33. He had a shorter fuse and he snapped at friends and family more quickly. Ibid. According to a recent newspaper account, when Mr. Tenny's lawyer told a State Department official of the documents found by Mr. Clemmons, the State Department official said that these documents had already been considered and would not change the State Department's interpretation of the Treaty.150. Holmes, Linda Goetz. Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare in World War II. Where such claims are directed to private companies, private Japanese companies, for whom such soldiers were forced to work as slaves. 30 (1913) Movement of the Rudder, General Order No. The season finale saw two major developments on the "who are the parents of John II" mystery. AFFIRMED. A small amount went for POW relief, and the Japanese used 17 million francs to order artillery from the Swiss, an order that was never filled because of the war's end. During this recruiting process, Todd Graham became the new head coach for ASU. Go to [http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/POW/] and click on Statistical Data. Falk, Stanley L. Bataan: the March of Death. See p. 626 for figure of 102.1 billion Deutsche Marks (DM) paid in compensation through Jan. 1, 1998, with at least another DM24 billion in payments to come. John's final days were miserable. Pursuant to a plea agreement, on June 6, 2011, the State of Louisiana (state) reduced the second degree murder charge to the responsive charge of manslaughter, a violation of R.S. At PAC-12 Media Day this year, David Shaw recalls Zach as someone who was a natural leader because of his approachable mentality towards teammates and coaches. First, it's $500 million in gold bars; next, another $500 million appears in the form of an ancient . "Clinton Thanks Japan for WWII Apology; Vets Praised for Spirit of Reconciliation," Washington Times, Sept. 2, 1995, p. A1. Select this result to view John Able Hoffpauir's phone number, address, and more. Cavness, expressed the same feeling in his eulogy. additional makeup artist (as Mandy Benton) Yen At Supreme Court," The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo), July 19, 2000. p. 3. 158, which although it does not have the force the law, expressed the sense of Congress that, it is in the interest of justice and fairness that the United States, through the Secretary of State or other appropriate officials, put forth its best efforts to facilitate discussions designed to resolve all issues between former members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were prisoners of war forced into slave labor for the benefit of Japanese companies during World War II and the private Japanese companies who profited from their slave labor.119, Hearings. American POWs reportedly were also sent to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway project and later shipped to Japan.60 Holmes reported that of the 61,000 POWs working on the Burma-Siam Railway, which included the "Bridge on the River Kwai," 13,708 died; of the 668 Americans working on the Bridge, 133 died.61 According to Holmes's book, of the 25,000 American POWs doing forced labor, over 4,100 died, mainly at the hands of the employees of the companies that U.S. POWs were forced to work for rather than the Japanese military.62, Holmes's research indicates that Japanese companies paid the military a daily fee for use of each POW.63 In addition, companies were supposed to pay each POW for each day worked, and although POWs were forced to sign pay sheets saying they received pay, payments to POWs were almost never made.64, Although Article 29 of the Geneva Convention specifies that each prisoner was allowed to receive one Red Cross package per week, Holmes's research indicates Red Cross packages, mail, and other care packages, though sent to POWs, were withheld from them or given to Japanese soldiers. This is where some of the mental struggles began for Zach. Thus, POWs captured by any of the Axis Powers - Germany, Italy, or Japan - were eligible to apply for compensation. 73 - 1905 April 18 Travel Pay, Specifications for Ship and Motor Boat Bells, Stalin's Cold War Military Machine: A New Evaluation, The Story Of The Confederate States' Ship Virginia, Strait Comparison: Lessons Learned from the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign, Strategic Concepts of the U.S. Navy (NWP 1 A), Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During WWII, Study of the General Board of the U.S. Navy, 1929-1933, Submarine Activities Connected with Guerrilla Organizations, Surprised at Tet: U.S. According to 1959 testimony by the head of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, the total amount of these liquidated assets amounted to $228,750,000.15 The 1952 amendments to the War Claims Act (P.L. Referral of S. 1154 to Senate Judiciary Committee. As with some other WWII statistics, the estimated death toll during this 6-day march varies. Appendix A: Chronology - January 1991 cont. War Claims Act of 1948, Section 5 (f)(1). "Lawyers Target Japanese Abuses; WWII Compensation Effort Shifts From Europe to Asia," Washington Post, Mar. The Justice Department testified in opposition to the bill, citing numerous reasons why giving these POWs ability to sue the Japanese government or the U.S. government over this issue would violate established case law, international law, the Feres Doctrine (which disallows suits by members of the military for damages received while in the military), and the established jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Claims; there was no floor action on this bill.114 In the 101st Congress, S. 3191, the Civilian Ex-Prisoner of War Health Benefits Act of 1990, was introduced but had no floor action. ), Documents, Official and Unofficial, Relating to the Capture and Destruction of the Frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli - 1850, Documents Related to the Resignation of the German Commander in Chief, Navy, Grand Admiral Raeder and to the Decommissioning of the German High Seas Fleet, DoD Rules for Military Commissions - 2006, Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading, Emancipation Proclamation, Navy general Order No. According to Louis L. Snyder's account, during these 6 days Japanese soldiers robbed, beat, tortured, and killed marchers at will. Hell Ships According to David E. Bradley, Chief Counsel of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, all but one of these claimants participating in the Holocaust Claims Program have been paid. ", Copy of talk given by Captain B.E. Daws, Gavan. The preceding definition apparently accounts for the denial, cited in a footnote in the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission's 2000 Annual Report, of many thousands of claims for compensation by residents of U.S. territories and possessions occupied by enemy forces. Japanese language books on Unit 731 include Seiichi Morimura's 1981 The Devil's Gluttony, a three-volume fictional narrative based on historical research, and Keiichi Tsuneishi's later book, The Biological Warfare Unit That Disappeared. A baseball player good enough to get drafted by the Diamondbacks and play a season of Rookie ball for them. Slave Labor Is Japan's Forgotten Holocaust, Litigation: Former Allied Prisoners of War, Asian Slave Laborers, 'Comfort Women' and Others Are seeking Tens of Billions of Dollars in Reparations from Japanese Firms," Baltimore Sun, July 9, 2000, p. 6C. Two weeks earlier, Hoffpauir passed away from an accidental overdose at age 26. Chapter V, Article 16, of the Treaty, which addresses indemnification of Allied prisoners of war, stated: As an expression of its desire to indemnify those members of the armed forces of the Allied Powers who suffered undue hardships while prisoners of war of Japan, Japan will transfer its assets and those of its nationals in countries which were neutral during the war, or which were at war with any of the Allied Powers, or, at its option, the equivalent of such assets, to the International Committee of the Red Cross which shall liquidate such assets and distribute the resultant fund to appropriate national agencies, for the benefit of former prisoners of war and their families on such basis as it may determine to be equitable. These very hard-to-translate records were brought to this country, remained here for some 13 years largely untranslated and unread, and were then returned to Japan.95 However, according to a 1999 New York Times article, in 1948 the Central Intelligence Agency screened the records before they were turned over to the National Archives. According to U.S. Army testimony in the 1986 hearing on treatment of U.S. POWs in Mukden, the United States captured the records of the Imperial Army when it occupied Japan. 30. 147. 14:31, and dismissed the conspiracy to commit second degree murder charge. (A treaty might have dealt with the issue of compensation of U.S. civilian internees.) "Asia Underwhelmed by Japan's Apology; Statement on WWII Gets Tepid Reaction Elsewhere, But Could Play Well Politically at Home," Washington Post, Aug. 16, 1995, p. A21. A conviction on the second degree murder charge would have resulted in a mandatory life sentence without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. 82. 53, USS Independence CVL22 & USS Denver CL58 War Damage Report No. The War Claims Commission was combined with the International Claims Commission to form the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. "U.S. Ex-POWs Intensify Compensation Campaign," Kyodo News Service, Japan Economic Newswire, May 20, 2000 (online). Require that the applicable State statute of limitations apply to any such suit. Services and interment are private. He had multiple lesions on the frontal and temporal lobes of his brain. On September 25, 1980, Bonham, aged 32, died. Arthur, Anthony. We proudly serve the areas of Bozar, Evant, Star, Zephyr and Scallorn La.R.S. 881.1(E) provides that: The standard to be used in reviewing an excessive sentence claim is well settled. Zach gave up basketball to focus on football and baseball. Sometimes he had so much love for other people, said Christian McCaffery, Zachs Stanford football teammate at the celebration of life. 4, USS Pittsburgh, A Forgotten Enemy: PHS's [Public Health Service] Fight Against the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. See U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor, The U.S.-Germany Nazi Persecution (Princz) Agreement, handout, 1999? 1. All but the crew's captain, who was sent to Tokyo for interrogation, were subjected to vivisection experiments similar to those done at Unit 731. 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