Transcribed from :
American Graves Registration Service
Final Disposition of World War II Dead 1945-1951
Pages 544 and 546
The recovered dead in the JAP-KOR Sector had rested above ground
at Yokohama since the completion of Disinterment and Identification
operations in January 1948.
In the autumn of that year, the USAT Dalton Victory came to Yokohama
to transport the remains to final burial points. There were 1272 remains
in the hold of the ship when the Dalton Victory departed Yokohama
on 1 October 1948.
Her first stop was Saipan where she took aboard 218 Unknowns for transportation
to Manila where these remains plus about 30 more unknowns from Japan,
were discharged and eventually interred in the permanent Fort McKinley
Cemetery.
After leaving the Philippines, the Dalton Victory proceded to Hawaii
and discharged those deceased whose next of kin indicated preference
for overseas burial. The others were transported to San Francisco
[Fort Mason ].
About 986 of the deceased still in Japan, including some 247 cremated
dead, were subsequently repatriated on cargo vessels in small increments
as identification was completed and as ship space became available.
