1st Lt Joe Stanley McSpadden
Osaka

Sanadayama Military Cemetery

Case History 328
Page 1

 

The assistance of John Lehnen, nephew, of
1st Lt Louis Lehnen, is appreciated.

 

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Case History 328

The focus of Case History 328 is the Prisoners of War at Osaka
who were executed at three different locations.

Some of these documents appear in other sections.

The first Case History 328 documents were dated
10-16 April 1946 when the first recoveries took place.



Within these two pages are revisions dated 1947 and 1948.

They summarize the locations where remains were recovered
in three areas of Osaka and contain some details of those who were identified.

These locations were :

Rifle Range ( Osaka Castle ),

Sanadayama Military Cemetery,

and the Shinodayama Military Maneuver Area
located about 10 miles south of Osaka.

The first document is dated March and April 1946.

55 remains were recovered and 23 were identified in the field.
These X-numbers were assigned at Yokohama
and Lt McSpadden is No. 41, X-407.

This page is follwed by pages from
Case History 328, Revised, 27 January 1947.

Included is information from Legal Section,
Supreme Commander Allied Powers ( SCAP ).


Unknown X-26 ( X-407 ) is at the bottom of Page 1, Paragraph 3 b, and
continues to the top of Page 2.

At the time that Case History 328 ( Revised ) was written ( 27 January 1947 ),
Lt McSpadden had not been identified.

 

PERSONNEL RECOVERED - MARCH AND APRIL 1946

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